Nonfiction Summarizing Passage: Teens Helping Seniors
by Reading Past Bedtime-Norma Lewis © 2021
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Price: $3 USD
Subjects: ela
Grades: 5,6,7
Description
Help students strengthen the essential reading skill of summarizing with these engaging Boom Cards™! This interactive digital resource gives students meaningful practice identifying key ideas, eliminating unimportant details, and recognizing effective summaries using the high-interest informational passage "Teens Helping Seniors." Students begin with a student-friendly summary reference card before reading the passage and answering STAAR®-style summarizing questions. They then complete an interactive drag-and-drop sorting activity to distinguish between key ideas and details that should not be included in a summary. Perfect for 5th grade, 6th grade, and middle school ELA, this no-prep digital activity provides meaningful practice with one of the most important reading comprehension skills. This Boom Cards™ deck includes: Summary reference card Informational reading passage: "Teens Helping Seniors" 3 STAAR®-style multiple-choice summarizing questions 1 interactive drag-and-drop sorting activity Students will practice: Summarizing informational text Identifying key ideas Eliminating unimportant details Reading comprehension Informational text analysis Critical thinking Perfect for: Reading centers Independent practice Small groups Reading intervention Homework Test prep Progress monitoring Early finishers
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