Prediction

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Prediction
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What?

• You are constantly predicting in your head the
  next word, the next sentence, the next paragraph,
  or the next chapter.
• You predict both before you start to read a text
  and while you are reading

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How?

• Using what you know about the world.
• Example The baby couldnt eat the apple because
  he didnt have any ___________. (teeth)

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2. Using what you know about language.Example
The baby couldnt eat the apple because he didnt
have any ________. any is probably followed
by a noun.
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3. Using visuals photographs, drawings, charts
What ideas are being presented?
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4. Use headings or subheadings
What is the big idea?
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5. Using everything you have read so far in the
text
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Why?Ask questions. Give yourself a reason to
read.
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If you are not predicting as you read, you will
probably not understand the text completely.
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Read around the Text

1. Look at the pictures. What ideas are being
   presented?

1. Look at the captions and read them.

1. Ask questions. Give yourself a reason to read.

1. Look at the maps, charts, bolded phrases and
   graphs. Discuss what information they present.

1. Read the first and last lines of each paragraph
   for more information.

1. Look at the titles and headings. What is the big
   idea?

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Lets Practice!

• http//www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/psu11la.r
  eading.brrdet/blue-ribbon-readers-the-detectives-n
  otebook-game/