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Leah Mermelstein's avatar

Thank you for writing and sharing such a clear, replicable structure. It’s the kind of routine that can make a real difference in everyday instruction. When I’m partnering with school districts, one area we often spend extra time on—especially in the early grades—is helping students determine what’s most important. That distinction between “my favorite part” and “the most important part” isn’t always intuitive. We work on noticing repeated words, looking for topic sentences, and in narratives, using the problem and solution as clues. Identifying the most important information often requires its own set of strategies and lots of guided practice—but it’s foundational work that pays off across reading and writing.

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