MAP 6th Grade Reading

A comprehensive course designed to build and assess reading comprehension, analysis, and interpretation skills for 6th graders, preparing them for the MAP Reading test and real-world literacy.

Advanced Topics

Summarizing Informational Text

What is Summarizing?

Summarizing means telling the most important ideas from a text in your own words, without all the extra details.

Steps to Summarize

  1. Identify the main idea.
  2. Pick out the most important supporting details.
  3. Write a short version using your own words.

Why Summarize?

Summarizing helps you remember and share what you read, and is a skill you’ll use your whole life.

Real-World Uses

  • Sharing news with friends.
  • Writing book reports.
  • Explaining instructions to someone else.

Examples

  • After reading an article about volcanoes, you write two sentences about how and why they erupt.

  • Summing up a biography by sharing the person’s biggest achievements.

In a Nutshell

Learn to shrink a big text into just the big ideas.