Summarizing Strategies: We will review a couple of summarizing strategies each week. Teachers are encouraged to try them out and add each strategy to their "bag of tricks." SMARTBoard files provide a brief overview along with documents you can use with your kids.
“We remember best what we experience FIRST and second best what we experience LAST.” – (Sousa, 2003)
What is summarizing?
- Retelling in a succinct manner
- Actively processing instead of passively receiving
- Both oral and written
When students summarize, they must
- Keep some information
- Delete some information
- Substitute some information
Summary Techniques:
- Summarizing Frames
- Summarizing Cubes
- Inner-Outer Circle
- ABC Summary
- Summarization Pyramid
- Multiple Journal Topics
- Four-Two-One
- One Word Summary
- Final Countdown
- P-M-I
- A/B Partners
- 3-2-1
- Paired Summarizing
- The Important Thing
- The Last Word
- Ticket Out the Door
- Synectics Journal
