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Making Inferences With Pictures: Summarizing Nonfiction

$2.25

One of my favorite ways to boost students reading comprehension is to use a picture of the day routine. Picture of the day is a great way to help students develop inferencing and critical thinking skills, but it can also help them build other comprehension skills and strategies that will help them grow as readers.

This picture of the day set will help your students focus on all things related to summarizing nonfiction texts.

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This picture of the day set will help your students focus on all things related to summarizing nonfiction texts.

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What’s Included?

10 picture of the day routines with a focus on summarizing
Prompts to help develop students strengthen their ability to summarize
4 different options for printing

What are the formatting options?

PowerPoint Presentation – Each slide includes the picture of the day along with prompts that will help students summarize what is happening in the photo
Student Worksheet – You also have the option of printing each picture of the day as an individual student worksheet. Students get the same picture and questions, but it is formatted in a way where students can individually write their response to the questions.
Half Page Task Cards – Same pictures. Same prompts. This option works great if you want to use picture of the day as part of your literacy centers or in work stations.
Digital Option – If you are teaching virtual this next year at all, there is a digital option included. The student worksheet is also available as a digital version created using Google Slides.

How does picture of the day work?

Students study the picture.
They apply their reading comprehension skills to the picture
Students respond in writing or share their ideas during a class discussion.
Using picture of the day will help students become more confident and familiar with vocabulary related to questioning and help them apply some of the same comprehension skills that will help them become stronger readers.

When could I use this resource during my day?

Morning Meeting
Reading Warm-Up
Literacy Centers/Workstations
Sub Tub
Homework
Reading Comprehension Skills Assessment
Spiral Review
Independent Practice

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I used this with students prior to them writing their full summaries. Using pictures is perfect as it allows all students access and gives them a foundation to verbalize summaries and some comfortability with the skill before writing them down. This was perfect!

Janelle C.

I've purchased all the picture of the day resources from this seller. They make a wonderful introduction into a topic and also a fun way to review!! Great and easy to implement resources!!

Jenni Y.

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