Retelling the Hickory Dickory Dock Rhyme

Have you ever been in the middle of reading something and realized you had no idea what it was about? Good reading comprehension requires rewording and storing ideas in our memory as we read. We help children to learn this skill by having them retell stories. Story retelling helps early readers by

• Developing Sequence Skills
• Increasing comprehension and understanding of text
• Developing memory skills
• Improves engagement in the classroom

This pocket chart retelling activity is a great way to get students to develop their reading comprehension skills. Students will read and retell the Hickory Dickory Dock lyrics with pocket chart cards containing words and images. This activity can be used with preschool and kindergarten students.

Through this activity, students will increase overall reading comprehension and sequencing skills.

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your reading comprehension lessons.

In addition to individual student work time, use this activity to enhance learning through guided reading groups, whole class lessons, or remote learning assignments. 

If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners and ELL/ESL students, we have a few suggestions for keeping students on track with these concepts: 

🆘 Support Struggling Students

• Invite students to use a visual of story elements such as an anchor chart or classroom poster.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

• Encourage students to further their learning by explaining their reasoning for the order they sorted the images on the cards.

Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

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Pair this resource with our Hickory Dickory Dock Teaching Slides and Worksheet Pack.

This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter collaborator.