Read a short passage, name the central idea, and separate it from extra detail.
Ask what the whole paragraph is mostly about before picking smaller facts. A good main idea can cover all the important details in one line.
Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.
passage clue
Start by asking what the whole passage topic seems to be.
Example: The passage is about the class garden project.
supporting detail
This detail supports the garden topic.
Example: Watering and measuring are supporting details.
supporting detail
This tells one result from the garden work.
Example: The class could harvest spinach.
main idea
The main idea should include the whole activity, not one tiny fact.
Example: The garden project is the main idea.
These next steps stay in the same stage so the child does not get sent backward.
Use character actions and words to explain how someone might feel, even when the feeling word is missing.
Read short informational ideas and explain what happened first and what happened because of it.
Read two short texts on a similar topic and tell one important similarity and one difference.
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