In Reading Like an Author, students make predictions at varying stages of a read-aloud. This requires that they visualize as the story is read, make connections between events, relate to characters, infer what may happen next, and identify with the main idea.
Strategies/Skills Used
Reading Strategy 2: Predict what will be learned or what will happen.
Reading Strategy 5: Make mental pictures.
Reading Strategy 11: Make inferences and draw conclusions.
(1) Fold blank thinking papers into four sections and number each section.
(2) Have students predict from the title (think/pair/share).
(3) Read aloud to the class, stopping three times with questions to elicit predictions or decisions. Get students to use words and or pictures to record their thinking in the appropriate boxes. Encourage the use of inside voices (thinking bubbles) and outside voices (speech bubbles). Provide time for students to share their ideas with partners, then the whole class after each recording.
(4) Have students assume the role of a character and write in the fourth box. They then can share with the group. An alternative is to have the students record the main idea in the fourth box.
(5) Reflect on the story content and the activity process as a group.
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