Summarize the Text - Playlist and Teaching Notes

Students explore standard RI.4.2 with this playlist. They learn how to determine the main idea in a text. Students summarize the text and use key details in their summary. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.

<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 2 links to instructional videos or texts
• 3 links to practice quizzes or activities
• Definitions of key terms, such as key detail and summary
• 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions, one fill-in-the-blank question, and one true or false question
• “Douglass’s Escape from Slavery” by the Library of Congress
• “Frightfully Good: The Science of Being Scared” by Wisewire
• “How Much Is Your Money Worth?” by Wisewire
• “Pounds for Pennies” by Wisewire
• “Who Was Alan Shepard?” by NASA
• “A Legend on the Ice” by Wisewire
• “A Modern Day Tale of Gift of the Magi” by Wisewire
• “Diagnosis” by Wisewire
• An excerpt from “The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse” by Aesop
• “The First Voyage of Sinbad” by Logan Marshall
• “The Little Hero of Haarlem” by Sara Cone Bryant
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file

<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels