5th Grade Summarizing Texts Lesson Plan

Topic: Summarizing Texts

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify the key points in a text.
• Students will be able to summarize text using their own words.

Materials

• A selection of texts
• Jigsaw cards with the key points from each text
• Paper and pens/pencils

Warm-up

• Review the concept of key points in a text and what they are. Ask students to give examples of a key point and how they would identify them in a text.
• Have students work in pairs to read a short selection of text together and identify the key points.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of the jigsaw method and how it is used to summarize texts.
• Demonstrate how to identify key points in a text and how to re-organize them into a summary.
• Explain the importance of maintaining the original meaning and logical order when summarizing texts.