Standard #: ELA.2.R.3.2


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Retell a text to enhance comprehension. 
  1. Use main story elements in a logical sequence for a literary text.
  2. Use the central idea and relevant details for an informational text. 


    Clarifications


    Clarification 1: Most grade-level texts are appropriate for this benchmark.

    General Information

    Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
    Grade: 2
    Strand: Reading
    Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
    Status: State Board Approved

    Related Courses

    Course Number1111 Course Title222
    5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
    5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
    5010043: Language Arts - Grade Two (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
    7710013: Access Language Arts - Grade 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
    5011020: Library Skills/Information Literacy Grade 2 (Specifically in versions: 2016 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
    5010024: Basic Skills in Reading 3-5 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))
    5010013: English for Speakers of Other Languages Grade 2 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))


    Related Access Points

    Access Point Number Access Point Title
    ELA.2.R.3.AP.2a Identify main story elements and sequence relevant details in a logical order for a literary text using the student’s mode of communication.
    ELA.2.R.3.AP.2b Identify the central idea and a relevant detail for an informational text using the student’s mode of communication.


    Related Resources

    Lesson Plans

    Name Description
    We the Kids: The Preamble of the Constitution:: Preamble Summary and Presentation

    This is lesson #5 in the text unit series for We the Kids by David Catrow. In small groups, students will use the KWL chart that has been filled in throughout the unit to support them in identifying the central idea and relevant details from the Preamble of the United States Constitution. Small groups will then share their retelling through a presentation (act out, posterboard, etc.)

    This unit will help students develop the meaning of the Preamble as part of the Constitution of the United States and its direct effect on their daily lives. Students will engage in various activities such as debating parts of the Preamble and complete a play interpreting patriotism. Throughout the unit students will have to identify and interpret vocabulary, analyze the provided text, and demonstrate an understanding of the Preamble by providing relevant details. The teacher’s role in this unit will be to support their students' knowledge of the Preamble by facilitating research, reviewing student writing, and work.

    This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

    A Friend of the Everglades: Part 1

    In this lesson, students will read informational text about Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) as well as the Everglades. Students will annotate and summarize the text using a summarizing strategy. Then they will complete a graphic organizer to organize the information for their children's book. This is lesson 1 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and English Language Arts.

    The Congress of the United States: How to Become a United States Citizen

    In this lesson, teachers will engage students in learning about the naturalization process and how becoming a United States citizen gives you the right to participate and be part of a Constitutional Republic while focusing on a The Congress of the United States' central idea and relevant details as well as text features including headings, photographs, and captions.

    This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

    The Congress of the United States: Creating a Law from an Idea

    In this lesson, students will use the central idea and relevant details from a section of the text The Congress of the United States to explain the role laws play in government. Students will also identify and explain how the text features in the book help convey how Congress creates laws.

     

    This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

    A Close Look at A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

    A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams is a delightful story of a family who faces the hardships of life together. The focus of these reading lessons is to identify story structure and discuss how the characters responded to challenges. After students complete several learning centers about the book, they will retell the story through writing using grade-appropriate conventions.

    Sarah, Plain and Tall--Successful Summarizing and Character Study

    Students will be reading the classic story Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. They will discuss the major events of the story and how the characters reacted to these happenings. Students will get a lot of practice summarizing by writing a short summary of each chapter. They will also be tracking the characters' emotions and reactions throughout the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story.

    A Closer Look at Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

    Introduce your primary students to the rhythmic story of the African plains, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. This story is filled with rich vocabulary and rhyming patterns that allow students to interact with context clues and and answer questions about the story elements.

    Helen Keller: A Journey in Time

    After reading the biography, A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David Adler, students will retell the life of Helen Keller using the central idea and relevant details by answering who, what, when, where, why and how questions. In addition, students will write a nonfiction narrative piece retelling the events of her life in proper sequential order using transition words.

    Star-Belly Sneetches and What They Teach Us

    This lesson allows students to dig deeply into a popular, fun fictional story by Dr. Seuss to determine the theme and the life lesson it provides. Students will work in groups to act out the story in a skit, participate in a brainstorming activity with higher-order thinking questions, and design a creative response poster incorporating the story's theme to share with the class. Who doesn't love a Dr. Seuss classic that teaches students a lesson they can apply to their daily lives?

    Hamming it up with Plot

    Using the classic story, The Three Little Pigs, students will learn will use a plot line graphic organizer to record the action in this story. Students will use this plot line to help them retell the story in writing and record their paragraphs using technology such as Voice Thread.

    Perspective is a Walk in the Park

    Using the books Seven Blind Mice and Voices in the Park students will learn to identify the unique perspectives that characters bring to a story. After completing a retelling activity and drawing how several characters are feeling, students will compose a short narrative writing from the perspective of a character from Voices in the Park.

    Using Picture Books to Practice Retelling

    Did you know that wordless picture books can ignite creativity in your students? These lessons encourage students to tell interesting stories in their own words based on several wordless books. After practicing identifying story elements, students will write creatively to retell one of the stories.

    Student Center Activities

    Name Description
    Comprehension: Retell Ring

    In this activity, students will retell a story using story question cards.

    Comprehension: Sum Summary!

    In this activity, students will summarize text (narrative and expository) using a graphic organizer.

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