Teaching Main Idea – WHAT, WHY & HOW (Part 2)
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I don’t believe we should wait until the “unit on main idea” to teach this concept. Instead, every time we read an informational source with students, we should facilitate a discussion about the main ideas in that source. Why? Because the main idea is the soul of a source. Main ideas empower readers to – …Read more
Teaching students to identify the main ideas in a text is sometimes hard. The more explicit we can be, the better students will catch on. My key strategies for teaching main idea include the following… Two-Page Resource This is a short comprehension module on teaching main idea. It includes language you can use to explain …Read more