Teacher Talk: Statements, Questions, What was the focus of and Prompts for the reading? Summarizing What clues are within What does the author the text? say? What do you think is Complete the the main idea of this statement, The text is story? mainly about… What words from the Which details are the story jump out at you most important? Why? to help you understand the important parts? Can you retell the story Which details are the only using a few least important? Why? sentences?
Teacher Talk: Statements, Questions, and Prompts for Summarizing What was the focus of the reading? What clues are within the text? What does the author say? What do you think is the main idea of this story? Complete the statement, The text is mainly about… Which details are the most important? Why? What words from the story jump out at you to help you understand the important parts? Which details are the least important? Why? Can you retell the story only using a few sentences?
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