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TALA Videos: Main Idea (Comprehension)

Description

These videos, developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin as part of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA), demonstrate strategies to help students identify the main idea of sections of text.

Main Idea: Get the Gist Routine (Grade 6)

Main Idea: Get the Gist Routine (Grades 7–8)

Main Idea: Student Practice Identifying Details


Published Date

2010

Funding Source

Texas Education Agency

Topic

Reading Instruction

Type of Resource

Video/Podcast

Audience

General Education Classroom Teacher
Instructional Coaches
School Administrator
Special Education Teacher

Grade Level

Middle School

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