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Grade 1 English Language Arts · Level 3, Understand and Discuss Stories

Retell and Find the Central Message

Retell major events in sequence and demonstrate understanding of a story’s central message or lesson.

How the lesson starts: Retell and Find the Central Message

  1. Meet Bix the robot

    Hi friend! Meet Bix. Bix is a robot who loves stories. Bix wants to retell a story. Retell means tell it again in your own words, in order. Let's help Bix!

  2. Beginning, middle, end

    Nia got a bike. First, she fell off, again and again. Next, Grandpa said, try one more time. Last, Nia rode all the way to the park! A story has a beginning, a middle, and an end.

  3. Let's put Ben's story in order

    Ben had a seed. He put it in a hole and gave it water. Days later, a green shoot came up. In the end, a big sunflower grew. What happened first? Ben put the seed in. Next, a shoot came up. Last, a sunflower grew!