Stop, Think, and Summarize!

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Do we really need to teach kids how to summarize?

YES! Summarizing is such an invaluable tool IF students are taught to do it correctly!

Summarizing helps students remember what they have read for longer amounts of time and integrate new information more effectively. If students can understand what they are reading, then they will be able to discuss and answer any question about the text.

An excellent resource for more information about the effectiveness of summarizing is a book written by Emily Kissner.

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But how do we teach students to summarize effectively?

We all have those students that highlight or underline the entire text and have absolutely no idea what they have read!

I have created an anchor chart and graphic organizer that helps students learn the text structure of fictional text and what important information should be included in a summary. Once students are familiar with text structure and the graphic organizer, I teach them how to make their own graphic organizer on notebook paper. This is what I then expect them to do during our state testing! My Tier 3 struggling readers have had much success with this graphic organizer and anchor chart and we have increased our overall state testing pass rate from 76% to 84% including making our annual goals with our SPED students.

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