Reading

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to determine the important information

I can identify important information

I can order information from most important to least important.

I can explain why I think that information is the most important.

VOCABULARY

Determining importance

The process of selecting the essential information necessary from a text to understand what the author wants us to learn/ know.

Good readers filter out the unimportant information, so they understand what they are reading. 

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Ask students to tell you what they think was the most important fact or information they read in their nightly reading.