Reading

Strategies
Prepared and presented by:
Miri Osherov
Finding the Main Idea

Recalling Facts and Details

Understanding Sequence
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Read the paragraph. Greenhouse Effect

.Click the sentence that best expresses the main idea of the passage
Have you ever seen a greenhouse?
Most greenhouses look like a small glass house .
Greenhouses are used to grow plants, especially in the winter .
Greenhouses work by trapping heat from the sun .
The glass panels of the greenhouse let in light but keep
heat from escaping. This causes the greenhouse to heat up,
much like the inside of a car parked in sunlight,
and keeps the plants warm enough to live in the winter.

Plants grow faster in a greenhouse.

People use greenhouses to grow plants in the winter.
Greenhouses work by trapping the heat from the sun.
Greenhouse and the inside of a car work in the same way.
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Read the paragraph.

Whales
.Click the sentence that best expresses the main idea of the passage

The biggest animal in the world is the whale. The blue whale is the
largest animal that ever lived. It is even bigger than the great
dinosaurs of long ago. Whales are close cousins to dolphins and

porpoises, but these animals are less than thirteen feet in length.

Whales can come in many colors.

The whale is the biggest animal in the world.
Dolphins and porpoises are close cousins to the whales.
Dolphins and porpoises are smaller than the whales.
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Read the paragraph.

Wild Horses
.Click the sentences that best expresses the main idea of the passage
Have you noticed that in any large group, one person seems to be
the boss?
This is true for wild horses, too. The boss of a band of wild horses
is a stallion.
Stallions are grown male horses. The stallion’s job is important.
He watches out for danger. If a bear or other animal comes close,
he lets out a warning cry. This helps keep the other horses safe.
Sometimes they all run away together. Other times the stallion
protects the other horses. He shows his teeth. He rears up on his
legs. Often, he scares the other animal away.
Then the horses can safely continue eating grass.

The stallion job is important.

Horses have leaders just like people.
The stallion is the leader of wild horses, its job is to protect the band.
The stallion protects the band so other horses can feel safe.
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Read the paragraph. Climbing Mountains

.Click
.Overthethe
sentence that best
last hundred expresses
years thegear
climbing mainhas
idea of the passage
changed a lot
In the 1800s, climbers wore heavy clothes and boots with spikes.
Today companies have created clothes that are both warm and light, so
climbers can move more freely. Modern climbers also use nylon rope pitons.
Pitons are large nails with a ring in one end. Rope is attached to the ring.
.Climbers pull themselves up a few feet at a time
They pound pitons into rock as they go. In the past these nails were made of
iron. Climbers found, however, that the heavy nails damaged the surface of
.the mountain. Climbers now use soft metal nails. These do much less damage
Mountain climbing equipment used to be heavy.
Today, mountain climbing equipment is lighter than in the past.
Modern equipment causes less damage to mountains.
Over the last 100 years modern climbing gear has changed a lot.
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Definition
•Facts and details explain or support
the most important idea in the paragraph.

•Facts and details give information about

the main idea.

•Facts and details tell about the who, what,

where, when, why, and how of the main idea.

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Read the paragraph.

Wild Horses
.Find the details which support the main idea
Have you noticed that in any large group, one person
seems to be the boss?
This is true for wild horses, too. The boss of a band of
wild horses is a stallion.
Stallions are grown male horses. The stallions job is
important. He
He watches
watches out
out for
for danger.
danger. If a bear or
other animal comes close, he lets out a warning cry. This
helps keep the other horses safe. Sometimes they all
run away together. Other times the stallion protects
the other horses.
He shows his teeth. He rears
rears up
up on
on his
his legs.
legs. Often, he
scares the other animal away. Then the horses can
safely continue eating grass.
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Whales
Read the paragraph.
.Find the details which support the main idea

The biggest animal in the world is the

whale. The blue whale is the largest animal
that ever lived. It is even bigger than the great
dinosaurs of long ago. Whales are close cousins to
dolphins and porpoises, but these animals are less
than thirteen feet in length.
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Read the paragraph.

Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse Effect
.Find the details which support the main idea

Have you ever seen a greenhouse?

Most greenhouses look like a small glass house.
Greenhouses work by trapping heat from the sun .
Greenhouses are used to grow plants, especially in the winter .
The glass panels of the greenhouse let in light but keep
heat from escaping. This causes the greenhouse to heat up,
much like the inside of a car parked in sunlight,

and keeps the plants warm enough to live in the winter.

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Read the paragraph. Climbing Mountains

.Find the details which support the main idea

Over the last hundred years climbing gear has changed a lot.
In the 1800s, climbers wore heavy clothes and boots with spikes.
Today companies have created clothes that are both warm and light,
so climbers can move more freely. .Modern climbers also use nylon rope pitons
.Pitons are large nails with a ring in one end Rope is attached to the ring.
Climbers pull themselves up a few feet at a time. They pound pitons into rock
as they go. In the past these nails were made of iron. Climbers found,
however, that the heavy nails damaged the surface of the mountain.
.Climbers now use soft metal nails These do much less damage.
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Definition
• Sequence tells what happened first, second,
third, and so on.
• Clue words such as first, next, then, last,
finally, before, and after often tell the order
in which things happen.
• Clues such as times of day, days of the week,
months, and years tell when things happen.
• Sometimes, there are no clue words.
• Thinking about the beginning, the middle, and
the ending of a story will help you understand
the order in which things happen.
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The Man And The Snake

