I am stuck on summarizing. There are so many ways yo summarize and for so
many purposes. Does anyone have a tried and true method to teach 4th graders
a way to summarize an article, chapter, or book?
Suzanne NY 4th
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Thanks for reminding me about the SWBST. I have used this but not lately. It
is so effective. A good summarizing book is Summarizing in Any Subject by Rick
Wormeli. Lots of different ideas for different text formats. It's better for
upper ele. and middle school but ideas could be adapted.
Hi
I have a group of Title I, 4th and 5th graders who are reading on a second
grade level. We are working on summarizing and it is hard for them. We have
summarized nursery rhymes, using the 5 W's. They do fairly well on these
because
these are short and familiar. What other instruction do
Hi
Yes, my Title I kids are great retellers. They tell everything! But they are
not so good at summarizing.
THANK YOU FOR THE SITE, CAROL!
I think this piece of artillery is great and just might get us right on
target!
Thanks to everyone. I appreciate all your input. You are wonderful!
Beth
I really like the SWBST model
Somebody (Character)
Wanted (Goal)
But (Conflict)
So (Solution)
Then(Conclusion)
I use a cool hand graphic organizer with these terms labeling the
fingers.
I explain to the students that this is just very simple and not giving
tons of
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I am stuck on summarizing. There are so many ways yo summarize and for so
many purposes. Does anyone have a tried and true method to
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I am stuck on summarizing. There are so many ways yo summarize and for so
many purposes. Does anyone have a tried and true method to
I have done a similar formula as Lisa with my junior high readers. It gets
them a one-paragraph summary that is easy for
them to remember and includes most major plot elements. I do encourage
stronger readers/writers to develop
their ideas more. I have tweaked the formula a bit . . .
Somebod
Thanks you for the responses. I am going to try the ideas and plow along. I
am wondering about adding student thinking to the summaries. We ask them
constantly to think... should a summary ask them to do some thinking? I know
that I have seen an organizer for note-taking (I think for determin
I am finding second graders this year having a really hard time with retelling
and finding the main parts. We have been doing a five finger retelling to get
to the main ideas. Easier when done orally, but with enough practice they are
transferring to written work. I LOVE reading workshop...
tten piece, actually.
However, we can have them dictate and write their responsed for them.
Michele S.
From: Renee Keeler
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Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 9:30:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] summarizing
I am finding second graders this year having a r
I think that it is important to be explicit about what we want kids to do.
Primary grades do retells which are not summaries. Towards middle of
third grade I start to introduce summaries by helping kids categorize ideas
such as going to my friends house, watching TV, playing a game-all of
I work with 6, 7,8 graders who are still struggling with their reading and we
use the
Someone/Something / Verb (did something) / Finish the thought...
This is a graphic structure I use to help them create a summary sentence.
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Hi
I have a group o
You might also try Somebody Wanted But So Then strategy and chart. I am
attaching a great link I found to help you with this.
http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/Somebody-Wanted-But-So.html
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Jennifer Axman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I work with 6, 7,8 graders wh
Can they even retell?? You have to be able to do that first. I think it is
easier to do a summary of nonfiction before asking them to do a fictional
piece.
Sue
In a message dated 11/3/2008 1:39:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Hi
I have a group of Title I, 4th a
I use a handprint to help my kids retell and summarize. They lift a finger
for characters, setting, problem, significant events and resoltion. They
touch their palm to discuss the author's message or purpose. I have a poster
of a handprint with the story elements in a text box above each finger.
C
erful carry-over into
5th grade.
Thanks for the terrific website -
Martha
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You mig
I, too, use this handprint... in first grade ...along with the sequence of :
first, next, then, after that and in the end superimposed ... In other words
... kids retell using the proper sequence as well as employing the proper
literary terms May I suggest looking at the resource entitle
I love using the gist strategy, as described by Janet Allen in Tools for
Teaching Content Literacy. I use it at the paragraph level and for sections
of reading. Read a paragraph, write a summary sentence in 15 words or less.
Read the next, now revise the sentence to show new learning, and maintai
Hi
I had several people email me wanting to know the site that Carol gave me
about the summarizing technique
called Somebody Wanted But So.
Here it is _http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/Somebody-Wanted-But-So.html_
(http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/Somebody-Wanted-But-So.html)
Thanks!
Be
I am going to be doing summarizing with third graders and some students will be
reading chapter books. Does anyone know of any good graphic organizers or ways
to teach students how to summarize chapter books? I imagine that I should do
it chapter by chapter. Any ideas would be helpful!
Thanks
A great example of summarizing a story comes from Cynthia Rylant's
series called Little Whistle. You need to read Little Whistle
first. Then the others start with a summary of Little Whistle. Each
book has a different summary. You can point out how she uses only
important information wi
Friends,
I wanted to read Boy by Dahl as suggested and found it not a common book in
the district or public libraries. I did find it used on Amazon.com and
bought it at Half-Price Books. Since I live in a large city and teach in a
large
district, I thought I save some of you some time and
I am looking for short text or picture books that show characters acting
"out of character".
any ideas appreciated
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re books that show characters acting
"out of character".
any ideas appreciated
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Thanks you for the responses. I am going to try the ideas and plow along. I
am wondering about adding student thinking to the summaries. We ask them
constantly to think... should a summary ask them to do some thinking
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