Get the Gist - Comprehension Strategy

Demonstration of the Get the Gist comprehension strategy.
Key concepts:
1. Using Get the Gist enables students to sort through all of the details in a piece of text, to find the main idea.
2. When using this strategy, you are creating a gist statement for a piece of text.
3. A gist statement must include, the most important who or what and the most important thing about the who or what.
4. A gist statement must have 10 words or less.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• reading
• comprehension. main idea
• language arts
• get the gist
• read aloud
• 3rd grade
• 4th grade 5th grade
• 6th grade
• sustainability
• lesson plan
• modeling
• reading strategies
• comprehension strategies
• elementary education

[Misscharnay1]

My child is struggling so bad in school with reading.

[sk8ingify]

At school we sing a song thats called Get the gist its sung to the adams family tune

get the gist (snap snap) get the gist (snap snap) get the gist get the gist get the gist (snap snap) Name the who or what, And most important thing, In ten or fewer words, Now you got the gist

get the gist (snap snap) get the gist (snap snap) get the gist get the gist get the gist (snap snap) :)