summarizing

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What is a key detail?

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An important point in the text that can help us find the main idea

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What should a summary do?

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Answer the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, and why.

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Summary of passage: Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.

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Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

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What is the best summary for this paragraph? Johnny really wanted an adventure. He borrowed his friend's bike and explored the world. He saw many amazing things and had a lot of fun. Johnny was so glad he went on his trip!

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Johnny went on a fun bike adventure.

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How are students organized in the fifth grade?

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Students are organized by teams with color names.