Students write a main idea on an umbrella's canopy, add three supporting details in the raindrops below, and sum it up in one sentence.
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Students pick any nonfiction text, write its main idea on the canopy of a large umbrella, and put one detail in each of the three raindrops underneath, so every detail sits under the idea it supports. A box at the bottom asks for one sentence, in their own words, joining the main idea and the most important details. The model uses a six-sentence paragraph about archerfish, which knock insects off leaves with jets of water, and shows why a true sentence about mangrove swamps still doesn't belong.
Before students use their own text, read the archerfish paragraph aloud and ask which sentence doesn't belong under the umbrella. Then show the "Doesn't fit" card.
The model's details are short notes, like "leaps up to grab bugs near the surface," not copied sentences. Show this first, since a copied sentence often won't fit the three lines in a drop.
Check the summary against the canopy: if it names only one detail, such as the water jet, it is a detail rather than a summary.
Ways to adjust the umbrella organizer for different readers.
Each one is checked against the official document. Where the resource covers only part of a standard, the note says so.
Students write the main idea of a text on the umbrella, add three supporting details underneath, and sum it all up in one sentence in their own words. Students do not put the details in order or draw a conclusion, and the organizer needs a separate text to read.
Students sort which details belong under the main idea, as the model shows with a true sentence that does not fit. Sequencing plots and explaining cause and effect are not covered.
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