Summarizing Informational Text Passages and Questions

Description

How many times have you read a student summary or response with irrelevant details? Summarizing is a critical skill for readers because summarizing important information allows students to make connections and integrate information efficiently. These Summarizing Nonfiction Passages were written specifically to sharpen students’ summarizing nonfiction skills. It’s really difficult to find informational texts that provide a clear sequence for summarizing! These passages solve that problem. The short passages and questions help students learn how to “check all the boxes” of a great summary. With 3 differentiated levels for each of my 10 passages, your students will have the practice they need to write great informational text summaries in no time!

 

 

You’ll Love:

● Reliable and ready-to-go resources to give kids more practice with summarizing nonfiction texts

● Spending less time planning your centers, guided reading, and small group instruction

● Meeting students where they are – with 3 different levels, everyone feels challenged

 

 

What You Get:

Leveled Passages

● 10 differentiated nonfiction passages

● 3 levels of differentiation per passage

● Word count and Lexile levels recorded in the top left corner of each passage

 

Graphic Organizers to Support Summarizing

● Students complete brief graphic organizers to support their summary

 

Five Short-Answer Questions Per Passage For Students To:

● Identify key details

● Identify opinions

● Paraphrase

● Identify “too much” detail in a summary

● Identify incomplete summaries

● Identify inaccuracies in a summary

● Identify poorly organized or confusing summaries

● Use the text’s main idea to write an effective topic sentence for the summary

 

Detailed Answer Keys

● Detailed exemplar responses for each question set

 

Digital Option for Use With Google

● Option to go 100% paperless with this resource

 

Ideas for Use:

● Small group instruction and intervention for struggling students

● Independent practice for a skills refresh

● Whole group instruction for a reteach or extra practice

 

 

Why Teachers Like You LOVE This Resource:

“Great resource! I have no idea how many of these differentiated resources I’ve purchased but I love them all. I use them with small group reading rotations. I love the passages, the questions, and they keep my students engaged.”, –Meghan D.

 

“So happy that it’s differentiated. I teach 3 classes ranging from struggling readers to advanced readers. This resource was helpful to accommodate each group.” -Janet G.

 

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See my blog post with free resources to teach Summarizing Nonfiction HERE.

 

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Want more crucial nonfiction reading skills practice for your entire class? ➜ Click HERE to see The Complete Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions Bundle.

 

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Give Students More Practice With Nonfiction Skills ➜ Check Out My Other Differentiated Resources

● Main Idea and Supporting Details Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Summarizing Informational Text Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Nonfiction Text Features Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Text Evidence Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Nonfiction Text Structure Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Context Clues and Vocabulary Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Making Inferences Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Reasons and Evidence: Analyzing the Author’s Claim Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

● Integrating Information Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions

*THE COMPLETE BUNDLE*

 

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