This week's learning target was all about the main idea. The main idea is the most important point about the topic of a story. Students have achieved this target when they can find the main idea of a passage, find a supporting detail for the main idea, and know which details are unimportant. Finding the main idea of a story helps a reader focus their attention to make sense of what he/she is reading. Good readers will do this automatically, but when we practice the steps of finding a main idea and provide evidence for our thinking, it helps facilitate our metacognition (when we think about our thinking). Try finding the main idea for the topic of something you are reading outside of Read 180. The more you practice this strategy, the easier it will get! Check out the videos below to help with your understanding.
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