Reading Comprehension Tool: Summarizing: Retelling

1. Reading
Comprehension
Summarizing

2. Summarizing
O Reading Comprehension is important so that we understand
what we read.
O One way to make sure we comprehend what we read is to
retell what we read.
Have you ever retold a story?

3. Retelling is a way of
summarizing.
It’s important because it extracts the essential
information of a text:
O the main idea
O the supporting details

4. Retelling
In order to retell, you need to think about the
major elements of the text. These include:
O Characters
O Setting
O Problem
O Attempts to resolve problem
O Resolution
O Outcome

5. Tools
You may use different tools to help you retell the
story.
Maybe you’ve seen some of these?

6. Story Maps
or

7. Graphic Organizer
or

8. Story Time
Sit back and listen to the story that I will read.
…

9. Retelling with a Story Map
I thought about the:
O Characters
O Setting
O Problem
O Resolution

10. Retelling with a Story Map
Then, I used a story map to retell this story.
Characters:
Problem:
boredom
Characters:
Bob and Cindy
Setting:
Farmland in Indiana
A hot day
Resolution:
Build a clubhouse in the old barn!Attempts:
Swim?
-no pond
Horse ride
-too hot
Ending:
Bob and Cindy design the whole club-
house then invite all their friends to join!

11. Story Time!
Sit back and listen to the story that I will read.

12. Retelling
Your turn!
Choose one of the graphic organizers to retell
the story that you just heard.

13. Share!