Recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings
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This unit provides an in-depth overview of the ‘retell’ comprehension strategy. It provides 5 steps for remembering retell, examples of stor...
This unit is great to use in conjunction with reading the text ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy’. The unit includes numerous resources, to practise sequenci...
This is a great literature unit on the book, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. The unit will assist in practising comprehension...
This unit is great to use in conjunction with reading the text ‘Wombat Stew’. The unit includes numerous resources to practise sequencing, w...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been a favourite with children for over 50 years. This unit is designed to help you bring an exciting range...
One of our most requested resources, this unit is built around the classic Julia Donaldson book, ‘The Gruffalo’. It focuses on retell skills...
Embark on a captivating voyage into the world of storytelling with our ”Narrative Writing" unit. Designed for young learners, this imaginati...
This Retell Writing Unit was thoughtfully designed for young learners. Dive into engaging lessons that introduce the core elements of retell...
Retell Comprehension Strategy - Presentation
This presentation is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist...
This ‘Friendship’ presentation is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good friend. Including brainstorming, role-play scenarios and...
In this presentation, students spend some time considering and discussing the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar in a new way. In it, they ar...
The presentation is designed to be used along with a class reading of ‘The Gruffalo’. It introduces the author (Julia Donaldson), the plot o...
This presentation is a great way to analyse text features using simple and familiar nursery rhymes. Display on a projector or print each pos...
This engaging presentation is the perfect resource to assist you with introducing the structure of a narrative as well as the different proc...
This presentation is designed to equip you with the tools you need to help your students excel in retell writing. This presentation break...
This resource provides a fun and engaging way for students to develop their writing skills through imaginative Halloween-themed prompts. Eac...
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing. This is a perf...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
Each of these posters shows a number of adjectives used to describe the various natural, constructed and managed features of the landscape....
Students will sequence the cards to retell the nursery rhyme, The Incy Wincy Spider.
A colourful class display of a short Gingerbread Man poem.
Cut out pictures of characters and an A4 setting. Can be used as a puppet show to recreate the story of The Gingerbread Man
The Three Billy Goats Gruff character masks to colour, create and re-enact the story. Use in conjunction with the Teach This, ‘ The Thre...
A colourful class display of a short The Three Billy Goats Gruff poem.
Cut out pictures of characters and an A4 setting. Can be used as a puppet show to recreate the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
A read-aloud storybook of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for The Three Little Pigs. This resou...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for Goldilocks and the Three Bears. T...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for Goldilocks and the Three Bears. T...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for Little Red Riding Hood. This reso...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for Little Red Riding Hood. This reso...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for The Three Billy Goats Gruff. This...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for The Three Billy Goats Gruff. This...
Goldilocks and the Three bears MasksThese masks are great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for Goldilocks and...
These masks are great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for The Three Little Pigs. Print this resource onto card...
These masks are great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for Little Red Riding Hood. Print this resource onto car...
These masks are great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Print this resource ont...
Use these resources to practise matching the character name to its picture or scenery from the story. This is useful when focussing on chara...
Use these resources to practise matching the character name to its picture or scenery from the story. This is useful when focussing on chara...
This retell activity is great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for The Three Little Pigs. Use paddle pop sticks...
Use this resource to respond to your favourite fairy tale story through summarising main events and justifying why it is your favourite.
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ’Retell Comprehension Strategy’ and provides an in-depth overview of the strategy ‘retell’. It incl...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ’Retell Comprehension Strategy’ and provides an in-depth overview of the strategy ‘retell’. It incl...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ’Retell Comprehension Strategy’ and provides an in-depth overview of the strategy ‘retell’. It incl...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ’Retell Comprehension Strategy’ and provides an in-depth overview of the strategy ‘retell’. It incl...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ’Retell Comprehension Strategy’ and provides an in-depth overview of the strategy ‘retell’. It incl...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ’Celebrating Book Week (Early Years)’ and provides an in-depth overview of the strategy ‘retell’. I...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ’Retell Comprehension Strategy’ and provides an in-depth overview of the strategy ‘retell’. It incl...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ’Retell Comprehension Strategy’ and provides an in-depth overview of the strategy ‘retell’. It incl...
These sequencing cards are great for practising the retell strategy after reading. Use these sequencing cards as a class, in rotation groups...
These ‘Read and Trace’ worksheets are great to practise reading words from the story in a sentence, tracing and writing small words.
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy Puppets’ are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create p...
These ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy Puppets’ are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create p...
This resource is great for reinforcing knowledge of characters from the story, by drawing them. Students will have to think about what the c...
This resource is a great early inferencing activity, whereby students will need to use their prior knowledge and information from the story...
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource is a great for finding, reading and practising to say the main key words from the story, ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy
This resource is great for using the knowledge from the story to graph to then record data. Students will have the opportunity to practise t...
