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Storytelling in the Classroom
There are several steps to becoming a storyteller. Find out what they are and be on your way to becoming a storyteller here! Learn how to find good stories to tell, and how to tell them to an audience effectively.
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Better Lesson: Somebody Wanted the Gingerbread Bear, So...
Using a graphic organizer can help students retell the story "The Gingerbread Bear" by Robert Dennis.
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Class Flow: Baa Baa Black Sheep
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flip chart that teaches kindergarten students how to use relevant details in summarizing stories read aloud using the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep.
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Can Teach: Story Pyramid
In this lesson plan students will examine and better understand a story by making a story pyramid. Pyramid gives students a structure for retelling a story. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and up, could be adapted for younger students.
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Nsw Dept. Of Ed.: Retelling [Pdf]
PDF page from the New South Wales, Australia, Department of Education and Training that contains suggestions for helping students retell things they have read or seen. It includes some suggestions for how to achieve this as well as a...
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Education.com: Sl.2.4 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets and lesson plans can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of telling a story or recounting an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive...