K.6.D

ELAKindergartenThe 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 tell a story or explain information in their own words. They include key people, events, or facts in a sensible order without changing the meaning.
What Mastery Looks Like: After hearing a picture book, a student can name the main character and explain the beginning, middle, and end. The retelling stays accurate and includes the outcome.
Common Misconceptions: Students may list random details instead of telling events in order. They may copy exact words, leave out the ending, or add events that did not happen.
How to Assess It: After reading a short picture book, ask, “Tell what happened first, next, and last. Include who the story was about.” Check for accurate events, order, and outcome.

Lesson moves

Give pairs three picture cards from a familiar story to order, then retell while moving a counter across the cards.
Ask, “What must we include so someone who missed the story can understand it?” Record class responses.
Play Retell Relay: each child adds one accurate event in order, and classmates signal if an event changes the story.
After planting a seed, students tell an absent puppet what the class did from start to finish.

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