Recommendations for Classroom Practice on Summarizing

1. Recommendations for Classroom Practice onSummarizing • Teach the “rule-based” strategy • Follows a set of rules that produce a summary

2. Bev’s Sink/Float • Important rules for sink and float Sink Float What don’t we need to know? Color Yes/No Shape Yes/No Size Yes/No Round penny blue sponge Long pen long stick Square magnet round cork Round nickel red sponge

3. The Narrative Frame • Characters: the traits of the main characters in the story • Setting: the time, place, and context for the story • Initiating event: the event that starts the action rolling in the story • Internal Response: how the main characters react emotionally to the initiating event in the story

4. The Narrative Frame (Continued) e. Goal: what the main characters decide to do as a reaction to the initiating event (the goal they set) f. Consequences: how the main characters try to accomplish the goal g. Resolution: how the goal turns out.

5. Problem/Solution Frame • Examples of these can be • Math word problems • Class rules or Classroom Management • Real-life problems/issues that you want them to think or reflect deeply upon (pollution, extinction of animal populations because man is encroaching on natural habitats, etc.)

6. We Predict Yellow + Red = Yellow + Blue = Blue + Red = We Discover Yellow + Red = Yellow + Blue = Blue + Red = Reciprocal Teaching

7. Recommendations for Classroom Practice onNote Taking • Give Teacher-Prepared Notes • Model Blue Red Purple Red Yellow Orange

8. Recommendations for Classroom Practice onNote Taking • Teach Multiple Formats Word Web, Graphic Organizers, Combination Notes, etc. Notes Graphic Summary

9. Combination Notes for Kindergarten 5 Five