Synthesizing Made Easy: How To Help Your Elementary Students Master This Reading Strategy!

DOES TEACHING STUDENTS TO SYNTHESIZE FEEL LIKE PULLING TEETH? It sure does…. sometimes. But why is teaching this reading comprehension strategy so hard? There are a number of reasons students often struggle with synthesizing. One- it’s an abstract concept. Asking students to synthesize requires more than just surface-level thinking. They have to think beyond the text in order to form a synthesis. Two - it’s a multi-level strategy. Synthesizing can’t be taug...