Monday, March 16, 2015

Story Retelling Braclet

Here is a simple and fun way to reinforce comprehension - a story retelling bracelet. The child slides one bead over at a time beginning with red to help retell the story he/she just listened to or read on her own.

Story Retelling Bracelet
Taken from Growing Book by Book


Materials for 1 bracelet: 
string or plastic lacing and 6 stringing beads (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple)

Directions:
1.  Measure a piece of string for the correct size to fit on the child’s wrist.
2.  String the beads  by placing the colors in this order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.

3.  Tie the string ends together with a knot.
The retelling bracelet is ready to wear and use.

Rainbow Retelling Stem Prompts:
Red- Ready to hear a retelling of the story? The characters in the story are…
Orange- On to where this story took place…
Yellow- You have to hear the problem in the story…
Green- Get ready for a few more details…
Blue- Better start bringing it to a close and telling you how the problem was solved…
Purple- Picking my favorite party is easy, it was when…

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