Listening for the 5 Ws and How
Instructional Resource
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Smarter Balanced
Listening for the 5 Ws and How
Instructional Resource
This resource should be used when teaching students to listen for details to determine the central idea of a text and to create a summary of a text. Students will use the organizer to record the key ideas from the teacher’s read aloud and then write a summary and a central idea statement.