Kindergarten Retelling and Story Sequencing Curriculum Resources
Build skills in retelling and sequencing stories with our Retelling and Story Sequencing curriculum resources. These resources guide children through recognizing and comprehending the chronological order of events in stories in an interactive and printable format, improving overall narrative comprehension.
Retelling Stories - Graphic Organizer
This drawing template is a great way to see if your readers can retell the story. Students will draw...
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My Story Summary
Students will use this writing template to record the summary of a story they read!
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Retelling Stories - Graphic Organizer
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My Story Summary
Students will use this writing template to record the summary of a story they read!
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Compare and Contrast Two Stories
How to compare and contrast two stories? Students will read expanded summaries of two realistic fict...
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Comparing and Contrasting Two Non Fiction Texts
Students will read expanded summaries of a Native American folktale and Chinese folktale, then compa...
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Comparing Two Non Fiction Texts
Students will read summaries of two historical fiction stories set during wartime, then compare and ...
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Short Story—The Talent Show
This worksheet focuses on the poem "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson, aligned wit...
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Grocery Shopping—Short Story
This short story is a great way for emergent readers to practice their reading skills. Students will...
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Setting and Main Character
This template is a great way to practice story elements with your readers. Students will read the st...
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Julia's Day—Short Story
This short story is a great way for early readers to practice their comprehension skills. Students w...
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The Bakery—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will re...
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Short Story — The Monkey and the Crocodile
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Radha Krishna Holi
Reading Literature - Analyze the mythological tale of Radha and Krishna celebrating Holi, making inf...
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Short Story — Arjun and the Challenge of the Fish's Eye
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Athena and Bubo: The Guardian Owl of Athens
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Short Story — The Mighty Oak Tree and the Crafty Raven
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Short Story — The Brave Hero Perseus
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Diwali Celebrations
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The Magical Forest—Short Story
This short story is a great way for emergent readers to practice their reading skills. Students will...
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Mo the Cat—Short Story
This short story is a great way for emergent readers to practice their reading skills. Students will...
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Short Story — Wise Birbal and the Bridge
This 4th grade reading literature deals with describing characters in a story and analyzing their tr...
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Story Notes
This graphic organizer on story elements will help students to stay organize and take notes while th...
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Jessica's Day—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will re...
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My Day At School—Short Story
This short story is a great way for early readers to practice their comprehension skills. Students w...
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Short Story on The Art Contest
This comprehension passage about a boy who enters an art contest is a great way to practice writing ...
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Count of All the Crows in the Kingdom—Short Story
Students read a historical fiction short story and answer multiple choice questions to identify and ...
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Dara the Dolphin
This short story is perfect for identifying figurative language. Students will read the text then hi...
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Adventures of Goldilocks in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
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Adventures of Characters in ‘The Three Little Pigs
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Character Comparison
This graphic organizer is perfect for comparing characters in stories! Students will read two storie...
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Comparing Characters
This simple worksheet demonstrates comparing and contrasting characters between two classic fairy ta...
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Carl and the Lost Girl—Moral of the Story
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about kindness and trust. Students will ...
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Fable on The King’s Quest—Author's Purpose
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students that it is never a smart idea to judge a...
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The Honey Jar—Evidence from text
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about being truthful. Students will iden...
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Soccer Time—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will re...
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Short Story—Shelly's Day at Grandma and Grandpa's House
This short story about a day at grandma and grandpa's house is perfect for practicing reading compre...
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Short Story—Monty the Moose
This short story about Monty the Moose is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Students wil...
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How do Characters Respond to Major Events
This short story about Ooki, the rambunctious monkey, is a great opportunity to practice identifying...
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Fable —The Journey to the Witch’s House
This short fable is a great way to teach central lessons or morals. Students will read the passage a...
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Short Story—Ooki and Workybot
This resource is a great way to practice differntiating between information gained from illustration...
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Short Story—Mamba
This short story about Mamba the Orangutan is perfect for understanding characters and interacting w...
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Short Story — Timmy and the Bird
This short story about a boy and an injured bird is a great resource for teaching character traits ...
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Short Story — Remy the Rainbow Rabbit
The story "Remy the Rainbow Rabbit", includes 4th grade level vocabulary words and definitions to en...
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Connecting Details to Theme
This reading comprehension activity has 5th grade students read a short story and answer multiple ch...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl
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Connecting Details to Theme - Short Story
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The Lost Key—Short Story
Read the captivating story of 'The Lost Key' and its characters, events, and setting. Engage student...
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Character Traits—Camping with Elle and Sunny
This short fiction passage about two friends going camping is perfect for teaching central message o...
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Late to School—Story Retellingl
This short fiction passage about a girl who is late for school is perfect for teaching central messa...
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Short Story — Akbar and Birbal
Reading Literature - Engage with the fascinating fable featuring Akbar and Birbal's intellectual enc...
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Short Story — The Triumph of Good over Evil
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