Retelling a Short Story- Beginning, Middle and End Graphic Organizer & Lesson

Help your second graders retell stories with confidence using this engaging, teacher-ready ELA lesson! Students will learn how to identify the most important events from the beginning, middle, and end of a story while leaving out small details that do not affect the plot.

This resource features a warm woodland theme, clear student-friendly language, guided practice, and a simple graphic organizer that helps young readers put story events in order.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• 17-slide PowerPoint lesson

• Teacher instructions and suggested lesson pacing

• Student-friendly learning target and success criteria

• Mini-lesson on important events versus small details

• Original reading passage, “Milo and the Kite”

• Interactive whole-group practice

• Beginning, middle, and end modeling slides

• Completed organizer example

• Printable retelling graphic organizer

• Partner oral retelling activity

• Written exit ticket

• Teacher answer key

SKILLS COVERED

• Retelling a story in sequence

• Identifying the beginning, middle, and end

• Choosing important story events

• Distinguishing key events from small details

• Identifying a problem and solution

• Speaking and writing in complete sentences

PERFECT FOR

• Whole-group ELA instruction

• Reading comprehension lessons

• Guided reading groups

• Literacy centers

• Intervention and reteaching

• Substitute teacher plans

• Homeschool instruction

• Test preparation and review

GRADE LEVEL

Designed for second-grade ELA.