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Summarizing and Paraphrasing

4th Grade · Reading · Easy · about 10 minutes

RI.4.2 | Summarizing and Paraphrasing - Easy level

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Standards referenced

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1 — Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 — Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 — Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

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