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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…

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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…

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

Would you like to decorate your classroom with fun, hand-drawn anchor charts/posters? Do you simply not have the time to get them done? Well, you have come to the perfect place! I love making these engaging and appealing anchor charts. I also can draw/create any other topic you would like, just contact me directly and ask! My students absolutely love these posters and references them every day. Many of them are visual learners, so the colorful images really help them connect and remember…

Happy Sunday! What a busy week! It was my birthday this week. So I have been pretty much celebrating all week long. =) I have created a sweet pack that I know my little ones will love and I hope you do too! This set is loaded with posters, graphic organizers, bookmarks, anchor charts and more! Here's a close up! There are 5 "Find It" printables. The students have to find the s*w*b*s*t skills in the story and highlight it using the color code. Then they have to write about their findings…

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

Would you like to decorate your classroom with fun, hand-drawn anchor charts/posters? Do you simply not have the time to get them done? Well, you have come to the perfect place! I love making these engaging and appealing anchor charts. I also can draw/create any other topic you would like, just contact me directly and ask! My students absolutely love these posters and references them every day. Many of them are visual learners, so the colorful images really help them connect and remember…