We used the frame to help us identify main idea and details in a non-fiction text. The students had multiple opportunities to develop this skill with the frame. This also helped them transition into writing summaries with main idea and details during writing time. The more the students used the frame, the easier it became for them to understand the concept. I feel that the frame also helped them focus as it gave them a tangible goal for their reading time. They knew that they needed to have that completed once they read a passage. I was sure to find passages with very clear main idea and details when we first started, and then as time went on we could find harder passages where the students really had to think about the difference between a main idea and a detail.
