Are your students struggling to summarize on their own? If so, have they ever practiced using the SWBST Strategy?

This Summarizing Passages resource includes 3 different passages that give students a chance to practice and master the SWBST Strategy for summarizing a fiction text.

Here's how it works...

Students will use a highlighting system while reading the passages to find evidence to support each question of the SWBST strategy. Then, they will record their evidence on the Summarizing Worksheet and use it to write a complete summary with the help of a Paragraph Frame.

Here's what's included...

• 3 different passages that can be used to practice the SWBST Strategy. Each passage can be used to model the strategy or as guided practice. They can also be used as independent practice, a literacy center, small group instruction, or homework. (One text was created to be used with a lower-level reading group.)
• Summarizing SWBST Worksheet #1 - Students will record evidence supporting each step of the SWBST Strategy using a highlighting system for each step of the strategy.
• Summarizing SWBST Worksheet # 2- Students will write a complete summary using a paragraph frame with evidence from the passage.
• Answer Keys for each worksheet – The answer keys should be used as a guide. Answers from students will not match word-for-word but could be similar to what I have provided.
• Center/Independent Work Instructions for Students - Easy and ready to print to utilize any of these worksheets for group work, centers, or independent practice.
• Homework Instructions for Students- Easy and ready to print to utilize the worksheets for homework.

I've had a lot of success using the SWBST Strategy to master the skill of summarizing in my class, and I can't wait to hear about the success you have!

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