Strategy 2 –

Predicting V.Garrett-Meade (Learning & Support Teacher) 2013

3-2-1 Team Teaching lesson reflection

3- positive ideas from the lesson….2 – things I might do differently…1 – new idea I took away with me

( literacy/student engagement/other)…

Embedded TeachingStrategy

ThinkingTime

Strategy 1 & 2 are the peanut butter and jelly or the vegemite and cheese

of the comprehension strategy world….

Predicting from the title….the importance of understanding…..

Passage A

Our craft, Trieste, is finally nearing the unworldly surface. It seems like forever that we’ve been drifting through the darkness, but at last we can make out the small hills and valleys on the surface below.

On this journey we hope to encounter living things, but around our craft there isn’t yet any sign of life.

Exploring new regions

Taken from CSI Comprehension Strategies Instruction 3 www.csi-literacy.com

Lesson 2

Passage B

Our craft, Trieste, is finally nearing the unworldly surface. It seems like forever that we’ve been drifting through the darkness, but at last we can make out the small hills and valleys on the surface below.

On this journey we hope to encounter living things, but around our craft there isn’t yet any sign of life.

Exploring the Ocean’s Depths

Taken from CSI Comprehension Strategies Instruction 3 www.csi-literacy.com

Lesson 2

SkimmingSkimming : to read over a text quickly to get the main idea and supporting information. Previewing.

When to use it : when you want a quick idea of a text before you starting answering questions or seeking information.

How to skim : 1. Read through the text quickly to get the main

idea or the big picture2. Look at the headings, subheadings, diagrams,

captions, pictures and words in bold or italics.3. Read the 1st and last paragraphs. A particular

type of text will introduce the topic in the first paragraph and summarise in the final paragraph.

Chart 4.2

•Overview of the strategy•Connect to Previewing• Predicting using the title. •Skimming – what is it, how to use it, modelled using think alouds•Wrap up using 3-2-1

Modelled Lesson

•Review previous lesson, strategy•Brief modelled think aloud by teacher of predicting by using Skimming.

• Guided practice in heterogeneous groups using one of the following activities….

• KWL chart / Predict, Confirm, Adjust / Predicting quiz – SMART Notebook activity or other.

• Wrap up using 3-2-1

Guided Practice

Lessons

•Review of the lesson, strategy•Connect to previous lessons, use 3-2-1 strategy. • Review how to complete activity•Choose an activity same as guided practice lessons, students complete independently.

•Wrap up using 3-2-1

Independent Practice Lessons

Confirm or Adjust Proficient readers do not just predict before they read a selection. They continue to confirm or adjust their predictions and make new ones throughout a selection. To model this, record student predictions on chart paper during a read-aloud. Stop periodically to ask if their predictions are correct. If so, mark a “C” for “confirm” beside the prediction. If not, mark an “A” for “adjust” and have students generate a new prediction based on new clues. Teach students that it is okay to predict incorrectly as long as they are basing their predictions on clues from the text and as long as they adjust their predictions when evidence from the text contradicts their predictions.