Summarizing with the S.W.B.S.T. Method Helping students summarize can be a challenge, but the S.W.B.S.T. (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then) method is an easy-to-use strategy that breaks down the process of summarizing. It puts this skill into manageable steps for students. I love teaching with this method, because it allows students to focus on the …
Tips for teaching summarizing nonfiction Summarizing nonfiction can be tough for students to learn and for teachers to teach. From the start, students are encouraged to give “as many details as they can” from the text. They become experts at retelling. Then, summarizing is introduced and they are thrown a curveball, because no longer are …
Teaching students to summarize seems like it should be fairly easy. There are no comprehension questions, no digging deeper into the text and no activating prior knowledge. After all everything they need is right there in front of them. In this blogpost I’ll share 5 ways to help your students master summarizing. But easy is …
