Unit 19 - Voyager Learning

COMPREHENSION AND SKILL ACTIVITY 2STORY COMPREHENSION • MAIN IDEA AND MAZE READINGCOMPREHENSION PROCESSESUnderstand, ApplyPROCEDURESFor each step, demonstrate and guide practice, as needed. Then have students complete thepage independently.Topic/Main Idea/Supporting Details: Hierarchy Chart—Basic Instructions• Have students read the main idea sentence and fill in the blank. Say something like:Read the sentence in the top box, saying blank for the beginning of the sentence.(Blank could do many extraordinary things because he was flat.)Who is this sentence about? (Stanley)Write “Stanley” in the blank, then read the main idea.(Stanley could do many extraordinary things because he was flat.)• Have students fill in three details about things Stanley could do because he was flat.Now let’s come up with some details from the story that support the main idea.What could Stanley do because he was flat?(Stanley could slip under doors. Stanley could fly like a kite . . . )Maze Reading—Basic Instructions• Have students read the paragraphs and select the word in parentheses that best completesthe sentence.• Have students circle the word, then reread the paragraphs to make sure the whole passagemakes sense.42