Mini-lessons for compartmentalizing text and main idea
FALL
- Learn how to take notes productively
"Three column notes/Cornell notes"
- Practice main idea identification per paragraph
"Sorry, I lost my headings"
- Pick important key words from a text
"Keyword construction"
WINTER
- Study and teach small sections of text to others
"Jigsaw summaries"
- Pictorially show outlines of main events
"Story map"
- Turn invisible into visible predictions
"Think-aloud summaries"
SPRING
- Organize complex categories of information
"Matrices"
- Use formulas to generate purpose from main ideas
"Main idea formula"
- Use technology to summarize main ideas
"Web page creation"
Note: All titles in quotations come from: Zwiers, J. (2005). Building reading comprehension habits in grades 6-12: A toolkit of classroom activities. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Mini-lessons for compartmentalizing text and main idea
FALL
- Learn how to take notes productively
"Three column notes/Cornell notes"
- Practice main idea identification per paragraph
"Sorry, I lost my headings"
- Pick important key words from a text
"Keyword construction"
WINTER
- Study and teach small sections of text to others
"Jigsaw summaries"
- Pictorially show outlines of main events
"Story map"
- Turn invisible into visible predictions
"Think-aloud summaries"
SPRING
- Organize complex categories of information
"Matrices"
- Use formulas to generate purpose from main ideas
"Main idea formula"
- Use technology to summarize main ideas
"Web page creation"
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Note: All titles in quotations come from: Zwiers, J. (2005). Building reading comprehension habits in grades 6-12: A toolkit of classroom activities. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.