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Putting out the Trash Lesson PlanPutting out the Trash Lesson Plan
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Putting out the Trash

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Students explore the benefits of summarizing a piece of literature to increase comprehension. The teacher models summarizing by deleting trivial information from a reading passage. The students then practice summarizing independently by deleting trivial information.

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summaries

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summary, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Skills Practice
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