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Draw-Label-Summarize Strategy Snapshot (Incorporating Modeling, Think Aloud, and Student-Created Rubrics) Recommended for WEIS 4 th -8 th Grade Teachers.
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Draw-Label-Summarize Strategy Snapshot (Incorporating Modeling, Think Aloud, and Student-Created Rubrics) Recommended for WEIS 4th-8th Grade Teachers • Purpose:The Draw-Label-Summarize strategy bridges concepts from the visual to the written. It helps kinesthetic and visual learners pinpoint key information and create meaningful representations of information. This strategy aids students to process learning and provides scaffolding to support students in writing a one sentence summary. • Procedure: (1) Draw a picture; (2)label important information in the picture; (3) and write one sentence summarizing the picture and labels. • Best Practice: What this might look like in the classroom. • Modeling the strategy: • The teacher “thinks aloud” about the important ideas from a previous lesson (e.g., yesterday). The teacher then draws a picture representing the key information on the Elmo. Next, the teacher “thinks aloud” while labeling the drawing and writing the one sentence summary. • Using the strategy: • The teacher reminds students of the parts of the Draw-Label-Summarize (e.g., see procedure). • The teacher “thinks aloud” the key information from the lesson or students form pairs and identify key information. Next, students draw a picture representing the key information and label the important parts of their drawings using words and short phrases. Finally, students write a one sentence summary. • The teacher might incorporate a Pair-Share or gallery walk of finished summarizes. Students select 1-2 samples they think represent a “3/3” on a rubric. The class discusses and reaches a consensus on why the sample is a “3.” Students revisit/improve their Draw-Label-Summary. • The teacher may alter the process based on students’ needs using the Graduated Release of Responsibility (GRR) model of instruction. Example: The Water Cycle condensation rain evaporation collection The water cycle describes the process of how the Earth reuses water. Adapted from Steve Peha. Water Cycle image from http://www.kidzone.ws/water/ Kākau Mea Nui (Writing Matters) Project