The Shared Retelling Strategy Within the Assess-Decide-Guide Framework
—Jan Richardson and Ellen Lewis
About the Authors
Jan Richardson, Ph.D., is the bestselling author of The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading, an educational consultant, and a leading expert in guided reading with experience as a Reading Recovery® teacher leader, a staff developer, and a teacher of every grade—K–12.
Ellen Lewis, M.Ed., is author of The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading Study Guide as well as several children’s books, and a literacy consultant with more than three decades of literacy teaching experience as a reading teacher and Reading Recover® teacher.
Expert Idea
Shared Retelling
When a student finishes reading a story or a passage from a longer piece of fiction, a fast and efficient way to assess his or her comprehension is to ask for a shared retelling, following the steps on the Tip Sheet.
Retelling, a foundational comprehension strategy, helps students understand story and shows teachers how well students comprehend what they read.
Teach It
Watch and Learn
Watch Jan use the shared retelling strategy with a group of early and transitional readers.
Watch Ellen work with a group of emergent-early readers as part of a RISE lesson. RISE is a reading intervention program developed by Jan and Ellen, based on Jan’s Next Step Forward in Guided Reading. See 6:46– 9:53 of the video to watch a shared retelling discussion.
In a remote lesson, Jan teaches the shared retelling strategy to a transitional reader.
Learn More
- Read a Sample Chapter
Click here to download an excerpt from Jan Richardson’s The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading and read about more comprehension strategies.
- Order the Book
Click here to order The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson.