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By ~EJ
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I teach third grade and one of our skills is Main Idea. This is what I do to teach it....
I get a gardening glove and on each finger/thumb I write one word....WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? I tell them to find the main| idea of a story, they can answer the five questions and have everything they need to tell someone about that story. I read a short story to them. Then, I put on my glove. I tell them we have all the information we need in our hands for telling the main idea. I ask them to tell me the answer to each...I hold up one finger at a time and say Who? (they answer) Did What? (THEY ANSWER) Where? | |
(they answer), etc. I have them trace their hand on paper and write the questions on their fingers/thumb. For homework, I have them read our reading story for the week and then answer the questions from their hand. They share the next day. The next lesson then is to write up a short summary by using the information we "have in our hands".I hope this helps some. If you don't think this will work for you, post back and tell me more of what you are looking for.
Good Luck!
Smiles
~EJ
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