1.7.D

ELA1st GradeThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

The Standard

retell texts in ways that maintain meaning

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify the main characters, setting, and key events in a text. They recount those events in a clear order without changing what happened.
What Mastery Looks Like: After hearing or reading a short text, the student names the main characters and recounts the key events in order. The account stays accurate and includes the problem and ending.
Common Misconceptions: Students may list favorite details instead of the main events. They may mix up the event order, leave out the problem or ending, or add events not found in the text.
How to Assess It: Read a short story aloud, then ask students to draw and label three boxes: beginning, middle, and end. Have each student use the boxes to tell what happened.

Lesson moves

Give pairs three picture cards from a familiar story to sequence, then use the cards to recount the events aloud.
Ask students to write or discuss, “What happened first, what changed, and how did the story end?”
Play Retell Relay, where students take turns adding the next accurate event from a shared story.
Have students explain a familiar routine, such as lunchtime, in order so a new student could follow what happens.

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