Five-Finger Retell Strategy

Grade Level: 1st Subject: Reading Prepared By: Caitlyn Berry

Overview & Purpose: Students will learn to retell texts/stories in ways that Education Standards Addressed: 1.7. D
maintain meaning and how to compare.
What TEKS standards that this lesson satisfies. You
What will be learned and why it is useful. must list them here.

Lesson Details
Objectives -How to provide evidence from text Materials Needed
(Specify skills/information that will -Retell text in ways that maintain meaning  Paper/Activity worksheet
be learned.)
-Compare and contrast definitions  Pencil

Information Students learn the definitions and how to get evidence

(Give and/or demonstrate necessary from the text, which makes the reading comprehension
information)
easier. After reading the story, students will know how
to point out major points and context in a story.
Verification -Make sure the definitions of compare and contrast is Other Resources
(Steps to check for student established. (e.g. Web, books, etc.)
understanding) -Book Corduroy by Don
-Ask questions about the retell strategy and how to look
for the context of a story Freeman

Activity Students will have to use text evidence to highlight and

(Describe the independent activity to color and write down the compare and contrast from
reinforce this lesson)
the story.

Summary By the end of this activity students should know how to Additional Notes
use the five-finger rule/retell strategy to retell a story
and understand the main idea/context.