Summarizing+and+Notetaking

= __Summarizing & Notetaking__ =



Summarizing and Notetaking strategies are clustered as part of the same instructional category because both require students to distill information. Summarizing requires students to analyze information at a fairly deep level, thus strengthening their understanding. Students can summarize information in different ways, including deleting information that isn’t critical to the overall meaning of the text, substituting some information, and keeping some information. Note taking is similar to summarizing because students must first determine what is most important and then state that information succinctly. To learn more about summarizing and note taking, click on Research and Implementation Strategies.

__-Beginning, Middle and End for Fiction Text __ Thinking about the beginning, middle and end of a story is helpful for younger students to think about the three main events in a story. Using video clips gives students the opportunity to use the playhead to see the parts of the story. Students may then listen to each segment of the story as many times as needed to identify the events. Click on this [|Inspiration template for 1 video clip] or [|Inspiration template for 3 video clips] to design your own lesson. Click on this list of [|picture book video clips.] To choose other video clips, go to United Streaming.

__-Sequencing Key Events for Fiction and Nonfiction text __ Looking at key events, or what is most important, is a helpful way for students to "chunk" information in a story as they think about writing a summary. Transition words are used in this template to guide them as they summarize key events. Click on this [|Inspiration template] to design your own lesson. Click on this list of [|picture book video clips.] To choose other video clips, go to United Streaming.

__-Main Idea and Details for Nonfiction text__ Finding the main idea and supporting details helps students think about information that can be deleted and what is most important. This lesson gives students a concept map to organize ideas to be used for writing a summary. Click on this [|Inspiration template] to design your own lesson. Click on this list of [|picture book video clips.] To choose other video clips, go to United Streaming.

__-Somebody. . .Wanted. . . but. . . So. . .for Fiction Text "__ Another strategy to develop deeper understanding of fiction text is to ask students to define what the character of the story wanted, the conflict and the solution to the problem. Click on this [|Inspiration template] (click to download to design your own lesson. Click on this list of [|picture book video clips.](click to download) To choose other video clips, go to United Streaming.

__-Rule-Based Summary__ As students begin to pick out the main points and details of text, it is helpful for them to use a set of rules or steps. This process involves deleting, rewording some ideas, and reorganizing information. Using information from the Internet allows students to copy and paste text into a word processor and use editing tools as they follow these rules

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Take out material that is not important for your understanding. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Take out words that repeat information. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Replace a list of things with one word that describes the things in the list (e.g. use fruit for apples, pear, and grapes). <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Find a topic sentence, if you cannot find a topic sentence, make one up. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Lesson Plan] [|Summary Rule Tips][|Sample Summary Task][|Writing Your Own Summary] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Use any of these websites, or others, for your students to copy and paste the text into Word: [|National Geographic News][|Newsround] [|Scholastic News] [|Time for Kids] [|Yahooligans News]

__-Ideas for Summarizing / Reflecting on Learning Activities__: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Think, Pair Share, Say Something, Round the Room and Back Again . . .] __-Notetaking:__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using electronic 2 or 3 column notes provides options for adding illustrations or photos, as well as recording URL addresses to refer to for additional notes and \ bibliography resources. NoteStar [|2 column notes for main ideas and details]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|3 column notes for making connections][|3 column teacher prepared notes] [|3D Notes] [|3D Sample Notes]