Monthly Comprehension Strategy: Main Idea and Details
“Pig in a Wig”
Week of August 30 – September 3, 2010
Lesson Essential Question:How do I identify the main idea and details of the story?
Activating Strategy:
Do a picture walk of a story (teacher’s choice) to see what the story is about. The teacher will read the story to the class. The students will discuss with their partners the main idea and details. The teacher will complete the graphic organizer from the students’ discussion.
Preview Vocabulary:
Main idea, details, mostly about, and most likely
Graphic Organizer: Main Idea
Teaching Strategies:“Pig in a Wig”
Pre-Reading:
Give students a preview of the selection “Pig in a Wig”. Have children read the title of the story. Identify the pig and the wig in the picture. Identify the author and illustrator. Ask children what they think the story will be about. Have the students to fill in the beginning of their graphic organizer.
Introduce the vocabulary:
Fantasy - not real
Play – to perform on a musical instrument
During Reading:
Read the selection—shared (think aloud) paired or independently. Keep in mind the story graphic organizer when reading the story. After reading a couple of pages stop and check for understanding. Ask: What has happened in the story so far? What clues in the pictures help me understand the story? Ask a student to say a new sentence that means about the same thing as selected sentences that you read.
After Reading:
- What is main idea and details?
- What does pig look like?
- How can you tell that this part of the story takes place in the afternoon?
- What does Pig do that shows this story is a fantasy?
- What is the main idea and details of the selection “Pig in a Wig”?
Distributed Guided Practice:
Knowledge Strand:
Why is the selection called “Pig in a Wig”?
How would you describe the pig?
Connection Strand:
What characteristic does the character have?
Word Meaning Strand:
Which word best describes fix? (to make better)
Summarizing Strategy:
Have the students to complete graphic organizer for main idea and detail. Partners will explain the difference between main idea and details.
Extended Thinking:
Have children to write an experience story about when they were sick with cold or flu.
Assignment or Assessment: _____x _whole group _____x_ small group
Graphic Organizer
Story Test
Selection Word List Test
Resources:
Selection: “Pig in a Wig”