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Week 04 · Main Topic Meadow

Wednesday

Details hold up the topic
// Main topic and key details
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Details hold up the topic

Bennie the Bear sets a bowl of beans on the stump.

"Lizzy, why are these beans so fat?" he asks.

"They soaked in water," says Lizzy.

She taps one bean. "Now we can open it and look inside."

Ferris opens a new page. "Let us read first!"

Learn it: a topic table

Think of a table top. That is the main topic.

The key details are the legs.

The legs hold up the table top.

Ferris asks: Which facts hold up the topic? He looks back.

He finds three parts of a seed. Those are three legs!

Read it
Inside a Seed
A seed looks small, but it holds three parts.
The seed coat is on the outside.
The seed coat keeps the inside safe.
Inside is a tiny baby plant.
The seed also holds stored food.
The baby plant uses this food to start growing.
A dry seed has very little water.
To start growing, a seed must take in water.
A bean is a seed that is easy to look inside.
Soak a bean, and you can gently take it apart.
CHECK IT: THE MAIN TOPIC
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is this text mostly about?
How many parts does the text say a seed holds?
CHECK IT: KEY DETAILS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which part is on the outside?
What does the baby plant use to start growing?
What must a seed take in to start growing?
What helps you take a bean apart?
SentenceTrue or false?
The seed coat keeps the inside safe.?
A dry seed is full of water.?
A seed has a tiny baby plant inside.?
The baby plant is on the outside.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEA dry seed has very little water. The baby plant is inside.
TOPIC OR DETAIL?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which one is the main topic?
Which one is a key detail?
Why are key details like table legs?
A SEED STARTS TO GROW
  • What happens when a seed starts?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
Draw a table. Write the main topic on top. Write a detail on each leg.

Word Spot: thought, head

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Thought: T-H-O-U-G-H-T.

Head: H-E-A-D.

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.
I ___ it would rain today.
Nod your ___ if you agree.

Super work! Tomorrow Lizzy writes about a place in Fern Hollow.

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