Ms.Kovalik works with her third grade reading groups to teach her students the skill of identifying the main idea when they read a passage.She wants the students to transfer the skill to reading in content areas.Which of the following is most likely to help her achieve the goal?
A)Teach students different skills to use in understanding content area reading.
B)Ask parents to identify the main idea for their child when the child reads assignments for homework.
C)Provide practice with the skill to the point of overlearning the strategy and repeating it.
D)Teach students how to identify the main idea or topic sentence when they write.

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Providing practice with the skill to the point of overlearning the strategy and repeating it would be the most effective way to help students transfer the skill to reading in content areas. This will help students to internalize the skill and become more automatic in their use of it, which will make it easier for them to apply it to content area reading. Teaching different skills, asking parents to identify the main idea, and teaching students how to identify the main idea when they write are all potentially helpful strategies, but they are not as likely to be effective as overlearning and repetition.

MsKovalik Works with Her Third Grade Reading Groups to Teach