Retelling Stories

What happens at the end of the story?

• Keith was not excited for baseball.

• Keith hits the ball into the field.

• Keith's family drives to the park.

• Keith tries to pay attention and hit the ball.

How many parts are there to retelling a story?

• 5

• 4

What is the solution of a story?

• The begininning

• How the problem was solved or story ends

• A problem

"Once upon a time, in a far away land....". In which part of the story you can find this sentence?

• Beginning

• Middle

• Ending

"He got trapped in a deep big hole. He cried and screamed but no one came to help.". In which part of the story you can find this sentence?

• middle

• beginning

• ending

Sequencing helps the reader.......

• read.

• do math.

• do writing.

• understand the order of events in a story.

A story retold, passed down through generations and generations. There may be different versions of the same story

• summary

• folktale

• visualize

• myth

A type of folktale that may contain magic, has good and evil characters, may contain the numbers 3 or 7, often begin with "Once Upon a Time...." and end with "...lived happily ever after".
Example: The Three Little Pigs

• fairy tale

• legend

• myth

• fable

A retelling of the most important parts of what was read.

• summary

• fable

• folktale

• compare and contrast

What is the main purpose of retelling a story?

• To change the plot

• To improve vocabulary

• To understand and remember the story better

• To create a new story