Summary Of The 5 Finger Retell Strategy

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My instruction engaged students in developing the essential literacy strategy of retelling a story by using the identified story elements and sequencing those elements in the correct order that were learned from the fictional text. The students are developing their retelling and sequencing skills through me actively engaging the students while modeling in whole group discussion and supporting the student to practice and apply the strategy of retelling. In video clip one, the students are actively engaged in whole group discussion. During the time of (0:08 - 2:08), the students are being prompted to share what story elements are and how we use the 5 Finger Retell to support our thinking when we retell a story. Within the 5 Finger Retell strategy