Summarizing: Informational Text

Author: 
Center for Technology Implementation
Year: 
2013
Ms. Bailey, a veteran 6th grade teacher, wants to help her students strengthen their reading comprehension across all subject areas. In this lesson, students will learn how to craft summaries of informational texts; her students will be able to determine what belongs in a summary and what does not. 
Resource File: 
PDF icon Lesson in Action - Summarizing Informational Text.pdf
Type: 
Lesson in Action
Common Core State Standards: 
Informational Text
Literacy in History/Social Studies
Instructional Strategies: 
Summarizing

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