First Grade Retelling Activities

This past week, we finished up a retelling unit with first grade and they loved it!!  Each week, I read a different book out loud to the students. 

    

After reading the book, students were given a "prop" to use to help retell the story such as a picture of a cat (Lost Cat), a spoon (Spoon), and a pair of chopsticks (Chopsticks).  Then, the students used Flipgrid to record a video retelling the story.  We worked on sequencing and adding in different story elements such as characters, setting, problem, and message.  

This was such a fun activity and a great way to combine books, technology, and ELA standards.  Flipgrid was the perfect tool for this!


Student Teacher

Our new library student teacher started this week!  Her name is Mrs. Emily Leonard and she will be with us at Harrison for six weeks.  The students were very excited to meet her!

Happy Reading!