High-Five Summary

Purpose

Students prove they understand a concept by creating a detailed summary.

Materials

• High-Five Summary handout (projected)
• High-Five Summary – Elementary template (English/Spanish)
• High-Five Summary – Secondary template (English/Spanish)
• Notebook paper

Instructions

1. Students draw their hand on a sheet of paper.
2. Students record the following ideas in their “high-five” hand:
   • Thumb: big idea of the lesson/unit
   • Pointer: 3 important words
   • Middle: visuals or text titles
   • Ring: something important
   • Pinkie: something confusing
   • Palm: one-sentence summary
3. Using a movement and discourse strategy such as Musical Mix-Freeze-Group, students get a partner and share their summaries, revising their original responses as appropriate.
4. Observe students’ thinking and clarify/verify as appropriate.

Classroom Management

• Model the strategy using a think-aloud.
• Project the template and ask students to complete the activity on notebook paper.

Differentiation

• Promote access by thinking through the task with a supportive peer/adult.
• Provide response support by providing a word/idea bank and dictating responses to a scribe.
• Provide response support by allowing students to develop answers using a speech-to-text or word prediction support with a digital version of the High-Five Summary template.

Think It Up!

• Have students think more deeply about the concept by responding to a Think It Up prompt as an exit ticket or journal entry:
  • Sequence your summary into steps. What comes first, second, third, etc.?
  • Make an inference about how this concept might be assessed.
• Encourage students to use lead4ward’s Thinking Stems (English/Spanish) to frame their responses, if needed.