Simple story retelling examples for second graders

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 📖 What is Retelling? Retelling means saying a story again in your own way. It shows you understood what happened.
• 🔍 Key Parts of a Story: Remember to include the beginning, middle, and end.
• 👧 Characters: Who are the people or animals in the story?
• 📍 Setting: Where and when does the story take place?
• 📝 Plot: What happens in the story? What are the main events?
• 💡 Problem: What challenge does the main character face?
• ✅ Solution: How is the problem solved?
• 💬 Your Words: Use your own words to explain what happened. Don't just copy the story!

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. Which of these is the MOST important part of retelling a story?
   1. Saying the story exactly as it is written.
   2. Using your own words to explain the story.
   3. Skipping the beginning and going straight to the end.
   4. Ignoring the characters in the story.
2. What does 'setting' mean in a story?
   1. The problem the main character faces.
   2. Where and when the story takes place.
   3. The list of characters in the story.
   4. The lesson the story teaches.
3. What should you include in your retelling of the 'plot' of a story?
   1. Only the names of the characters.
   2. The main events that happen in the story.
   3. Just the ending of the story.
   4. The color of the characters' clothes.
4. Why is it important to talk about the 'problem' in a story retelling?
   1. Because the problem is not important to the story.
   2. Because it helps explain what the main character is trying to solve.
   3. Because it makes the retelling longer.
   4. Because all stories have the same problem.
5. What should you do AFTER you have read a story that you want to retell?
   1. Close the book and start talking immediately.
   2. Think about the main parts of the story.
   3. Ask someone else to retell it for you.
   4. Draw a picture of your favorite character.
6. Which of the following is an example of retelling the beginning of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'?
   1. Goldilocks ran away and never came back.
   2. Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks who went into the woods.
   3. The bears were very angry when they came home.
   4. Goldilocks ate all the porridge.
7. What is the 'solution' in a story?
   1. The name of the main character.
   2. How the problem is fixed or resolved.
   3. Where the story takes place.
   4. A funny joke.