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Summarizing a Nonfiction Text - Graphic Organizer

In Comprehension Skills ... Summarize

PDF, Google Slides | 1 page|Grades: 3 - 6

A graphic organizer to help students summarize a nonfiction text.

This graphic organizer is aimed at helping students summarize a nonfiction text using the categories of:

title
main idea
three important words from the main idea
three important details from the text
summary of the text in one sentence.

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details

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We have added an interactive Google slide version for this resource.
Addition by Natalie Jul 25th, 2020

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