Retelling


 * __Week One__**

Learning Target: I can retell a story across 5 fingers, using transition words.


 * Day 1:** Start Keats author study; powerpoint of his life;


 * Day 2:** Read __The Snowy Day__ and re-tell it across 5 fingers -- sketch the five parts only in pencil (turn-and-talk); review transition words [|5 part story retelling]


 * Day 3:** Continue practicing re-telling across 5 fingers (beginning, middle, middle, middle, end) with Keats stories (turn-and-talk)

Centers plan: [|guided reading schedule102609.doc]


 * __Week Two__**

Learning Target: I can include the characters and the setting in retelling a story. I can include the characters, setting, and problem in retelling a story.

[|5 part retelling charsett.doc] some students do only side one, others do both sides.
 * Day 1:** Read Ezra Jack Keats story; talk about setting and characters and how they come first. Teach how to do the reader response.


 * Day 2:** Another Keats story; turn and talk of characters and setting


 * Day 3:** Keats story, turn and talk of characters and setting AND the rest of the story


 * Day 3:** Keats story, continue with characters and setting and re-telling across 5 fingers; begin talking about the problem (second finger)

Centers plan: [|guided reading schedule110209.doc]


 * __Week Three__**

Learning Target: I can include the characters, setting, and problem in retelling a story.

[|5 part retelling 1and2.doc] Again, some students do only side one while the others do both sides.
 * Day 1:** Re-read a familiar Ezra Jack Keats story; talk about the problem in the story. Model the reader response sheet.


 * Day 2:** Another Keats story; turn and talk of characters, setting, and problem.

Centers plan: [|guided reading schedule110909.doc]

__**Week Four**__

Learning Targets:
 * I can include the characters, setting, problem, and solution in retelling a story.
 * I can write a retelling that makes sense and is my best work.

Continue work on retelling, using the retelling sheet with steps 1, 2, and 5. At the end of the week, move to the reader response sheet with all 5 steps.

[|5 part retelling 12and5.doc]

By Week 5, all students should have a complete, high-quality reader response for grading.

Centers plan: [|guided reading schedule111609.doc]


 * __Week Five__**

Learning Targets:
 * I can include the characters, setting, problem, and solution in retelling a story.
 * I can write a retelling that makes sense and is my best work.
 * I can identify blends and digraphs and spell them correctly.

(short week)

[|guided reading schedule112309.doc]