Summarizing Fiction Small Group Lesson Plans and Passages

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Do your students struggle to correctly summarize fiction stories they read? With these 4 ready-to-print reading lesson plans, you will have everything you need to teach your small group lessons on summarizing fiction texts! Each lesson set includes everything you need for an effective small group lesson. You’ll get scripted teacher lesson plans, student reading passages, a strategy card (aka mini-anchor chart) for your lesson objective, and a response sheet with a graphic organizer and comprehension questions connected to the focus of your small group lesson.

These strategy lessons work great for your small group instruction, but you could also use them for the whole group lessons you plan on teaching during your unit on summarizing fiction. You’ll get four easy-to-teach strategies that will help your students learn how to summarize a variety of fiction texts. These strategy lessons will help your students become more confident in their ability to summarize any fiction text they read.

This set of lesson plans makes teaching summarizing easy. All the planning and prep work has been done for you. All you have to do is print and teach! Think about all the time you’ll save not having to hunt for fiction reading passages that connect to the objective for your lesson. Each small group lesson set includes everything you need.

HERE’S WHAT YOU GET:

• 4 Scripted out teacher lesson plans (perfect for small group instruction)
• 4 Passages to use with each lesson
• 4 Response pages (includes graphic organizer and response questions)
• 4 Strategy Cards (mini-anchor charts)
• Digital Version
• Teacher Guide
• Answer Key

Check out the preview to learn more about this resource.

LET’S BREAK DOWN EACH LESSON ELEMENT:

• Scripted Teacher Lesson Plan – The small group lesson plans provide you with the exact language you need to say to make sure your students are mastering the objective for the lesson. It also provides you with a really easy-to-implement lesson framework that works great for small group lessons.
• Strategy Card – Each lesson also comes with a strategy card (like a mini anchor chart). This strategy card works great as a visual support during your lesson and students can take it with them at the end of the lesson.
• Student Passage – Each passage is short (less than one full page) so it can quickly be read during a small group lesson.  It is also written in a way that makes it really easy for the students to practice and apply the focus skill. You won’t have to worry if the text you give your students will work for the lesson objective.
• Response Page – If you want to extend your lesson or give your students an extension assignment, you can give them the response page which includes a graphic organizer focused on the lesson objective and three comprehension questions.
• Digital Version – There is also a digital version created using Google Slides so this resource will work during both face-to-face and virtual instruction.
• Answer Key – An answer key with suggested answers and sample summaries is included.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Here is a list of all the objectives/focus skills for each lesson.

• Lesson #1 – SWBST (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then)
• Lesson #2 – 5W Questions
• Lesson #3 – Story Elements – CSPST (Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution, Theme)
• Lesson #4 – BME (Beginning, Middle, End)

You’ll love getting everything you need to teach a small group lesson on summarizing fiction. Just think of all the hours you’ll save not having to type out your lesson plans, hunt for a passage that matches your lesson objective, and then come up with response questions/activities for your students to do after the lesson.

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE IN YOUR CLASSROOM:

• Use these lessons during small group instruction to help students learn how to summarize fiction stories.
• Use as part of your guided reading lessons and spread out the reading and writing tasks over multiple days.
• Use as part of test prep to help your students get ready to summarize fiction stories end-of-year test.
• Use passages during intervention to help support students who struggle with summarizing fiction.
• Use as part of your whole group lesson.
• Leave as part of your sub-plans – the scripted lesson plans make these resources really easy to follow.

LOVED BY BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: 

→ Your students will love the topics of the stories and texts included in this resource. The passages are high-interest and will hold your student’s attention during the entire small group lesson.
→ You’ll love how quick and easy it is to prep your small group lessons. All you have to do is print the materials for the lesson you want to teach and you’re all set to teach. No more searching for reading passages or guided reading books or trying to find a passage that matches the skill you want to teach.
→Your students will love the “bite-sized” objective for each lesson. They won’t feel overwhelmed by what you are trying to teach them. They will feel confident in their ability to practice the one focus skill for each lesson.
→ You’ll love how easy the lesson structure is to follow. Each lesson follows the 4T model (clearly explained in the preview and lesson set). You can be confident that you will be using your small group time in a way that will actually move your students towards reaching their reading goals.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Rebecca H. said, “I used this resource in small groups after teaching the strategy whole group and it worked great. I especially like the small summarizing cards that students are able to keep with them to refer back to when completing work at their seats.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Lisa L. said,  “Your products are amazing! I love how the lessons are spelled out for a new 5th-grade reading teacher like me. It helped me understand exactly what strategies I need to teach to help my students.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Cierra F. said, “This helped my small groups out substantially! The texts were easy to read and provided a great opportunity for academic discourse!”

**The resource is also included in The Stellar Literacy Collective.**

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