Re-telling Key Events

Name: Hannah Martin                                        Date: December 4, 2019

Subject: English Language Arts                      Grade: 2/3

 Guiding Questions:
-How do I retell a story?
-How do I put events in a sequence from a book?
-How can I look back into the story to answer questions?  
Outcomes
Grade 2
CR2.4 Read and demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate literary and informational texts read silently and orally by relating and retelling key events and ideas in sequence with specific details and discussing how, why, and what if questions. 
Grade 3
CR3.2 View and respond to grade-appropriate visual and multimedia texts (including videos, cartoons, illustrations, diagrams, charts, maps, and posters) explaining reactions and connections as well as visual features that convey humour, emotion, and mood. 
Indicators:
Grade 2
d) Read and retell (with support from the text) the key events and elements of a story (including setting, characters, character traits, problem and solution, and sequence of events). 
Grade 3
a)Determine main ideas in visual and multimedia texts including safe websites designed for children (including First Nations and Métis resources). 
Assessment Strategies:  
Before: Formative assessment can be done by the educator(s) by noticing student’s participation during the read out loud class activity at the back carpet. 
During: Formative and summative assessment can be done by the educator(s) based on student’s ability to complete the “A Nutty Surprise” worksheet.   
End: Summative assessment can be done by educator(s) when students hand in their “A Nutty Surprise” worksheet.  All questions should be answered and pictures put in order of event sequences.   
Instructional Strategies:
 -Asking questions during the read out loud class activity 
-Hands on learning (cutting and gluing) 
-Using visuals and images (pictures and story books) 
-Cooperative learning (students may help one another)  
Adaptive Dimension: Differentiated Learning: 
-The educator(s) can prompt students by re-reading parts of the story to student(s) so they can answer the questions.
-The educator(s) can read student(s) the questions that need to be answered, maybe word the questions differently.
-If student(s) cannot cut and glue the pictures on the “A Nutty Surprise” worksheet, students can either write out the sequence of events in order or re-tell the order of events in order to an educator.
-If student(s) cannot complete the worksheet for any reason, the student(s) can create their own story or use a story book and put the sequence of events in order. 
Materials Needed:
“A Nutty Surprise” worksheet (25 sheets)
-Scissors (each student)
-Glue (each student)
-Colouring utensils
 –The Paper Bag Princess book 
Learning Experiences:

Set (10 mins)
-Begin the lesson by asking students:  Why is it important to be able to re-tell a story that you have read?-Then explain that being able to retell a story means that you understand what you are reading and will help you answer questions about the story-Invite students to the back carpet, make sure students are sitting quietly -Read the book, The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch-At the end of the story, ask students questions:   What was the princess’s name?   What did the princess wear in the book?   What did the dragon do in the book?   What happened to Ronald and Elizabeth?   Can someone tell me in a couple sentences what happened in the book? The main ideas?       
Development (15 mins)-Invite students to quietly go back to their desks and sit down-Hand out the “A Nutty Surprise” worksheets-Explain the directions of the worksheet:  Answer questions   Cut squares  Glue squares  Colour squares   Read when finished -Read the story on the worksheet to the students out loud -Encourage students to do the questions on their own.  If they are struggling do the questions together as a class    Closure (5 mins)-If students completed worksheet on their own, go through the worksheet and correct it with the students.  Have students write in the right answer if they got it wrong-Invite students to share their coloured sequence of events in the worksheet             

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