MAP 5th Grade Reading
MAP 5th Grade Reading helps students build strong reading skills, understand complex texts, and apply reading strategies for success in school and life.
Summarizing Texts
The Art of Summarizing
Summarizing means telling the most important parts of a story or article in your own words, leaving out the extra details. It helps you remember what you read and share it with others.
How to Summarize
- Find the main idea and key details.
- Use your own words.
- Keep it short and focused.
When is Summarizing Useful?
Summarizing is great for studying, writing book reports, or explaining something to a friend. It helps you check if you really understand what you read.
Real-World Scenario
If you watch a movie and your friend asks what happened, you don’t tell every single thing—you give a summary!
Examples
After reading a chapter, you write a few sentences about what happened.
You tell your parent about a news story you read, focusing on the main points.
In a Nutshell
Summarizing means sharing the most important ideas in a short way.