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Dr. Seuss Listening Centers

For Students 1st - 2nd
Take a trip to Whoville with a lesson focused on the works of Dr. Seuss. Using listening and responding worksheets, first graders listen to six Dr. Seuss books at a listening center, rate the books, and summarize and...
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Story Map

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
What just happened in that story? Kids can track the plot of any story using this worksheet. They fill in the title, author, and illustrator as well as the setting, characters, major plot points, and their own conclusion about the story.
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Let's Get Ready to Summarize

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice a summarizing strategy in this lesson. They are given a copy of a "National Geographic Kids" article and are encouraged to read it silently. They then use the steps provided to write an individual summary of the article.
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Star Summarizers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a reading literacy lesson with the goal of improving reading fluency and comprehension. They work on the skill of summarization that helps to pick out important details of a reading.
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A Web of History -- Summarization

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students listen to a reading selection about explorers in Alabama called "Spanish Explorations and Settlements." They listen for main ideas of the reading selection. As a whole group, the students create a word web using the important...
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Simon Says Summarize

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars comprehend text for the purpose of understanding what is being read. In this lesson they practice the skill of summarization with the goal of improving reading comprehension while reading the article "Godzilla".
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Summarizing with Post It Notes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice summarizing articles using post-it notes. They gather information for their own article and summarize it as well. They are assessed by their teachers and the quality of their notes.
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Let's Sum It All Up

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch a modeled lesson on summarizing the main ideas of a non-fiction passage. They silently read a passage about sharks before making a class summarization chart. Next, they read a small passage and summarize it...
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Reading And Responding: Lesson 4 Nonfiction/test-taking Strategies

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a teacher led activity that focuses on reading nonfiction and test taking strategies. They examine the use of context clues to improve their vocabulary and summarization skills. Also, they complete the...
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Reading, Reviewing, and Reflecting on Confederation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students summarize main points from producing a newspapers by filling in an organizer presenting four key aspects of Canada's Confederation.
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The Civil War--Reading on the Internet

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students grasp how to read from text and retain it. They use reading comprehension strategies specific to the Internet. They search for answers to questions related to the Civil War.
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Reading

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the book Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips. In groups, 3rd graders answer questions about the story. They share their personal responses. Students write answers to some questions.
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Reading Predictions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read and predict content and purpose for table of contents, index, headings, captions, illustrations, and major words from their science or social studies textbooks. They use books' elements to summarize what they can find...
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Cloudy Days Are for Reading and Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers consider a variety of well-known proverbs that refer to the weather. They research the scientific validity of these proverbs, conduct interviews about public perception of the proverbs and summarize their findings in...
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Five Big W's

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students develop summarization strategies by asking themselves questions as they read. They devlop these strategies help them develop better comprehension. Students goals for reading is comprehension. They explore helpful...
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Parts of a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read a short fiction book and demostrate comprehension by identifying the main characters, setting, conflict, theme, and summarizing the main points. They organize the information in Inspiration and create a powerpoint to show...
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Paraphrasing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice paraphrasing. In this paraphrasing lesson, 6th graders read a paragraph and highlight the important words. They write a summary sentence of the paragraph making sure not to copy any sentences. 
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INTERNET ASSIGNMENT: THE DAY DIZZY DUCKLING GOT LOST

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this reading / writing instructional activity, students use the Internet to read a story about ducks. They then summarize what they have read under each related illustration. Seven story elements are provided, along with one...
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Putting it all Together

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils must develop full comprehension by being able to summarize and focus on the main points of a passage. They learn the techinque of summarization in this lesson plan. The three steps taught are picking out important ideas,...
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Synonymous Sharks

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students locate and read an Internet article on sharks. They write a summary of the article, and complete a Concept of Definition Map using information from the article.
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Short, Sweet, and to the Point

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students read a passage from a magazine. They highlight the main ideas and facts they feel are important and black out the unimportant details. They review the concept of summarizing and use the highlighted text to write a summary with...
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Practice with Experiment Conclusions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this conclusions worksheet, learners write one sentence to summarize the data given to them in a graph. Students complete 3 problems.
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Literature Summary Sheet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this writing a summary worksheet, students read the assigned chapter for the day and then write 2 to 3 paragraphs summarizing the chapter.
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Can You See It?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss how to visualize while reading. They read The Thanksgiving Day Parade and Old Yeller. Students relax and picture their favorite place. They share what they saw and discuss the concept of visualization. Students visualize...

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