Retelling and summarizing are great ways to get children involved in what they're reading--and thinking about what they understand in texts. Summarizing is a more complex task than retelling. Creating a formal summary usually involves reducing a text by about a third, writing a topic statement, eliminating redundant and unimportant details, and…

Describes a program in which three educational institutions collaborated to create and implement a multisensory reading/language arts program that focuses on language arts integration, sequential skills learning, and individualized instruction. (FL)