Students define what word or phrase is causing difficulty with comprehension. Large and small group discussion of theme from literature. Students share through discussion and compare with personal experience. Explicit teaching of fact and opinion. Examples provided for large and small group discussion.
Students discuss own opinions given subject.
Teacher provides isolated statements for students to categorize into main idea and supporting detail categories. Rewrite to make a paragraph. Teacher guides questioning. Asks how, why, what-if, questions about nonfiction readings. Teacher provides opportunity to read math, science, social studies health in classroom and at home, through texts and computer programs.