CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.2

ELAKindergartenKey Ideas and Details

The Standard

With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students tell a familiar story again in the order events happened. They name key characters and important events, using pictures or teacher questions when needed.
What Mastery Looks Like: After hearing a familiar book, a student explains the beginning, middle, and end in the correct order. The student names key characters and includes details that make the retelling clear.
Common Misconceptions: Students may name favorite pictures or isolated details instead of telling events in order. They may skip the ending, add events, or confuse character names.
How to Assess It: Show three picture cards from a familiar class story and ask, “Put these in order, then tell what happened first, next, and last.” Note whether the student includes a character and two key details.

Lesson moves

Give pairs picture cards from a familiar book to arrange in order, then have them act out the events with puppets.
Ask, “Which three events must we tell so someone understands the story?” Chart students’ choices and reasons.
Play Retell Relay, where each student adds the next event from a familiar story using first, next, then, or last.
Have students retell a familiar class story to a visitor, including enough details for the visitor to follow what happened.

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