Somebody Wanted But So Then
Today we learned a strategy for summarizing. It works for pretty much any fictional piece of text and the kids will be required to use it weekly in their thinking journals….more about those later!
Example: Cinderella wanted to go to the ball but her evil step mother stood in her way. So, the mice and the fairy god mother helped her. She attended the ball and lost her shoe. Then Prince Charming put the shoe on her foot and she lived happy ever after.
Today I modeled how to use it, we practiced it together and then the kids tried it on their own.
It was fun and successful! 🙂 The kids will now have this graphic organizer as a tool in their ELA binders to help them with future work.
Can’t wait to have E practice this in all sorts of situations!
Great strategy! I’ve never seen it laid out so simply before.