Summarizing, Grades 1 - 2: Focusing on Main Ideas and Details and Restating in Concise Form (Basic Skills)

Summarizing--Grades 1-2 uses guided activities that help develop and achieve this skill. Students will progress from selecting main ideas and details to writing their own summaries. As this skill is practiced and achieved in reading, the student will naturally begin to use the skill in writing and speaking. Summarization is a concept used throughout the curriculum. Social studies, science, language, and reading all use the skill of summarization in writing, reading, and oral lessons. This book contains cross-curricular topics as well as fiction. It provides opportunities for students to summarize material that is familiar and relevant to daily life such as maps, lists, recipes, and schedules.