Model a beginning, middle, end response
After a read-aloud, fill in a journal page together, thinking out loud about what happened first, next and last. Then kids try their own. A shared example shows them exactly what a strong retell looks like.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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