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Retelling Stories Teaching Slides

  • Updated

    Updated:  13 Sep 2023

Teach your students all about the fundamentals of retelling a story with this set of teaching slides.

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    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  K - 1

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teaching resource

Retelling Stories Teaching Slides

  • Updated

    Updated:  13 Sep 2023

Teach your students all about the fundamentals of retelling a story with this set of teaching slides.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  K - 1

Teach your students all about the fundamentals of retelling a story with this set of teaching slides.

Teaching Kids How to Retell

Teaching students the art of retelling is an essential skill that helps them comprehend and internalize the content they read or hear. It’s a foundational step towards developing strong reading comprehension and critical thinking abilities. To make this process engaging and effective, this carefully constructed collection of teaching slides is the perfect starting point for your retell unit plan. The 19-slide teaching PowerPoint includes the following topics:

  • Retelling Stories (an overview)
  • About key details in a story.
  • What makes a character a character in a story?
  • What is the setting in a story?
  • All about the marine vents in a story.
  • Why it’s important to order the events in the correct order.
  • Introduction to vocabulary that helps guide the order of a retell.
  • Practice points a long the way!

Teaching Retell Enhances Comprehension

Teaching your students how to retell a story successfully requires your students to engage with the material actively. By retelling a story or text, they must understand the content well enough to extract and convey its key points accurately. This only deepens their comprehension skills.

Retelling a story can also develop your students’ vocabulary and language skills as they are encouraged to use their words to convey information.

Download and Teach Today!

This resource is available to download in Google Slides.


This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.


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Check out these beautifully designed retell activities that will complement this resource:

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Robot-Themed Retelling Writing Template

Explore the elements of a retell with this cute robot-themed retell writing template.

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Help students confidently retell a story with this set of differentiated graphic organizers.

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Retelling Caterpillar Writing Template

Help students break down their retells with this cute caterpillar writing template.

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