August 2016 Mrs. Burchette

Homework and Important Dates: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Homework and Important Dates: Read 20 minutes nightly! Warm-Up: Update your agenda. Pick up your notebooks! Table Discussion: What is main idea and how do we find it? Be ready to report out on what your group talked about! I will call on random people to share what their group talked about!!!

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Learning Target: I can find the main idea in a given passage. Today’s Agenda: STARS– Finding Main Idea

Reading Pre-Assessment Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Reading Pre-Assessment Transfer your answers to the handout provided. Submit your responses using iRespond.

Resource Table of Contents STARS– Finding Main Idea Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Date Title Page 8/22/16 Literary Vocabulary 1 8/29/16 STARS– Finding Main Idea 2 STARS– Finding Main Idea Review the information about main idea at the top of page 8 in the STARS book. Make sure you have everything copied from yesterday’s notes. Resource Section Page 2 STARS– Finding Main Idea

Resource Table of Contents STARS– Finding Main Idea Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Date Title Page 8/22/16 Literary Vocabulary 1 8/29/16 STARS– Finding Main Idea 2 STARS– Finding Main Idea Read “On Her Way” on page 8 from the STARS book and answer the two questions on page 2 in your Resource section. Label these “Page 8 Questions 3-4” Resource Section Page 2 STARS– Finding Main Idea

Resource Table of Contents STARS– Finding Main Idea Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Date Title Page 8/22/16 Literary Vocabulary 1 8/29/16 STARS– Finding Main Idea 2 STARS– Finding Main Idea Read the information on page 9 that helps explain the correct responses. Record the explanations next to your answers on page 2 in your Resource Section. #3– This answer is correct because it identifies the topic and states the most important idea about it. #4– This answer is correct because the last sentence tells about the most important idea in the whole story. Resource Section Page 2 STARS– Finding Main Idea

Resource Table of Contents STARS– Finding Main Idea Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Date Title Page 8/22/16 Literary Vocabulary 1 8/29/16 STARS– Finding Main Idea 2 STARS– Finding Main Idea Add the “More to Know” information from STARS page 10 to your notes on page 2 in your Resource Section. Resource Section Page 2 STARS– Finding Main Idea