What about main idea in non fiction. We did just this in our reading clinic with struggling readers for a 6 week period. We focused on determining importance - more directly what was relevant information versus what was interesting. It is a very difficult concept for kids to figure out, but when deciding on whether it was important (having to do with the title/subheading etc) or if it was just interesting seemed to help them the most. This allowed for great discussions about the information. We really stuck with it and the kids seemed to get the big picture.
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