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The simplest way to reuse anchor charts... Laminate and switch out sticky notes. This is what we did with this Summarizing Anchor Chart for teaching Somebody, Wanted, But, So summarizing strategy. From the blog post- Anchoring the Standards: Teaching & Documenting the Common Core Standards with Anchor Charts Part 1

Summarizing plot for reading comprehension the "Reading Apprenticeship" way!Summary writing and plot diagramming can be tricky for some students. This 2-page activity helps connect summarizing with diagramming plot in a clear way! Students will identify the main points of a story using the "Somebod...

Summarizing is one of the hardest strategies to teach and for students to learn. Many students will retell the text ... almost word for word when asked to give a summary. In order for students to learn the difference between a retelling and a summary, teachers must model, model, model summarizing often. According to Dr. Jan Richardson, when we ask our students to summarize they ... write too much or not enough do not capture the most important ideas copy word for word from the text do not…

Summarizing Strategy - Someone wanted but then so

Check out these Christopher Columbus Activities including a video lessons with comprehension and constructed response questions.

Struggling with how to teach summarizing? Help students master the fine art of summary with graphic organizers for nonfiction and fiction!

Year after year my students struggled with summaries, and then I started using this method for teaching summary writing. Eureka! I will never again teach this skill without this summary anchor chart.

Anchor chart: summarizing