I think that it is important to be explicit about what we want kids to do. Primary grades do retells which are not summaries. Towards middle of third grade I start to introduce summaries by helping kids categorize ideas such as going to my friends house, watching TV, playing a game-all of these are under the category of fun. Maxine In a message dated 12/9/2010 5:08:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I am finding second graders this year having a really hard time with retelling and finding the main parts. We have been doing a five finger retelling to get to the main ideas. Easier when done orally, but with enough practice they are transferring to written work. I LOVE reading workshop... but wonder how my gr. 1 colleagues held kids accountable for showing their comprehension. Higher stakes in second grade require some written responses or presentations of understanding. I am glad to hear more ideas. renee teaching is a work of heart > From: [email protected] > Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 52, Issue 5 > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:00:04 -0500 > > Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: readers workshop approach (e h) > 2. Re: Summarization (e h) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:27:24 -0500 > From: e h <[email protected]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] readers workshop approach > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > I'm wondering on summarization that students in grade 2 are expected to do > when they are being assessed....Do any of use Fountas and Pinnell benchmark > or DRA? Do these assessments ask children to summarize at the end of their > reading? > > How do they do it? What type of questions/prompts do they use? > > If any of you use other assessments that you think are particularly good-- > please share! > > Thank you! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:32:20 -0500 > From: e h <[email protected]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Summarization > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > summarization is really tough.... > > So the DRA prompts you to give the children prompts such the one you've > described, but never asks any questions or tells them what to put in their > summary? (i.e. good summaries include the main character the problem and > the solution in the story....etc) > > That is pretty vague for such a difficult skill.... > > Thanks, > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just know that on the DRA, a second grader (levels 16-28) by the end of > > the year, are asked to summarize, but it is a scaffolded summary. > > summarize. Summarization is a hard skill. Kids are given words such as, > > in the > > beginning, Next, then, and in the end. > > Maxine > > > > In a message dated 11/30/2010 1:15:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm wondering on summarization that students in grade 2 are expected to do > > when they are being assessed....Do any of use Fountas and Pinnell > > benchmark > > or DRA? Do these assessments ask children to summarize at the end of > > their > > reading? > > > > How do they do it? 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