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 documents. Where the resource covers only part of a standard, the note says so.
Students write a main idea and three supporting details on the umbrella organizer and then sum up the text in one sentence; the archerfish model also shows why a true detail can be left out because it does not support the main idea. Students bring their own text, so the file has only the one model passage.
Students name the main idea of a text they read and record three key details under it. Explaining how each detail supports the main idea is shown in the model but not asked of students directly.
Students write the main idea of a text on an umbrella and one supporting detail in each raindrop, with an archerfish paragraph as a model; the teacher supplies the text.
Students sum up the main idea and key details in one sentence in their own words.
The model shows how to leave out a true detail (where archerfish live) that does not support the main idea; students sort details on their own text the same way.
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