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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Key Ideas and Details: Retell Stories

For Students K - 1st Standards
Read a passage to discover how to retell a story then practice what you've learned.
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Website
Can Teach

Can Teach: African Folk Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Eight African folk tales, like "Why the Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained" to "The Curse of the Chameleon", are at this site. All eight are traditional Zulu stories. The site provides resources for teachers such as lesson plans and games.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: rl.k.2 With Prompting and Support, Retell Familiar Stories

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This landing page offers a variety of lesson plans that instruct students on RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, etc.
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Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Story Retelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This intervention emphasizes the importance of verbal rehearsal of a story. By retelling, students relate information from the story to their own experiences. In this way, they improve their reading comprehension and memory of story...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: A Folktale Play

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listen to folk tales from around the world, and recreate one of the stories in a play.
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Primary
Other

Clarity Connect: African Folktales

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Links more than a hundred African folktales from Nigeria, South Africa, Zulu, West Africa, and more.