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Teaching “Here” & Book Awe
We have used I Know Here by Laurel Croza to explore “theme” with students, as described in literature standard two. This marvelous book is narrated by a child who is about to move, and who explores...
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Recently, Kim’s fourth grade son Nathan had a homework assignment that asked him to “find the main idea” of a passage. He was tasked with rereading the text and selecting the “best” answer from one of...
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The Main Idea About Main Idea (Part 2)
In yesterday’s post, we discussed how multiple choice questions that ask students to arrive at a main idea force children to return to the text and, because the work feels forced, it is often rejected...
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You Are Cordially Invited
This week, we’ve been thinking about ways to invite students to return to text and embrace the work of rereading and engaging in deep work, such as “finding the main idea.” In the spirit of this...
View ArticleThursday Thoughts: Climbing Lessons
This week we talked about the ways music and images can support students as they work to understand the main idea of a text. For our Thursday Thought today, we invite (pun intended) you to explore our...
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Teaching “Here” & Book Awe
We have used I Know Here by Laurel Croza to explore “theme” with students, as described in literature standard two. This marvelous book is narrated by a child who is about to move, and who explores...
View ArticleThe Main Idea About Main Idea (Part 1)
Recently, Kim’s fourth grade son Nathan had a homework assignment that asked him to “find the main idea” of a passage. He was tasked with rereading the text and selecting the “best” answer from one of...
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The Main Idea About Main Idea (Part 2)
In yesterday’s post, we discussed how multiple choice questions that ask students to arrive at a main idea force children to return to the text and, because the work feels forced, it is often rejected...
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You Are Cordially Invited
This week, we’ve been thinking about ways to invite students to return to text and embrace the work of rereading and engaging in deep work, such as “finding the main idea.” In the spirit of this...
View ArticleThursday Thoughts: Climbing Lessons
This week we talked about the ways music and images can support students as they work to understand the main idea of a text. For our Thursday Thought today, we invite (pun intended) you to explore our...
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