We are currently focusing on summarizing what we have read. Summarizing is taking selections of text and reducing them to their bare essentials: the gist, the key ideas, and the main points that are worth noting and remembering. When students summarize, they are taking sections of the book and pulling out important information and sharing it in our own words (rather than copying it out of the book.)
As readers, it is important that we summarize what we read so we can remember, organize, and understand the importance of the text we are reading. This strategy can be a bit challenging to second graders as they learn to identify the most important details to include in their summarization.
We will begin by learning how to retell stories. We will do so by breaking down fiction books into "beginning," "middle," and "end" (B-M-E), identifying the most important details in each section. We will be utilizing a Flow Map (Thinking Maps.)
I am sending home a Parent Pipeline today (September 10th) with more information about this strategy.
As readers, it is important that we summarize what we read so we can remember, organize, and understand the importance of the text we are reading. This strategy can be a bit challenging to second graders as they learn to identify the most important details to include in their summarization.
We will begin by learning how to retell stories. We will do so by breaking down fiction books into "beginning," "middle," and "end" (B-M-E), identifying the most important details in each section. We will be utilizing a Flow Map (Thinking Maps.)
I am sending home a Parent Pipeline today (September 10th) with more information about this strategy.
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