8(A) - Sequence & Summarize

Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text/ Fiction Students understand, make inferences, draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding
K	1	2	3	4	5
8(A) retell main event from a story read aloud	9(A) describe the plot (problem & solution) and retell a story’s beginning, middle, and end with attention to the sequence of events	9(A) describe similarities and differences in the plots and settings of several works by the same author	sequence and summarize the plot’s main events and explain their influence  of future events third grade 8(A) fourth grade 6(A)		6(A) describe incedents that advance the story or novel, explaining how each incident gives rise to or foreshadows future events
Sequence the plot’s main events Explain their influence on future events Summarize the plot’s main events Explain their influence of future events

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This is my poster for summarizing the story How To Babysit an Orangutan in the 4th grade Trophies book. You can see that it is interactive.We build the summary together during class. (I used velcro after laminating the strips to attach them to the poster. ) All of these posters are hung on top of each other for easy storage. You can see the red hooks at the top of the picture. I tried to take the focus skill from each story and make an interactive poster for teaching the lesson. I got many of my ideas for the posters right out of the teaching manual. Although it was a lot of work at the beginning, I have used them for many years now and they are so easy.

Here is a link to the blog.... http://christine-readingisthinking.blogspot.com/search/label/summarizing

Marzano's Summarizing & Note-Taking Activities

     (shared by Science coaches September 15th)

• Sketch -It
• Don't Break the Bank
• Magnet Summary
• 3-2-1
• Concept Definition Map
• Picture Notes
• Incredible Shrinking Notes
• Mind Mapping

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