In this cute Thanksgiving read-aloud, Ollie the turkey hears farmer Joe talking about the Thanksgiving turkey. Ollie, Wing, and Cassie decide to have a field day to prove to their farmer who should be chosen as the "special" turkey for Thanksgiving. They are all wanting
This a great book to use when teaching students the strategy of summarizing. First the teacher should read the book aloud. After the story has been read, explain to the students that when you summarize you only pick the main ideas and put them in your own words. The teacher should model how to summarize by discussing the key points of the beginning, middle, and end of story and putting them into her own words. After the students are shown how to summarize instruct them to return to the seats and practice summarizing on their own by doing the following handout:
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ReplyDeleteThe book that you chose will be great for younger students.I would love to read the book when it comes to the Thanksgiving holiday.The activity you chose would be great to use for students to practice summarizing a story. Great Blog - Lou
ReplyDeleteI agree that this book would be a great piece of literature for a teacher to use when teaching summarizing especially near Thanksgiving time. The worksheet is also a great way for the students to summarize.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great activity to help students with summarizing! I liked the fact that you mentioned that the teacher should model to the students how they should summarize a key point. I also like how the worksheet provides three different sections for the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
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