Good Readers begin their reading with a purpose in mind. Sometimes, readers need to read to find information about a topic. Other times, the reason for reading is for enjoyment. At all times, good readers are active readers. If you were reading a story, you will want to know what the story is about. The […]
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Story Structure: Application Story “Being First” Deconstructing a story is easy when you know what to look for. Let’s look at some important parts of a story. When you read or listen to a story, you might find it helpful to record your learning in a graphic organizer. A simple organizer shown below may help
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Literacy Strategy of Retell You can retell a story by remembering what events happened first, next, then, and last. As you retell a story, you are better able to understand the story structure, story events and the story’s main idea. You will also be able to remember the story better after retelling the story. Here
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Main Idea and Supporting Details The main idea is the author’s key message. It is supported with details that usually answer the “W” and “H” questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how). Find the main idea in the beginning of a paragraph in the “topic sentence” . It is sometimes found at the end
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Main Idea and Supporting Details The main idea is the author’s key message. It is supported with details that usually answer the “W” and “H” questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how). You can often find the main idea at the beginning of a paragraph in the “topic sentence”. It is sometimes found at
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Here is a simple and fun way to focus on some vocabulary from the Go Read and Write Podcast story “Being First”. You will find nine vocabulary words hidden in the wordsearch. Try to find the nine words. Then below, you will find definitions for the vocabulary words that you need to know from the
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Start with the word ” warm”. Now you can take away or add one or two letters at a time to create brand new words. For example, if we take away the “w”, the new word is “arm”. Then if we add a new letter at the beginning, the new word is “_arm”. Make as
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