SUMMARIZING

 In what situations is it important for our students to summarize?

 take sections of text and restate the most important idea(s) in our own words  analyze text at a deep level  use subskills, such as:  determining importance  paraphrasing  distinguishing between main ideas/ details  Use reading tools, such as: rereading, slowing down, marking the text WHEN WE SUMMARIZE, WE…

 is one of the hardest skills to grasp  is one of the most difficult skills to teach  must be modeled repeatedly  must be practiced often SUMMARIZING…  is one of the hardest skills to grasp  is one of the most difficult skills to teach  must be modeledrepeatedly  must be practiced often

1. Delete trivial material that is unnecessary to understanding. 2. Delete words that repeat information. 3. Substitute for a list of things with a word that describes the things in the list (ex: use “trees” for “elm, oak, and maple”) 4. Keep things that are important. RULE BASED SUMMARIZING

1. Delete trivial material that is unnecessary to understanding. 2. Delete words that repeat information. 3. Substitute for a list of things with a word that describes the things in the list (ex: use “trees” for “elm, oak, and maple”) 4. Keep things that are important. RULE BASED SUMMARIZING Delete unnecessary things. 2. Substitute for lists. 3. Keep main ideas.

SUMMARIZING ACTIVITIES  Selective Underlining/Highlighting  Margin/Sticky Notes  Doodle Pages  What’s Interesting? / What’s Important?  One Sentence Summary / GIST / Sum It Up  Somebody…Wanted...But...So… (fiction)  Technology Twists  Microsoft Word: highlighting, comments, track changes

Model Teach Independent Practice Guided Practice Teacher Responsibility StudentResponsibility

 Summarizing in the Classrooms  Week 1 of 4 th block  Continuously in regular classes  Resources  Flip Book (anything to add??)  Wiki: (public)  Colleagues  Ongoing support from Literacy Coach  One-Sentence Summary of this session!

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