Rethinking Retelling

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Demonstration Small Group: Retelling Strategies in First Grade

Clare Landrigan

In this demonstration lesson, Clare Landrigan works with a group of first graders who need help developing retelling skills. The video includes a prebrief and debrief with the classroom teacher to help focus the lesson.

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Minilesson: How to Retell a Story

Katrina Edwards

Katrina Edwards uses the children’s books They All Saw a Cat and Be a Friend for a minilesson with her first-grade students on how to retell stories with a partner during reading workshop.

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Teaching Students Retelling Strategies

Clare Landrigan Tammy Mulligan

Retelling is an essential skill for readers, and it’s one that is crucial for success on most state exams too.  In Part 1 of a two-part series, Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan share strategies and sample lessons.