Includes: pattern poem template, pattern poem exemplar, pattern poem publishing template
Focus: writing, vocabulary
Summarising is an important skill to practise regularly with students. It also teaches students to take notes and identify key points.
The question words are a good starting point to identify the main ideas in a text. Not all question words are relevant, and we need to support students to be selective when working on summarising.
This template can be used to summarise a paragraph, short text or longer text.
It can be introduced during whole-class reading instruction (shared reading) so that you can explicitly model summarising and guide students to complete the template.
Includes: pattern poem template, pattern poem exemplar, pattern poem publishing template
Focus: writing, vocabulary
Includes: an inferring activity template and exemplar
Focus: inferring about a character’s feelings at different points in a story
Includes: a lesson plan and two student exemplars
Focus: writing reviews
