Saturday, November 1, 2025

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Recount Stories - Playlist and Teaching Notes”

by Wisewire
3rd Grade


Students explore standard RL.3.2 with this playlist. They will learn how to recount fables, folktales, and myths. Students will describe how stories are linked to the cultures they come from. Students also have the option to listen to instructional audio and complete practice quizzes or activities. *New! We’ve partnered with Digital Promise Global’s Learner Positioning Systems (LPS) initiative to upgrade this playlist’s teaching notes. You can now access additional research-based strategies to meet the full diversity of your learners.*

This product includes:

• 5 links to instructional videos, audio files, or texts

• 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions

• Definitions of key terms, such as moral and folktale

• An excerpt from "The Two Millers" by Augusta Stevenson

• An excerpt from "The Ant and the Grasshopper" by Aesop

• An excerpt from "Why Has Jackal a Long Stripe on His Back?" a South African Folktale

• An excerpt from "Why the Tail of the Fox Has a White Tip" by Mabel Powers

• An accompanying Teaching Notes file

The Teaching Notes file includes:

• Additional activities to help your students explore the standard

• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities

• Differentiation ideas to help all of your students master the standard

• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

​• A list of strengths and challenges your learners will draw from while completing this playlist and how to further support their learning.

Need more resources?

Determine the Central Message - Playlist and Teaching Notes

Determining Theme - Playlist and Teaching Notes

Summarizing a Text - Playlist and Teaching Notes

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Please note, passages in this product appear in these other products:

An excerpt from "The Two Millers" by Augusta Stevenson appears in:

Contributions of Illustrations - Playlist and Teaching Notes

Parts of Stories, Dramas, and Poems – Playlist and Teaching Notes

RL.3.2 - Quiz C and Answer Guide

An excerpt from "Why the Tail of the Fox Has a White Tip" by Mabel Powers appears in:

Contributions of Illustrations - Playlist and Teaching Notes

RL.3.2 - Quiz C and Answer Guide

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