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This resource is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This resource is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
This worksheet is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen. This enjoyable literature unit will assist in...
These sequencing cards are great for practising the retell strategy after reading. Use these sequencing cards as a class, in rotation groups...
These sequencing cards are great for practising the retell strategy after reading. Use these sequencing cards as a class, in rotation groups...
These ‘Read and Trace’ worksheets are great to practise reading words from the story in a sentence, tracing and writing small words.
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Wombat Stew’ puppets are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create puppe...
These ‘Wombat Stew’ puppets are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create puppe...
This resource is great for reinforcing knowledge of characters from the story, by drawing them. Students will have to think about what the c...
This resource is a great early inferencing activity, whereby students will need to use their prior knowledge and information from the story...
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource is a great for finding, reading and practising to say the main key words from the story, ‘Wombat Stew’.
This resource is great for using the knowledge from the story to graph to then record data. Students will have the opportunity to practise t...
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource includes fairytale story sequencing cards (in colour and black & white) and comprehension activities designed for students to...
This student reference card was created as a part of the Friendship unit plan. It can be stuck in their books and referred to throughout th...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’. This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good fr...
For this worksheet, students need to colour and sun out a set of scenes from Eric Carle’s ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and assemble them in the...
In this worksheet, students trace, cut and paste scrambled words to create sentences about the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This ac...
In this worksheet, students draw a picture of their favourite part of the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This activity was created as...
This teacher sheet will walk you through everything you need to prepare and cosider before completing 'A Very Hungry Caterpillar Lifecycle R...
In this activity, students create a beautiful recap of the events of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, while learning a little about a caterpilla...
Our nursery rhymes have been designed to be bright and colourful, whilst making it easy for teachers to focus on the identification of vario...
This card reintroduces students to the characters in the storybook, and lets them colour and paste it into their books. This resource is...
This title page is a fun inclusion if you choose to reproduce this unit as a workbook for your students. This resource is part of a large...
This colouring page will keep them busy for a while. Use it for fast finishers or for some quiet focus coming out of a break. This resour...
In this worksheet, students cut the character names from the bottom sheets and match them with the characters above. Let them colour the cha...
In this worksheet, students begin flexing their retell and comprehension muscles by putting the story’s character introductions in order....
This worksheet overlays the chronology of The Gruffalo on the mouse’s trip through the woods, helping kids visualise the retell. This res...
In this worksheet, students sequence a series of scenes from the Gruffalo. This resource is part of a larger Gruffalo unit, which focuses...
In this worksheet, now that students have focused on the sequence of the story, they create their own retell of the beginning, middle and en...
In this worksheet, students extend the story even further, writing and drawing what happens to Gruffalo after he flees the little brown mous...
In this worksheet, students reflect on their favourite part of the story, retelling it through writing and drawing. This resource is part...
In this worksheet, students match up words that formed rhyming couplets in the story. For a simpler version of a rhyming worksheet for pre-r...
In this worksheet, students match pictures of characters with rhyming words. This can be used on its own, or as a simpler alternative to ‘Gr...
This fantastic game is a great little fast finisher or rations activity for your students. Get Away From the Gruffalo is a straightforward d...
In this worksheet, students translate ‘The Gruffalo’ from a British forest filled with woodland creatures, to a more familiar setting. Th...
In this worksheet, students trace the getaways of the characters from the Gruffalo, helping with their fine motor and handwriting. This r...
In this worksheet, students trace the interwoven paths of the characters from the Gruffalo, helping with their fine motor and handwriting....
In this worksheet, students match up the descriptions of the Gruffalo from the story with a picture through cutting and pasting. This res...
In the story of the Gruffalo, the little brown mouse creates the Gruffalo to scare away the other characters. In this worksheet, your studen...
This page can be used for any written work. This resource is part of a larger Gruffalo unit, which focuses on retell skills, rhyming and...
These Gruffalo pieces can be cut and pasted on a paper bag, paper plate, or piece of construction paper for your students to complete their...
Have your students cut and colour these Gruffalo characters and glue them on skewers or paddle pop sticks to create Gruffalo puppets. They c...
This worksheet is a fun little puzzle to finish off your unit or use for fast finishers along the way. This resource is part of a larger...
This worksheet is a fun little puzzle to finish off your unit or use for fast finishers along the way. This resource is part of a larger...
These Read & Retell Animal Displays make responding to reading fun and creative. They also make a wonderful classroom display! Included in t...
This set of sequencing cards provides a visual reference for Cinderella. This set would also make a terrific oral language activity.
These visual sequencing cards create a fantastic oral language or sequencing activity for Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This is a great re...
These visual sequencing cards create a fantastic oral language or sequencing activity for The Three Little Pigs. This is a great resource fo...
This set of 3-piece Rhyming Puzzles includes simple rhyming words, and was designed to consolidate the concept of rhyming words for Foundati...
