Summarizing+Templates+Discussion

=__Comprehension Shouldn’t Be Silent: From Strategy Instruction to Student Independence__= =__**How can we use these templates in our classroom?**__= == Summarizing Tally Sheet (pg. 216) //Text reference pg. 158-//The tally sheet could be used as a visual for the entire class. Making the tally sheet larger would be beneficial so that the teacher could model and think aloud (students and teacher fill in while teacher reads and thinks aloud). Teacher could also use during guided reading (students use chart as they are reading in supportive environment or small group (use of subject integration like science text), or shared reading (teacher and students reading and using the chart together). Later, students could read and summarize from their science or social textbooks while tallying the summarizing strategies they use. One suggestion would be to chunk the tally sheet and only do a few at a time. Perhaps look at which points lend themselves better to fiction/non-fiction when chunking the components. ==

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==** Summarizing Rubric (p. 217) //Text Pg. 161-// **** Teachers would want to introduce this rubric early and refer to it often. Students use to help them assess, revise and write their own summaries and writing (are very familiar with it). The class could write summaries together and evaluate with the rubric. Teacher can save written summaries for examples (students can use these to evaluate using the rubric or as exemplars of varied summaries). Students could set goals and write their summaries based on the rubric. Perhaps an adjustment may be to rephrase the language to help students understand better. **==

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==** Chunking and Rereading Text Think Sheet(pg. 219) //Text Pg. 168-// The teacher should m ** odel first but use to guide student summary (this activity really scaffolds the type of reading and summarizing the students will be doing as they get older), eventually could be an independent activity after modelling and sharing. Stop and write a sentence or two to capture their thinking....great with textbook reading. Would be good strategy to integrate into science, social etc. (identify a section of text that I can read and remember). Also, may be good for struggling readers. ==

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==** Thinking About My Reading: Self Assessment Summary (pg.222) //Text Pg. 172-// The ** students consider what strategies they have been using to summarize; could be used in conjuction with the tally sheet. Also, use large tally sheet to collectively see what strategies the students as a class have been using the most (students refer to their own summary sheet). Then use this data to create a class goal. After the model, students can use their own data to create individual goals. Immediately after, students take a short text and work on their plan (SEE pg. 177 text for example) Ask themselves which strategies of summarizing they need to work on. Could be a great tool to use with portfolios and conferencing. ==