Summarizing 4th grade

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Read the following paragraph and determine which sequence of events is the BEST answer.

Options: Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower, Seine River cruise; Seine River cruise, Mona Lisa, visit Paris; Paris, Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Mona Lisa; Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Seine River cruise

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Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Seine River cruise

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Which detail from the story belongs in the blank? Options:

She wishes she could be with her grandpa just one more time.

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She has fond memories of her grandfather and his collection.

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She researched the most valuable of all coins.

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She's going to a big coin collector's show in Austin.

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She has fond memories of her grandfather and his collection.

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What is the following paragraph mainly about?

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what John experiences during a visit to the dentist

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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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How should you write your summary?

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in your own words with complete sentences

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Which detail from the story belongs in the empty box?

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The judge proclaimed that Brandie was part of the McNamara family.

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Summary of passage: Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.

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Jason really wanted to play third base.

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Summary of Jill's birthday dinner dilemma:

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Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

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Summarizing is a retelling in your own words, a short version of the main ideas, events and details.

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True

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What is a good thing to consider when writing a summary for an informational text? Options: characters, solution, details and facts, conflict.

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details and facts