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Standard ELA.3.AOR.6.1

ELA.3.AOR.6.1 Summarize a text to enhance comprehension:
a. include plot, theme, and key details for a literary text; and
b. include a central idea and supporting details for an informational text

Grade(s): 3

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2023

BME Plot Tracking Anchor Chart

Document

Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

Track story plots using the beginning, middle, end (BME) strategy. Record passage title in large blank space. Have students record either the beginning, middle, or end on a sticky note and place in...

No Fear for Freedom | Storytime with SCETV

Video

Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

No Fear for Freedom: The Story of the Friendship 9 By: Kimberly P Johnson Illustrations By: Vanessa J. Thompson Read by: Dr. Rosalyn Clark Artis, President of Benedict College Many of the icons of the...

Retelling

Lesson

Grades: Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3

The students will be able to retell a text; beginning, middle and end, while using key details to determine the theme in a text heard or read.

Summarizing Texts

Lesson

Grades: 3, 4, 5

Students will review what a summary is and complete a worksheet for practice. They will then write their own informational text and a peer will summarize.