Tell the story back: Pre-K reading & writing
Listening comprehension and retelling (beginning, middle, end). A free Pre-K lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: listening comprehension and retelling (beginning, middle, end).
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: What happened first, next and last?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (8 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: tell the story back.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (7 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Play: What happened first? (https://peabody.kids/practice/sent/order)
- Read: Read a book, then tell it back (https://peabody.kids/library/level/1)
Exit ticket (3 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about tell the story back, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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