Retelling Rubric: Informational Text
Assess how students comprehend what they read with oral retellings. Use Retelling Rubrics to:
- Establish clear and consistent expectations for retelling the important details in a text
- Assess students' comprehension and oral retelling skills to pinpoint students' needs
- Communicate students' retelling proficiency with educational teams or caregivers
- Build students' self-awareness as they reflect on their progress toward meeting the criteria
Refer to the Nonfiction Retelling Rubric to score students' retellings.
Instructional Tips
- Provide frequent opportunities for students to retell: Use the Nonfiction Retelling Rubric with any informational text. Some suggestions of collections to use are provided below.
- Prompt students as needed: Ask students probing questions as support when they struggle with retelling.
- Analyze the data: Use data to inform future instruction that supports summarizing, identifying main ideas and supporting details, and enriching vocabulary.
- Individualize student feedback: Share constructive feedback based on the rubric criteria, and help students set goals to improve future retellings.
- Make expectations visible: Post the rubric or share individual copies, ensuring students understand the criteria.
