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Writing Constructed Response with Text Evidence – Hamburger Style!

December 28, 2020

fifth grade, finding main idea, fourth grade, informational text, summarizing, summarizing nonfiction, summarizing nonfiction text, third grade

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Constructed response is easy to teach with this hamburger craft. First, kids find text evidence. Second, they write it as detail sentences. Then they answer the question and write a…

Using a Story Arc to Summarize and Find Theme

July 2, 2017

Brenda Kovich

Engage, English Language Arts

finding a theme, fourth grade reading, RL.4.2, story arc, summarizing, summary, theme

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Using a story arc helps kids understand story elements. That makes it great for summarizing and finding a theme. Furthermore, it establishes a reading-writing connection. Once kids make sense of the arc…

Teaching Summarizing with Reading Activities for Kids

May 29, 2016

Brenda Kovich

Engage, English Language Arts

RL.3.2, RL.4.2, RL.5.2, somebody wanted but then so, summarizing, summary, teaching summarizing, teaching summary

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Teaching summarizing scaffolds from grades three to five. Third graders simply retell the story. Fourth graders summarize the details. Using the tried-and-true “somebody wanted but then so” makes it easier. By fifth…

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Writing Constructed Response with Text Evidence – Hamburger Style!

Using a Story Arc to Summarize and Find Theme

Teaching Summarizing with Reading Activities for Kids

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