What about main idea in non fiction. I can see purpose or a guiding question helping here as well. I've been talking to my students about getting the gist of a short piece, such as a paragraph. I recently viewed a video about a teacher demonstrating this strategy with her students that I found interesting even though it was geared for grade 4. Here's the url if anyone's interested http://searchlight.utexas.org/content/4TRA/M7_Comprehension/activities/video2/activity_view Elisa
Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. —Helen Keller Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ Sue Main idea...always a struggle for my kids as are any kinds of big picture questions. One thing I have found helpful is to help kids consider your purpose for reading a particular text. What is most important in the text is then what suits your purpose as a reader. I think that the idea that there is a single main idea in a text is a fiction...though tests often feed this misunderstanding. That's where teaching test taking as a particular reading genre has benefits... Jennifer _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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