Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.2.R.3.2
The Standard
Retell a text to enhance comprehension.
Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students recount what they read in an order that helps a listener understand it. For stories, they include characters, setting, problem, key events, and solution. For nonfiction, they state what the text is mostly about and include facts that support it.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can recount a story from beginning to end without adding unrelated events or skipping the problem and solution. After reading nonfiction, the student names the main point and selects two or three supporting facts. The retelling uses the student’s own words.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list events randomly or include every small detail. Some name only the nonfiction topic instead of explaining its main point. Others leave out the story problem, solution, or key supporting facts.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Students record a 30-second retelling of the day’s text. For fiction, require the problem, key events, and solution. For nonfiction, require the main point and two supporting facts.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs five illustrated story-event cards to arrange, then have each partner retell the story using the cards.
After a short animal article, students answer: What does the author want us to understand, and which two facts prove it?
Play Retell Relay: Teams take turns adding one accurate event or fact in order, losing a point for repeats or unrelated details.
Read a school lunch announcement, then have students explain the main message and two details to a classmate who missed it.
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