For the next two groups sessions (I see groups every other week), we are hitting on skills that have already been covered but our students need to see again. I found many of these ideas in a Testing Review post here and then used some of them to do a similar set up in my room. Several of them cost money, but I felt like all of them were worth what I spent.
Topics we covered:
Main Idea
Making Inferences
Synonyms/Antonyms/Vocabulary
Text Structure
Perspective
Main Idea
I used two different activities. This first was Main Idea vs Theme:
Topics we covered:
Main Idea
Making Inferences
Synonyms/Antonyms/Vocabulary
Text Structure
Perspective
Main Idea
I used two different activities. This first was Main Idea vs Theme:
The next was a great package from Creekside Teacher Tales' TPT. There are quite a few nonfiction passages on animals and several options for how to use the materials.
I decided to start with 4 different animals. I printed the 4 different animal passages on different colored card stock with their answer choices on the same color. The students would determine the main idea and mark their answer choice.
Then I let them choose one animal passage from the ones they had already done to determine two supporting details from the passage that supported the main idea they had previously chosen. They completed the graphic organizer for just that one animal.