Retelling Anchor Chart. These anchor charts will pair so well with your next lesson on story elements, retelling, character traits and so much more! Photo courtesy of jenn r.

I say, “today, we are going to identify the beginning, middle, and end of some of our favorite read aloud books in. I refer to the retelling anchor chart from the day before to review the definition. Retell anchor chart summary only important events in the story emphasizes the big idea events are told in your own words retell uses author’s words to tell the story adds lots of details use pictures clues both uses details from the text keeps the details in the right order 1