- Definition
The "topic" is simply what a text, like a book or article, is generally about.
In a book that describes different kinds of weather, the topic is weather.
How to teach this in 30 seconds
Try this analogy: The topic is what a book is mostly about, just like a bowl of strawberries is mostly about strawberries.
Ask your child: What is this book all about?
Common mix-up: Kids might think the topic is just one small detail from the story. The topic is the big subject the whole text is about, like 'dinosaurs' or 'school'.
Examples
- A story about a girl's first day of school has 'school' as its topic.
- A book with facts and pictures about sea animals has the topic 'ocean life'.
topic is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.
Where this shows up
+55 more mentions across the curriculum
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