Summarizing Strategies What is summarizing? Students

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Summarizing Strategies
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What is summarizing?

• Students summarize learning and answer the
  essential question.

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Why Summarize?

• It gives evidence of student learning.
• It helps students remember the content longer.

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When do you use summarizing?

• 1. Throughout the lesson
• 2. At the end of the lesson

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Summarizing Should

• Support learning
• Lead to comprehension and retention
• Require dialogue and not yes/no answers
• Involve all students
• Consolidate learning
• Facilitate the learner using new vocabulary

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Websites with Summarizers

• The Teachers Toolbox
• Activators and Summarizers
• Summarizing Strategies
• Cobb County
• Pasco County, FL
• Summarizing Strategies
• Learning Focused Toolbox

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Examples of Summarizing Strategies
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Ticket Out the Door

• Students summarize main idea on a Post It note.

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Carousel Brainstorming

• Prompts are strategically placed at different
  points in the classroom. Teams of students
  identified by colored marker rotate from prompt
  to prompt adding information.

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3 2 - 1

• Write 3 examples of content, 2 examples of how
  the content is used and 1 reason why the content
  is important.
• 3-2-1 template

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Human Bingo

• The teacher creates a grid on the floor with
  masking tape and students move to the designated
  space when they correctly answer questions.

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Key Word

• This is an acrostic of a topic or concept and
  students write sentences for each letter that
  summarizes information they have learned.

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Journaling

• Learning Logs Students summarize lesson
  essential questions and vocabulary
• RAFT Role, Audience, Format, Topic
• Become a commercial artist and create a
  commercial convincing your peers to buy a
  specific product.
• RAFT Writing Template

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Show Me

• Draw a Picture
• Draw a Diagram or a Map
• Physically Demonstrate
• Create Organizer

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Inner/Outer Circles

• 1s are the inside circle and 2s are the
  outside circle. Students face each other and take
  turns responding to questions posed by the
  teacher. After each question, one circle moves
  counterclockwise the number you provide.

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The Important Thing

• Students summarize what was important about the
  learned content. The last statement indicates the
  most important thing.
• The Important Thing graphic organizer
• The Important Thing template

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ABC Review

• Students use the alphabet to write what they
  remember about content learned.
• You can create a grid with a letter in each box
  to use for this.
• ABC graphic organizer
• ABC template

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K-W-L

• Students complete the L on the K-W-L and
  summarize what has been learned.
• K-W-L Template
• K-W-L Template

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Frayer

• While designed for introducing vocabulary, this
  also makes an excellent summarizer with students
  giving characteristics, examples, non-examples,
  and the most important thing about a topic.
• Frayer Worksheet
• Frayer Diagram