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Thank you! |\n| Terms of Use: This resource was created for you to use at home with your child or with a learner in your own classroom or tutoring setting.\u003Cbr>Please do not share this PDF between teachers. Instead encourage them to visit my blog to download it for themselves.\u003Cbr>You may not sell, host, reproduce, giveaway, or store this PDF on any other site (including a blog, Facebook, 4Shared, Dropbox, Amazon, etc.). Thank you!\u003Cbr>[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) |  |\n\n“It’s in the Bag” Directions  \nPrep It:  \n• Cut apart cards and group them by category. (There are 6 picture cards for each category.)  \n• Place 4-6 pictures from the same category in a bag. The activity works best if you place the picture cards in an opaque bag so learners cannot see the pictures before they pull them out.  \nPlay It:  \n• I highly recommend that you demonstrate how to do this before you ask learners to try it out their own.  \n• Ask learners to pick one card at a time from the bag.  \n• As they pick the cards, they should begin guessing what the category might be.  \n• While you might have them wait until the very end to finally guess, I like having them guess as their knowledge increases because it can be tied to the process of synthesizing while reading.  \n• When learners make a guess, ask questions like,“Why do you think that?” to expand the discussion.  \n• Once all the cards have been drawn, ask learners to make their final decision on what the category (or main idea) of the cards is.  \nExtend It:  \n• Use real objects from around the room in the bags.  \n• NO PREP! Ask learners to partner up. The first person thinks of a category and gives one-or two-word hints to their partner. The second person listens to the clues and tries to figure out what the category is.  \n• Relate this skill to reading. As we read, we look for clues to help us discover the main idea of the text. As we read along, we also synthesize the information using text features, like subheadings, to help us figure out the main idea. (Page 13 of this file can be used to help learners apply this concept to real reading.) 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