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5th Grade - Summarize Text

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Summarize information presented in text. 0501.6.10


Links verified on 9/11/2014


  1. Creating a One-Sentence Summary from Supporting Details - online 2 question quiz; self checking [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.] This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  2. Determine what is important - this lesson unit focuses on text rather than speech but will help students understand what to look for orally as well as written. An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format A lesson plan can be found at this site
  3. Incredible Shrinking Notes - lesson plan on how to summarize what is heard A lesson plan can be found at this site
  4. Lesson Plans on Summarizing A lesson plan can be found at this site
    1. The 'Bear' Facts about Summarization
    2. Mapping Out Summarization
    3. Shaking Things Up In Summarization
    4. Slim Down to the Good Stuff by Summarizing
    5. Index of Other Summarizing Lesson Plans - scroll most of the way down the page to section IV
  5. Story Shackles (Linking Students To Written Text) - lesson plan - Story Shackles is an imaginative and stimulating way for students to acquire the ability to retell events of a story or text, sequence the action or happenings in a story, or to simply summarize the plot, main ideas with supporting details, or general information of a story or text A lesson plan can be found at this site
  6. Sum it Up! - a worksheet to print for your students to use in summarizing - A suggestion from the worksheet tells students "Imagine you only have $2.00, and each word you use will cost you 10 cents." An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format This link includes something for the teacher to print
  7. Sum it Up! - Instructions - instructions for students before they use the summarizing worksheet An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format This link includes something for the teacher to print
  8. Summarizing - review the basics of summarizing, identify main idea statements and detail statements, and use categories to summarize lists
  9. Summarizing - lesson on learning to summarize A lesson plan can be found at this site
  10. Summarizing - three page article which includes instructions for a process called 50% summary and a sample summary of a short article An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  11. Summary vs. Critique - explanation of what each does and does not do An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  12. Text Summarizer - this automatic text summarizer allows you to input some parameters including the percentage of the original text to be output This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data



A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessons site for teachers | A PowerPoint show related to this standard PowerPoint show | An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format Acrobat document | A Microsoft Word document to be downloaded Word document | This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard whiteboard resource | This resource includes voice instructions for students sound | A video is available through this link video format | This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data interactive lesson | This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding a quiz | A lesson plan can be found at this site lesson plan | This link includes something for the teacher to print to print

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