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Grade level: 3^rd grade

Topic: Reading Comprehension Strategy - Main Idea

 

Standards addressed:
Common Core

RL.3.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

RL.3.2. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

RL.3.3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

ISTE & NETS
Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
 b. Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources
Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
 c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles  working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources

 

Learning outcomes:

• The student will read and listen to an interactive book.
• The student will identify the main ideas throughout the book.
• The student will complete a graphic organizer describing the main ideas in the story.
• The student will answer multiple choice questions to demonstrate their comprehension of the story.

 

Technologies needed: 

• Desk top or lap top computers
• Headphones
• Internet connection
• SMART Board

Timeline for implementation:

Two 40 minute class periods

Implementation:

·         Day one

o   Use the SMART Board to teach a lesson on the main idea reading strategy.

o   Use the Smart Board to show a Brain Pop Jr.  on Main idea.

o   Demonstrate to the students how to navigate through the Raz kids website.

     ·         Day two

o   Allow the students time to listen and read the interactive book on their computers. Students will first read the story and then listen to it. 

o   The students will then navigate through the website to complete the graphic organizer and multiple choice questions.

Assessment:

The students will be assessed on the reading comprehension skill by the completion of the graphic organizer and multiple choice questions.  The student’s technology skills will be assessed by an observation checklist/rubric that evaluates their ability to navigate through the website to utilize the interactive book and graphic organizer.