Retelling...with Highlighters!

Do your students tell too much when retelling?

During assessments last week, I noticed my kiddos are telling way too many details in their retellings. I wondered.... what can I do to show how to retell correctly and for them to visualize retelling?

So.. voila!

 

Here's how:

~ Each student paired up and each person had the same passage, this class used Should Dogs Work from ReadWorks, the most *AMAZING* site ever for passages to use in your classroom.

~ The passage we used was broken up into three sections:

 Section 1: teacher model

Section 2: Partner 1 retelling

Section 3: Partner 2 retelling

(you could use any passage but I liked this one because each partner could retell their own section, and they didn't repeat from each other on the same passage)

~ While partner 1 retells their section, partner 2 highlights words or phrases their partner uses from the passage. Then it's partner 2's turn.

This was so helpful! The kids were able to see exactly what their retelling told! 

Happy Teaching!