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Here are four books you can use when teaching your students to summarize using the Somebody Wanted But So Then (SWBST) strategy.

Here are four books you can use when teaching your students to summarize using the Somebody Wanted But So Then (SWBST) strategy.

5 Ways to Help Your Students Master Summarizing - Lip Gloss Learning and Lattes

Teaching students to summarize seems like it should be fairly easy. There are no comprehension questions, no digging deeper into the text and no activating prior knowledge. After all everything they need is right there in front of them. In this blogpost I'll share 5 ways to help your students master summarizing. But easy is

Teaching summarizing can be fun! In this post, we break down how to teach kids to summarize fiction, including ways to practice this skill.

Teaching summarizing can be fun! In this post, we break down how to teach kids to summarize fiction, including ways to practice this skill.

Practical and fun ways to get your students summarizing.  Differentiate with texts that students will enjoy --  suggestions include using video clips and cartoons to help students determine the main idea and elements of a plot.  Free lesson plan included - perfect for test practice, sub plan, review, and reading workshop. #summarizing #readingworkshop #lesson

Practical and fun ways to get your students summarizing. Differentiate with texts that students will enjoy -- suggestions include using video clips and cartoons to help students determine the main idea and elements of a plot. Free lesson plan included - perfect for test practice, sub plan, review, and reading workshop. #summarizing #readingworkshop #lesson

Make summarizing and finding a theme easy! Just use a story arc. Check out this blog post on enjoy-teaching.com for free videos and templates. RL.4.2

Make summarizing and finding a theme easy! Just use a story arc. Check out this blog post on enjoy-teaching.com for free videos and templates. RL.4.2

Summarizing: Tips and Tricks to Making it Work for Students!

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Five-finger retell! This is a simple way for students to remember how to write summaries.  The teacher can hang these hands up in the classroom or students can simply use their own hands if they can't see the ones hung up.  This lesson can be done by having students go through the five finger retell on a story they have previously read.

Many kids have a hard time retelling/summarizing a passage or story. This simple hand trick helps them tell only the most important parts of the story. One teacher I know keeps these …

Do you want to add a little "flavor" to your summarizing unit? This is an engaging activity where your students read an original short story. (The events of this story actually happened, might I add!) After they have finished reading, students identify the characters, setting, beginning/problem, middle/events...

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Determine the theme and summarize using SWBST! #reading #readingcomprehension #readingactivities #3rdgrade #summaries #readingskills #4thgrade
One easy, yet exciting family outdoor activity that you can do near home is going on family bike rides. If you have little kids, then you need the right bike gear to bring them along. In this article, I summarize the different types of bike attachments, the best attachments by age, and possible configurations depending on the number of kids you have with you!
This Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Peoples, First Nations) orange shirt day mini unit is a meaningful printable package that gently teaches residential school history to primary and intermediate students through art projects and printable activities.Using the The Orange Shirt Story, or Phyllis's Orange Shirt, written by Phyllis Webstad, this unit provides an entry level look into residential schools, or could be used as a jumping off point into further inquiries.