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Week 04 · Main Topic Meadow

Tuesday

Find the key details
// Main topic and key details
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Find the key details

A fluffy seed floats past the Story Stump.

Lizzy the Lizard looks at it through her magnifying glass.

"Where is it going?" asks Samantha the Squirrel.

"Seeds travel," says Lizzy. "My new text tells how."

Ferris smiles. "Let us hunt for key details."

Learn it: key details

Key details are facts that tell more about the main topic.

They answer questions like how, what and where.

Ferris asks: How do seeds travel? He looks back.

Some float on the wind. That is a key detail!

Read it
Seeds on the Move
Plants cannot walk, but their seeds can travel.
Some seeds float on the wind.
A dandelion seed has tiny hairs that help it float.
A maple seed spins as it falls to the ground.
Some seeds have little hooks.
The hooks stick to animal fur and to clothes.
The animal carries the seeds to a new place.
Animals eat berries, and the seeds inside travel too.
Later the seeds drop somewhere new.
Some seeds can float on water, like a coconut.
Seeds travel in many ways!
CHECK IT: THE MAIN TOPIC
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is this text mostly about?
Which line tells the main topic best?
CHECK IT: KEY DETAILS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What helps a dandelion seed float?
What does a maple seed do as it falls?
What do the little hooks stick to?
Which seed can float on water?
SentenceTrue or false?
Plants can walk to new places.?
Some seeds float on the wind.?
Animals can carry seeds.?
All seeds have hooks.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEPlants cannot walk. Only some seeds have hooks.
A SEED RIDES ALONG
  • How does a hooked seed travel?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
DETAIL OR NOT?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which one is a key detail from this text?
Which one is NOT in this text?
Try it
Tell a grown-up three ways seeds travel.
Hold up one finger for each key detail.

Word Spot: found, gave, light

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Found: F-O-U-N-D.

Gave: G-A-V-E.

Light: L-I-G-H-T.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We ___ a nest in the tree.
She ___ me a flower.
Turn on the ___, please.

You found the key details! Tomorrow we look inside a seed.

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