Story Retell Strips

Students read a summary of The Princess and the Pea and retell the story in three short sentences. Each sentence must capture the beginning, middle, and end of the tale using the provided story strips. This activity strengthens summarization skills and helps students identify main events in a concise format. The reflection question encourages students to consider why it is useful to retell stories briefly, reinforcing the importance of clarity and main idea identification. The task supports comprehension and narrative understanding.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Summarizing Literature

English Language Arts – Identifying Beginning, Middle, End

English Language Arts – Understanding Main Idea

English Language Arts – Reading Comprehension

This worksheet is part of our children’s stories worksheets collection.