Summary somebody wanted but so then anchor chart

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Interactive summarize anchor chart

Today I am dusting off the old blog and stopping in for a visit! I am so excited to share my new summarizing unit with you. My kids love summarizing with SWBST (somebody, wanted, but, so, then) and

Summarizing - Anchor Chart - Think Aloud - Comprehension Lesson - First Grade - Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann - Somebody Wanted But So Then Graphic Organizer

Aligned with Lucy Calkins and common core standards! Somebody wanted but so then summarizing

Summarizing teaches students how to discern the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way. Teaching students to summarize improves their memory for what is read. Summarization strategies can be used in almost every content area.

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 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…