Swbst anchor chart

Oh summary. How I have such a love-hate relationship with you. Summarizing stories is something students start at a young age, and yet it is still so hard for students even in late elementary. I often find that they struggle to determine the important details from the minor details and write summaries filled with and then, and then, and then, and then, and then.....I end up feeling like Ashton Kutcher from "Dude, Where's My Car." So, why do we teach summarizing? The ability to summarize…

Summarizing Anchor Chart - uses the Somebody Wanted But So Then (SWBST) strategy. Books and sticky notes can be easily added and changed out with new books. #Regram via @storiesbystorie

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Summarizing Strategy - Someone wanted but then so

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Check out my blog post to download your free printable SWBST Anchor Chart, Worksheet, and Bookmark for helping students understand how to summarize what they read.

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

I’ve been spending a ton of time this summer working with groups around the country, helping facilitate conversations around reading and writing in the social studies. It’s always a goo…