This resource was created to define and provide examples of the various language devices used to create poetry and prose.
This worksheet allows students to demonstrate their understanding of text features and poetic devices. It is the perfect accompaniment to th...
Empower students with this handy reference card that guides them in retelling a story effectively.
Develop students' storytelling and reading comprehension skills with the Five-Finger Retell strategy.
This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...
This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...
This activity is a great way to motivate your students to examine characters. It can be used with any age of students and can accompany any...
This activity is a great way to encourage discussions about characters in the class stories and novels your class is exploring. A discuss...
Use this activity to help students describe and discuss how authors make the reader care about the decisions of characters and their consequ...
In this activity, students are asked to: Identify the language authors use to create vivid descriptions of settings. Describe and...
Use these to help your students identify the story plot when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
Use these to help your students identify moments of tension when examining how authors make stories engaging by developing plot tension.
Have students use this spinner activity to practice asking and answering questions about how authors make stories engaging through their dev...
Print and display this simple narrative poster when introducing this concept to your class. The display provides a fun and memorable way to...
This set of '35 Narrative Settings' has been developed to allow students to experiment with descriptive words and phrases as they accurately...
A fun and engaging activity for students to explore how words and images can come together to create wild and fantastic characters and setti...
As your students are introduced to narrative writing, these character traits worksheets are a terrific template to allow your students to be...
Use the narrative writing templates to help students plan for writing or have them unpack narratives to see how all stories follow the same...
Our three vibrant posters, ‘Narrative Writing Transition Words’ are packed with kid-friendly transition words and phrases. From story beginn...
Mix and Match Character and Setting Cards can be incorporated into daily routines or utilised during specific writing-focused sessions. With...
Discover endless storytelling possibilities with our "Roll into Adventure" dice nets. Roll to unveil unique character and setting combinatio...
This student reference card gives your students a simple and clear understanding of the purpose of narratives, as well as the elements that...
This fun and interactive worksheet is a great writing prompt for your students who need a little inspiration to get writing. Students simply...
Help your students bring their narratives to life by designing a play! Students can choose cast members and the roles they will play, as wel...
If you are looking for a comprehensive way to assess and analyse your students’ narrative writing, then this rubric is for you. The rubric a...
Follow the map's clear path to uncover key story elements, characters, problems, and solutions. Engage in a fun and interactive journey that...
This handy tool empowers young writers to ensure they have covered all the essential elements in their retells. From characters and setting...
This easy to understand student reference card makes a great reference for students to recall the key elements that must include in their re...
Introducing 'Read and Retell Short Story Passages'—a dynamic resource for honing reading comprehension and retelling skills. Dive into engag...
This Retell Roadmap is an open-ended template to be used with all the various stories you read in your classroom. Students simply follow the...
This hands-on worksheet is a great way to break down the core components of a written retell for students. Students can work on one section...
This worksheet includes a short story for students to listen to. Simply read the story to your students, and take them along the story safar...
A quick and simple retell exit ticket for students to identify the core components of a story. This ticket can be used with any story you re...
Engage your students in whole class discussions with these ‘Retell Comprehension Sticks’. Simply attach these to paddle pop sticks to encour...
Put your retell writing skills to the test with our Retell Writing Quiz! This interactive quiz challenges students to recall and apply key r...
Retell Writing Assessment Template—an invaluable tool for evaluating students' retell writing proficiency. This blank template empowers youn...
This cut and paste worksheet makes great practise for word recognition and sentence structure. Students simply cut out the missing words and...
This worksheet requires students to recall the details from the story to correctly match up the animals and the ingredients they convinced D...
This worksheet can be coupled with the story mapping worksheets to assist students in writing a retell of the events in ‘Wombat Stew’. Stude...
This worksheet tests student comprehension of the story ‘Who Sank the Boat?’ by asking students to sort the characters that got on the boat...
This set of worksheets further explores the characters in the story of ‘Who Sank the Boat?’ Students fill in the labels to describe the char...
This worksheet can be coupled with the story mapping worksheets to assist students in writing a retell of the events in ‘Who Sank the Boat?’...
This cut and paste worksheet makes great practise for word recognition and sentence structure. Students simply cut out the missing words and...
This worksheet is a fun way to explore the verbs in the story of ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy’. Students identify the action of each character, and writ...
This worksheet can be coupled with the story mapping worksheets to assist students in writing a retell of the events in ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy’. S...
Embark on a journey through the Storybook Adventure Map, a whimsical guide to the realms of storytelling. Navigate Character Cove, Setting S...
The Storybook Passport, along with its adorable boarding passes, is your ticket to a world of imagination and exploration! This interactive...
The "Storytelling Cards" resource is a versatile tool designed to ignite creativity and enhance narrative skills in students. With a collect...
These Halloween-themed writing template worksheets are designed to inspire young students to engage in creative writing.
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