Retelling

What is RETELLING?
When we RETELL a story, we focus on the 5
Ws.
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?

5 Finger Retelling

Who
People or animals.
They are called the characters.

What

What happened in the story?

Any problems?
Can more than one thing happen?
YES!

Where
The SETTING
Where did the story happen?

When?
The TIME
During the day? Night time? A long, long
time ago?

Why
WHY did the characters choices?
Were they tired? Sick? Happy? Mad?

Three Little Pigs

Today, we will practice by reading The
Three Little Pigs.
We will place the pictures from the story in
the right spot. (Who, What, Where, When,
Why?)
Reading groups

Homework
Using the worksheet and with the help of
your parents, fill out the 5ws of one day in
your weekend.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
Just pick one day!

Lets Review
5 Ws of a story are
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

What happened yesterday?

Lets RETELL yesterday using our cool
retelling gloves and the 5 Ws.
We will draw a little picture of each part of
our day and tape them on to the fingers of
each glove.

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

Today, we will practice by reading
Goldilocks and the Three Bears using our
cool retelling gloves!!
We will place the pictures from the story in
the right spot. (Who, What, Where, When,
Why?)
Reading groups

Homework
Raz-Kids story
Complete 5 Ws worksheet
Take quiz.