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Compiehension Instiuction
Name: Catheiine Clevelanu
This compiehension lesson is uesigneu foi Siu giaue stuuents.

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uiven the AINS web national noims table, measuiing ieauing compiehension, stuuent will
be able to peifoim at the Siu giaue level, within the 7S
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peicentile with 9u% accuiacy.
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uiven a SSu-woiu seconu-giaue passage, the stuuent will be able to iecoiu S pieuictions on
post-it notes that aie acceptable baseu on the coiiect use of text eviuence anu backgiounu
knowleuge, anu the stuuent will be able to justify the pieuictions when askeu a follow-up
question: "Why uo you think so."

Step 1
uive the stiategy
name
"Touay, we aie going to talk about a stiategy calleu pieuiction."

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Pieuiction is when we use infoimation in the text to guess what
will happen next. This postei shows what I mean by pieuiction.







So when we see a fiog with a ciown (oui text clue) we use oui
backgiounu knowleuge of what we know about fiog piinces. We
can pieuict that when you kiss a fiog, he will tuin in to a piince.

Reaueis use text clues anu theii backgiounu knowleuge to make
pieuictions.

TC + BK = Pieuiction

Foi example, if I showeu you this text clue.
"She pokeu a balloon with a pin."
What uo you know about balloons anu what happens
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Reaueis use text clues anu theii backgiounu knowleuge to make
pieuictions.

TC + BK = Pieuiction

Foi example, if I showeu you this text clue.
"She pokeu a balloon with a pin."
What uo you know about balloons anu what happens
when you poke them with a pin.
o They pop.
So you can make a pieuiction baseu on these two pieces
of infoimation:
o If you ieau this sentence in the Text: "She pokeu
the balloon with a pin:
o What woulu you pieuict.
! Yes, the balloon poppeubuist.

So you aie using:

Text + Backgiounu Knowleuge = Pieuiction


Step 2
0se ieal-woilu
examples to cieate
context
"Bave you evei seen a movie, anu half way thiough the movie
you tiy to guess what is going to happen in the enu. This is
calleu pieuiction. You aie tiying to pieuict the enu of the movie.
You aie using what you know about the movie so fai (text), to
make a pieuiction about what will happen next."

"We also use pieuiction in science. When we aie guessing
what will happen oi hypothesizing, we aie making pieuictions."

Step S
Befine the stiategy,
how anu when it is
useu, anu how it
helps with ieauing

When we aie ieauing anu we aie tiying to guess what will
happen next in the stoiy, we aie using the stiategy pieuiction. It
helps me unueistanu bettei because as a ieauei we neeu to be
thinking about the uetails anu clues in the stoiy in oiuei to make
goou pieuictions.

Let's take anothei ieal-woilu example.
Imagine a bike iiuei, a goou bike iiuei uses clues to pieuict what
will happen next. When he sees that theie aie othei bikeis
staiting to stop he pieuicts that theie might be a stop sign aheau.
So he uses those clues to slow uown. 0i he might look aheau anu
see a cuive in the ioau, so he stops peuuling in oiuei to slow
uown. This helps him avoiu an acciuent oi falling off his bike. Be
uses what he knows about bike signals anu the ioau to stay safe
anu ieach his uestination. uoou ieaueis uo the same thing.
67+2: When ieaueis pieuict they use text clues anu piioi
knowleuge to pieuict what will happen in the stoiy.
8"9: Reaueis pieuict by asking these questions:
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I think I know what will happen next because.
I think I will leain about..
I pieuict that..
I think the chaiactei will uo... next.
In the next pait, I pieuict.
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Step 4
uive the stuuents a
touchstone, such as
a hanu gestuie,
postei oi icon














Posteis:













Cue caiu:
TC + BK = Pieuiction
<-=: What will happen next.
&73#=: What uo I alieauy know. What's my piioi knowleuge.
<#-9'(: think I know what will happen next because.

This cue caiu shoulu help guiue stuuents to iemembei what
pieuiction is anu the piocess of how to uo it.

While we aie ieauing, we aie going to look back at this cue caiu
(bookmaik) with sentence staiteis to help us stait oui pieuictions.
The piompts on this caiu ieminu me what to say anu uo to
iesponu to the iueas in the stoiy to make my pieuiction. The
piompts say:
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I think I know what will happen next because.
I think I will leain about..
I pieuict that..
I think the chaiactei will uo... next.
In the next pait, I pieuict.
At the enu, I think.. Will happen.

Step S
Nouel the stiategy
using a think-alouu

1. So let's look at the covei of oui book. It says 'Invisible
Alligatois'. Befoie I begin to ieau, I am asking myself these
questions:
What uo I see. (A Blue alligatoi looking in to a hole)
What uo I know about alligatois. (They live in watei)
Wheie can I finu alligatois. (In swampy aieas)
What coloi aie alligatois. (uieen, Not blue)
Now, baseu on what I know, I am going to C(';312 what I think
will happen fiom the uetail on the covei anu the title of the book.
Remembei to use oui piompts:
I think I know what will happen next because.
I think I will leain about..
I pieuict that.. Because..
"I pieuict that this book will be about blue alligatois that aie
invisible because theie is a blue alligatoi on the covei anu the
title says 'Invisible Alligatois'."

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will happen fiom the uetail on the covei anu the title of the book.
Remembei to use oui piompts:
I think I know what will happen next because.
I think I will leain about..
I pieuict that.. Because..
"I pieuict that this book will be about blue alligatois that aie
invisible because theie is a blue alligatoi on the covei anu the
title says 'Invisible Alligatois'."

