This intervention draws attention to the main-idea sentence during independent reading.
Type: Student Strategy
Procedure:
The student highlights or creates a main idea sentence for each paragraph in the assigned reading. When rereading each paragraph of the selection, the student:
(1) reads the main idea sentence or student-generated ‘gist’ sentence first (irrespective of where that sentence actually falls in the paragraph);
(2) reads the remainder of the paragraph, and
(3) reflects on how the main idea relates to the paragraph content.
Research Citations: Hedin, L. R., & Conderman, G. (2010). Teaching students to comprehend informational text through rereading. The Reading Teacher, 63(7), 556–565.