How to Introduce a Story to Build Retelling Skills
For children to be able to retell a story accurately, they need to KNOW the story. They need to “own” it. These are all things you can do in your classroom to help your students:
My students have magazine boxes where they keep the books that they would like to read next. You can set rules like "browsing time only happens in the morning before the bell" and "you must have at least three books in your book box." You can have students place all reading materials in the book box (like reading journals, guided reading folders, etc) and they can get the boxes prior to the start of minilesson time. Or, you can allow students to get up from their spot, but only to get a book from the bin so that they go right back to reading. Hope this helps! When you first give students the bin, you can spend that morning reviewing how to pick just right books and setting your rules/expectations for the book bins.
When I’m working with a small group of students at the reading table, I don’t like to be interrupted by other students. Nonetheless, there will be three or four of them who feel it’s critical that they share some need, issue, or concern immediately. And although you would think that just asking everyone to not bother the group would do it, experience has taught me that it doesn’t. So, as opposed to trying to suppress their energy for sharing their needs, I figured out how to redirect it instead. [Click below to read the solution.]
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Second Grade Reading: Foundational Skills Standards Phonics and Word Recognition RF.2.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Second Grade Language Standards Vocabulary Acquisition and Use L.2.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
By employing the strategies described below, reading will become something that students do willingly, even eagerly, and the adults in their lives will not have to resort to trickery, bribery, manipulation, or any other tactic that will, at best, lead to temporary compliance. After all, we’re striving to make reading a joyous lifelong habit.