Social Studies Summarizing Skills

at Home Practice
These are summarizing activities you can do at home with your child Summarizing
when they bring homework or they do not know how to summarize.
WORDS TO USE:
Have them use their picture vocabulary handouts for the current unit of Summary ** Conclusion **In sum **In
study or for the units previously studied. essence **In a nutshell **Conclusion
**Paraphrase **In my **words **Opinion
These are ideas and suggestions for ways that you can interact with **The gist **overall*
your child at home to enhance the concepts and vocabulary taught in SENTENCE STEMS
the classroom. The gist of the article is
The main idea is
These skills are useful and applicable to all grade levels of social In essence, the main idea is
studies as well as other academic disciplines. In my opinion, what _____ means is ...

3-2-1 Summary Acrostic Poem V3-- vERBAL vISUAL vOCABULARY !

Your task: Write a summary about one
vocabulary word using this strategy.
3 - in the bottom 3 spaces, write
three facts that you think were
important in the vocabulary.
2 - In the middle 2 spaces, define or
identify two important people, places or
things from the vocabulary.
1- In the top space, write one question
that can be answered by using the
other two levels.
An acrostic poem is a poem where the Your Task:create a chart to explore the
first letter or each line spells a word and meaning of words. For each word you will
each line gives details and helps explain fill out a chart like this on a flash card:
the chosen word.
Your task:choose a vocabulary word we
have studied. Use your vocabulary Vocabulary Word Definition
handout to create an acrostic poem.
sentence Picture
- Write the term down the left
hand side of your paper.
- Write a complete thought abou
Example:
the subject for each letter.
- Your acrostic should be a Agriculture The raising of
plants and animals
summary of the most
important information about When early people
the topic. learned how to
- Include an illustration. It can farm they invented
be something important about agriculture.
the topic that you were not able
to fit in.

Game card Collage The Important Thing

YOUR TASK:
ame cards create a picture Your Have
task:your
child complete this sentence for
oard from pieces of paper and you using vocabulary from the handout
pictures, to create an image
that is representative
Write ten differentof an Three important things from the unit
idea questions.
or topic thatThewe have
answer we studied are ___, ___, and ___ but
studied
mustin class.
be a vocabulary the most important thing I learned
word about it is _____.
Write the question Sources of pictures
flashcard style with Magazines Three important ideas/things from
the answer on the Newspapers today's lesson are ___, ___, and ___
back Internet but the most important thing I
The question must Clipart learned today is ___.
relate to an Hand drawn
assignment completed
in class