Understanding a Story

What are we learning today?

You will learn to understand a story and retell it in order.

Explanation

• Find who, where, when, what happened and how it ended.
• Write key words in order.
• Retell the story with first, then and finally.
• Example story: a giant rock fell and closed a mine with miners inside. Rescue workers made lots of holes. The families waited. Finally, the miners came out alive.

Examples

1. A rock falls, rescue workers make holes, families wait, the miners come out.
2. The brave men became international heroes.
3. Tim Berners-Lee gave the World Wide Web to the world for free.

Remember!

• Ask: who, where, when, what, how?
• Say the events in order.

Check yourself

1. What closed the mine in the story?
2. What did the rescue workers do to find the miners?
3. Which three words help you retell a story?