Pages 1 to 6 are three texts, each on its own page with its questions on the next: the main idea, key details, a summary, and what the text shows without saying it. Page 7 works with any nonfiction text. Pages 8 and 9 are a listen and answer pair: read page 8 aloud, then hand out page 9, which has the questions without the text.
After reading, ask partners to cover the text and tell each other the main idea in one sentence. Then they add the two or three details that matter most and leave out the rest: that is a summary.
After your child reads a text, ask what they learned that the text did not say outright, and which words in the text helped them work it out.
Texts about hippos, zebras and ostriches, written at a 4th grade level, each with a page of questions. Children find the main idea and the key details that support it, sum a text up in their own words, and work out what a text shows without saying it.
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