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Retelling Bracelets

A fun way to learn how to retell a story

RetellingBraceletsA fun way to learn how to retell a story

Beads are Cues to Tell Key Story Parts

Retelling is talking about a story. Often teachers use retelling to decide if your child understands his/her reading. It’s important that students include certain things when they retell. When you practice this with your child, he/she will understand stories better. Ask your child to move each bead as he/she tells that part of the story. Your child can use the retelling frame below for help.


The students make or receive a bracelet with 7 beads in this order: tan, sky blue, carrot, purple, forest green, midnight, emerald. Each bead color stands for part of the story they need to retell.


Retelling Bracelet

Retelling Frames

Retelling Frame


The story, (tan - title)____________________, took place (sky blue - setting)____________________. The main character(s), (carrot - character(s))_________________________, had a problem. The problem was that (purple - problem) ________________. First in the story (forest green - first events)_________________________. In the middle of the story (midnight - middle events)_________________. At the end of the story, (emerald - ending events) _____________.


Retelling of The Three Little Pigs using the Retelling Frame


The story, (tan - title), The Three Little Pigs, took place (sky blue - setting) country. The main character(s), (carrot - character(s)) the three pigs, had a problem. The problem was that (purple - problem) the wolf wanted to blow their house down and eat them. First in the story (forest green - first events) the wolf went to the straw house and blew the house down. The little pig ran to his brother’s stick house. . In the middle of the story (midnight - middle events) the wolf blew the stick house down. The two little pigs ran to their brother’s brick house. At the end of the story, (emerald - ending events) the wolf tried to blow the brick house down. He huffed and he puffed, but he couldn’t blow the brick house down. He climbed down the chimney, but he fell into a big pot of boiling soup. He was never heard from again.