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ConsiderationsforTeachingStudentsto
DETERMINEIMPORTANCEAND
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IDENTIFYMAINIDEA
MainIdea
“Findingthemainideahasneverbeenfunformoststrugglingreaders.Theyhavebeenaskedtofinditcountless?mesandhaveproducedinadequateanswers.”
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MainIdea
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Themainideacanusuallybestatedinonesentence.Themainideasentenceincludes• thetopicand• theimportantinformationthatissaidaboutthetopic.
ToolsforDeterminingImportance
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ScantheText,No?ceTextFeaturesandStructure
Goodreaders• no?cethelengthofthetext,• no?cetextfeaturesthathavebeenincludedtosupportthereadingofthetext,
• lookforsignalwordsandorganizationwhichindicatetextstructure,and
• thinkaboutwhatthetextappearstobeabout.
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UseBackgroundKnowledgeandMakePredic?ons
Goodreaders• makeconnec?onstobackgroundknowledgeifthetopicisfamiliar,
• makeconnec?onstorelatedtopicsandconceptsifthetopicisunfamiliar(e.g.Springthaw…icecubesmelting),and
• makepredictionsaboutthetext.
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SetaPurposeforReading
Goodreadersidentifyapurposeforreading.– TeacherComprehensionPurposeQues?on
– StudentComprehensionPurposeQuestion:• Relyon?tlesorheadings• Reviewtestques?ons• Considerpredic?ons• Consider,“WhatdoIwanttolearnfromreadingthistext?”
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BeforeReadingDemonstra?on
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BeforeReadingDemonstra?on
CPQ:Whatchangesoccurinanecosystem?
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Think
Turn
Talk
Howmightthinkingaloudbeforereadinghelpyourstudents?Howmightyouusethischecklistwithstudents?
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YourTurn
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Usethes?ckynotestorecordwhatyouwillsayinyourthink-aloudbeforereading.
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