Summarizing
www.readingrockets.org/strategies/summarizing
This concise resource explains why summarizing is an important comprehension strategy and how to teach it. It also includes a selection of related classroom activities, templates, and lesson plans for teaching students how to identify and summarize the main ideas of a text. The list of “more summarizing activities” includes many techniques that can also be used to check for understanding.
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Middle School,
Clarify: Checking for Understanding,
High School,
7Cs Teaching Resources,
Upper Elementary,
Lower Elementary,
Cross-Curricular
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