Summarizing
When you summarize, you briefly restate the important parts of a story in your own words. Good readers pause from time to time as they read to restate, or summarize what they have read so far. Pausing to summarize helps give readers a better understanding of what they have read.
Distinguishing between more important and less important details can help a reader better understand a book. It can also help a reader create a more helpful summary. Remember that as readers read, we add new information to your summaries. Adding important information and dropping unimportant details is a good way for readers to build on their summaries as they continue reading.
Summarizing what you have read so far is an important reading strategy. Lots of things in the book can help a reader summarize. Headings are titles that appear at the beginning of certain parts of books, such as chapters and paragraphs. A heading often tells what a part of a book is about. Point out that readers can use headings to help them summarize.
Distinguishing between more important and less important details can help a reader better understand a book. It can also help a reader create a more helpful summary. Remember that as readers read, we add new information to your summaries. Adding important information and dropping unimportant details is a good way for readers to build on their summaries as they continue reading.
Summarizing what you have read so far is an important reading strategy. Lots of things in the book can help a reader summarize. Headings are titles that appear at the beginning of certain parts of books, such as chapters and paragraphs. A heading often tells what a part of a book is about. Point out that readers can use headings to help them summarize.