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kindparagraph.
man saw a snake in the road. It was winter and the poor
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snake thehalf
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frozen.of
Theevents to tell
man began to what happened
walk away, but could not. “This
is one of God’s creatures, too.” he said. He picked up the snake and put it
in a sack. “I will take it home to warm up by my fire,” he said. “Then I will
set it free.”
The man stopped for lunch at a village inn. He put his coat and his sack on
a bench by the fireplace. He planned to sit nearby. But the inn was
crowded, so he was given a seat across the room. He soon forgot about
the snake. While he was eating his soup, he heard screams. Warmed by
the fire, the snake had crawled from the bag. It was hissing at the
people whose table was near the fire.
The man jumped up and ran to the fireplace. “Is this how you repay the
kindness of others?” he shouted. He grabbed a stick and chased the
snake out of the inn.
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A He picked up the snake and

put it in a sack.
1.
B The man chased the snake
out of the inn.
C A man saw a half frozen 2.
snake.
D 3.
The snake had crawled out
from the bag and hissed at
E people. 4.

He put his sack on a bench

by the fireplace. 5.
F
The man stopped for lunch
at a village inn. 6.
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Recipe For Brownies

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease a 20-cm square
baking dish.
In a mixing bowl, put 100-gr of unsweetened chocolate and
1/3 cup of butter. Put the bowl in the pan of hot water and
heat it to melt the chocolate and butter.
When the chocolate has melted, remove the pan from the
heat. Add one cup of sugar and two eggs to the melted
chocolate and beat it. Next, stir in ¾ cup of sifted flour ½
teaspoon of baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt. Finally, mix
in ½ cup of chopped nuts.
Spread the mixture in the greased baking dish. Bake for 30
to 35 minutes. The brownies are finished baking when a
toothpick stick stuck in the center comes out clean. Let the
brownies cool. Cut them into squares.
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Remove pan from the heat.
Add sugar and eggs to the melted
A
chocolate and beat. Recipe For Brownies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1.
B Spread the mixture in the baking dish. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2.
C Preheat the oven and grease a baking dish.
3.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

D Let the brownies cool then cut them into squares. 4.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5.
E Melt the chocolate and butter over a pan of hot water.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6.
F Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix in some nuts.
7.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
G In a mixing bowl, put chocolate and butter. Check your
answer
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Coca Cola
Dr. John Stith Pemberton (1830-1888) was an American pharmacist,
soldier, and inventor. He invented Coca-Cola on May 8th, 1886 in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He had invented many syrups and medicines,
before, including a very popular drink called French Wine of Coca,
which contained wine, coca leaves, and caffeine (from the kola nut).
When Atlanta banned alcohol consumption in 1885, Pemberton had to
change the formula of his French Wine of Coca, omitting the French
wine. He added sugar, citric acid and essential oils of many fruits to
the drink, and the original Coca-Cola was created. It was named for its
main ingredients, coca leaves and the kola nut. Coca-Cola quickly
became a very popular soda fountain drink.
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Coca Cola
Dr. Pemberton added other ingredients such as sugar, and 1.
A citric acid to replace the alcohol in the French drink.

1 2 3 4 5 6
B The original Coca-Cola was created.
2.
1 2 3 4 5 6
C Atlanta banned alcohol consumption in 1885. 3.
1 2 3 4 5 6
D Dr. Pemberton invented a drink called French Wine of Coca. 4.
1 2 3 4 5 6
E Dr. Pemberton had to omit the wine from the drink’s formula.
5.
1 2 3 4 5 6
F Dr. Pemberton had invented many syrups and medicines.
6.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Check your
answer
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Coca Cola
Dr. Pemberton added other ingredients
A such as sugar, and citric acid to 1.
replace the alcohol in the French drink.

B The original Coca-Cola was created.

2.

C Atlanta banned alcohol consumption 3.

in 1885.

D One of Dr. Pemberton’s inventions 4.

was a drink called French Wine of
Coca.
E Dr. Pemberton had to omit the wine from
the drink’s formula. 5.

F Dr. Pemberton had invented many syrups

and medicines. 6.
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.Remove pan from the heat

A Add sugar and eggs to the melted 1.
.chocolate and beat

B Spread the mixture in the baking 2.

dish. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

C Preheat the oven and grease a 3.

baking dish.
Let the brownies cool then cut
D 4.
them into squares.

E Melt the chocolate and butter over

a pan of hot water. 5.

F Stir in flour, baking powder, and

salt. Mix in some nuts. 6.

G In a mixing bowl, put chocolate and

butter. 7.
1. Reading Strategies- Definitions:
http://www.cps.k12.ri.us/~gcity/index.htm

2. Greenhouse Effect:
www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/greenhouse.html

3. Coca Cola:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/food.shtml

4. Brownies, The Man and the Sack, Wild Horses, Whales:

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, American Education Publishing Company,1993

5. Climbing Mountain:
Comprehension Plus, level E, Dr. Diane Lapp & Dr. James Flood, Modern Curriculum Press, 2002.
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