Tip #89 from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents (McKinley & Trombly) -Summarizing
Today's tip for parents from two talented teachers comes from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly.
#89
Summarizing
As
you child writes in her personal journal, encourage her to try writing a
summary about her day.
Have you ever heard your
child retell a movie or book to someone and listen to her go on and on and on?
It may even be difficult for the listener to follow if he isn't familiar with
the plot.
Teaching your child how
to summarize can help her capture the plot and feeling of the movie or story
without getting lost in minor events, thus increasing her comprehension of the
main idea of a story.
Start by showing your
child examples of good summaries. Good summaries (also called a synopsis) are
not hard to find. You can find summaries on the back or inside cover of books. In
the newspaper, there are synopses of movies and books. On the Internet, you can
look up a title of any book and most often there will be a short synopsis of
the book. (It can be fun to read a book together, work on a short summary
together, and then go look the book’s summary up online. See how similar yours
is to “theirs.” What’s different?)
Once your child reads a
variety of summaries, she’ll begin to understand what they should look and
sound like. When learning how to summarize, it may help to practice summarizing
one chapter, a short story, or a picture book before tackling longer, more involved
stories. You can even practice after a TV show. (Hey, summarizing is
summarizing! We just need to keep them interested.) If she is still having
trouble, you may want her to start by making a story map (see #81) and use the
events to help organize her thoughts.
Cindy McKinley Alder Patti Trombly
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