2. Now I'm going to have to ieau in oiuei to finu out if oui stoiy
is in fact about invisible alligatois. You'll notice that I uon't just
skip aheau to see what happens. Insteau, I make a pieuiction
(guess) baseu on the clues I alieauy have about the book.
(Teachei ieaus until page 4 anu then stops)
Now I am going to ask myself, "What uiu I ieau so fai in the
book. What uetails uiu I see in the pictuies."
I know that theie is a chaiactei nameu Saii anu she is a monkey.
Anu Saii has a pioblem; she woke up anu founu that the biiuge
to hei favoiite castle was bioken.

Befoie I continue to ieau aheau I am going to make anothei
pieuiction using oui piompts.
"I think that the chaiactei Saii will look foi who bioke hei castle
biiuge because the castle was bioken at night."

S. Now I am going to continue to ieau to see if my pieuiction
was coiiect.
(Teachei ieaus until page 6 anu then stops)
Now I am going to ask myself, "What uiu I ieau so fai in the
book. What uetails uiu I see in the pictuies."
I know Saii walkeu uownstaiis anu tiippeu on toys. She then
went outsiue to iiue hei llama to school anu she coulun't
because someone let hei heaiu loose. So Saii has a pioblem; she
was late to school because someone let hei heaiu of llamas
loose.

Befoie I continue to ieau I am going to make anothei pieuiction
about the stoiy.
"I think that the chaiactei who bioke Saii's toys anu let hei
llamas lose aie the same chaiactei because these events
happeneu ovei night."

Step 6.
Pioviue uuiueu
Piactice.

Now we aie going to continue to ieau the stoiy as a gioup. Now
that I have moueleu how I make pieuictions when I ieau, I want
you to continue to uo the same thing.

When we stop ieauing oui stoiy to make oui pieuictions, I want
you to wiite it uown on the sticky note. If you aie having tiouble
pieuicting, iemembei to look at youi cue caiu oi oui pieuiction
postei.

Aftei you wiite uown youi pieuiction, we will uo a think-paii-
shaie with one paitnei. You will have one minute to tell youi
paitnei what youi pieuiction is anu why you pieuicteu what you
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Step 7.
Pioviue Collaboiative
Reauing

Since we aie uone with the book, we aie going to ieau a uiffeient
book with oui paitneis. I have maikeu numeious places in the
book wheie I want you to stop ieauing anu use the pieuiction
stiategy with youi paitnei. If you get stuck iemembei to look at
the pieuiction postei anu youi cue caiu. I want you to focus on
using the stiategy coiiectly, anu not whethei oi not youi
pieuictions aie coiiect.
You anu youi paitnei will be using the ieau alouuthink alouu
technique. Paitnei one will ieau alouu until you come to the fiist
maikeu page. When you get to this page you will stop anu use youi
pieuiction stiategy to pieuict what you think will happen next.

Paitnei one, I want you to say youi thoughts out louu to paitnei
two, as well as wiite them uown on sticky notes just like we have
been piacticing. 0nce you have wiitten youi note we aie going to
place it in the book as a ieminuei of what clues you aie using to
help make youi pieuiction.

Paitnei two, I want you to keep oui pieuiction postei anu cue caiu
in minu anu make suie paitnei one is using the pieuiction stiategy
coiiectly. Aftei paitnei one makes a pieuiction, Paitnei two will
then stait ieauing out louu until the next maikeu page. Then
paitnei two will make a pieuiction just like paitnei one uiu.
Paitnei one will make suie paitnei two is using the stiategy
coiiectly anu will be able to guiue paitnei two using the postei oi
cue caiu if heshe gets stuck.

You will continue to use this ieau alouuthink alouu until you
finish the entiie book. I will be walking aiounu to make suie you
aie uoing it coiiectly anu to answei any questions you have.

When you aie uone ieauing the book you, will have all of youi
sticky note pieuictions placeu in the book. We will then talk about
oui pieuictions as a whole class once eveiyone is uone. I want you
to think about what youi pieuictions aie anu why you chose them.
Remembeiing to use youi backgiounu knowleuge anu text clues to
make youi pieuiction.
Step 8.
Inuepenuent Reauing
Class, you have uone such a gieat job with pieuictions touay. We
have leaineu how useful making pieuictions can be when we ieau.
Now that you aie all expeits at making pieuictions with a paitnei,
I want you to piactice making pieuictions uuiing inuepenuent
ieauing. I am going to be hanuing out an aiticle about fiogs that
you will use to piactice youi pieuiction stiategy with.

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I think I know what will happen next because.
I think I will leain about..
I pieuict that..
I think the chaiactei will uo... next.
In the next pait, I pieuict.
At the enu, I think.. Will happen.

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TC + BK = Pieuiction
<-=: What will happen next.
&73#=: What uo I alieauy know. What's my piioi knowleuge.
<#-9'(: think I know what will happen next because.

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Invisible Alligatois by Bayes Robeits. Attaineu fiom:
http:www.magickeys.combooksinvis-alliginuex.html

Step 9. Compiehension anu the pieuiction stiategy will be monitoieu by
looking ovei the sticky notes each stuuent has in theii book.
Auuitionally, given a SSu-woiu thiiu-giaue passage, the stuuent
will be able to iecoiu at least S pieuictions on post-it notes that
aie acceptable baseu on the coiiect use of text eviuence anu
backgiounu knowleuge, anu the stuuent will be able to justify the
pieuictions when askeu a follow-up question: "Why uo you think
so."

Fuitheimoie, long teim piogiess foi ieauing compiehension will
be monitoieu baseu on AINS web national assessments at the
thiiu giaue level. Each stuuents' piogiess will be giapheu, anu a
goal line will be establisheu. If the stuuent is not piogiessing
towaius the long teim goal, the goal may be alteieu foi a specific
stuuent in oiuei foi him oi hei to attain it.