Reader's
Workshop:
Strategy 5: Summarizing
Character:
Sammy the Summarizer
Props:
Cowboy hat, lasso, bandana
Accent: Speaks with a western drawl
Phrase: "I put the BIG ideas in my own words."
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The
Seven Strategies
Making
Connections
Making Predictions
Visualizing
Clarifying
Summarizing
Questioning
Making Inferences
SUMMARY
Since it's impossible to remember everything about
a text, it's essential to teach students to pull out the most important ideas.
By teaching the process of summarization, students will learn how fiction
and non-fiction texts are organized and how to pull out the most important
information.