Retelling Famous Stories Worksheets
Related ELA Standard: RL.K.2, RL.1.2, RL.2.1
Many people take for granted how difficult it is to productively retell a story. This demonstrates a high level of comprehension. Which makes sense, because you can not retell a story that you do not fully understand. When teachers hear a student retell a story it also allows them a glimpse into what students have remembered and they might get an idea as to where students are missing a piece of the story. These worksheets will have students revisit a famous story and ask them to retell it in their own words.
Retelling Famous Stories Worksheets:
Three Little Pigs' Houses – Draw Your Own Version of the Three Little Pigs' Houses.
Hansel and Gretel – What happens in the story "Hansel and Gretel"?
Little Red Riding Hood – The first page of this tall tale.
Finish Up Little Red Riding Hood – Finish telling the story. Draw two pictures that show how the story ends.
Rapunzel – Draw a picture of Rapunzel escaping from the tower.
Peter Pan – Draw Your Own Version of Peter Pan Settings.
The Frog Prince – A picture tale for you.
Frog Prince Page 2 – It is dinner time.
Frog Prince 3 – Her parents get involved.
Frog Prince 4 – He keeps coming back for more.
Frog Prince – A prince appears.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – This is the introduction page.
Snow White Page 2 – The seven friendly dwarfs let Snow White stay with them. In return, she cleans for them and cooks their meals.
Snow White Ending – Finish telling the story. Draw two pictures that show how the story ends.
Jack and the Beanstalk – Once upon a time there was a boy name Jack who lived with his mother. Jack and his mother were very poor.
Finish Up Beanstalk – Draw three pictures that show how the story ends.
Beauty and the Beast – The epic tale of vanity.
The Beast – What does the Beast say?
Beauty and the Beast Middle – Draw the picture of what happens next.
Beauty's Sisters – Beauty's sisters are jealous of her fine things, and they convince her to stay longer than the agreed-upon week in order to get Beauty in trouble with the Beast.
The End – Use this page as inspiration for the previous worksheets.
Pinocchio – Draw a picture of what Pinocchio wishes in the beginning of the story.
Geppetto – Draw a picture of what happens to Geppetto when he is trying to save Pinocchio.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Draw in the missing information.
Mr. McGregor – What is missing here?
Peter's Perception – Fill in the start and end of this passage.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Draw the three bowls of porridge.
The Scene – Draw the three beds.
Harold and the Purple Crayon – Assign each student a number, beginning with number one.
The Ugly Duckling – How do the ducks treat the ugly duckling?
Ending – How does the story end? Draw and write the end.
Where the Wild Things Are – Write a sentence about Max.
The Wild Ones – Write a sentence about the wild things.