Science of Reading: Text Comprehension for Older Students Summarizing Task Cards

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Comprehension | Fluency | Reading | Summarizing | Language Comprehension

Understanding the meaning of any written text is the ultimate goal of any reading program.

This book was designed to support just that. In the Science of Reading, Text Comprehension is what developing Phonics and Vocabulary skills is all about. After learning how to decode words and expand vocabulary, the next step for students is overall comprehension which means understanding individual words, as well as how they are used in sentences, paragraphs, and texts as a whole.

Summarizing is a skill that helps students make sense of longer pieces of writing because they are able to condense them to a shorter more concise version. To do this, they must first identify the main idea and details that tell about the main idea so that they can determine the most important parts of a reading passage. This information can then be used to compose a summary. Activities in this book provide lots of practice finding the main idea and supporting details.

The task card format allows for specifically targeted practice and flexible usage: homework, seatwork, warmups, independent study, etc. The short, doable activities vary in degrees of difficulty and are colorful, engaging, and fun. While some activities may be challenging, the sense of accomplishment and skills gained are worth the effort.

Grades 4 and Up

24 Pages

Answer Key Included