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What You See Is What You Read
Using the popular text Franklin Goes to the Hospital, youngsters make predictions by looking at the cover of the book. They draw their predictions, listen to the story, and compare their predictions to what actually happened in the...
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Story Think Tic Tac Toe
In this reading activity, students look at the cover of a book and make a prediction about its contents. Kids write about whether or not they were correct after reading the book. Students choose one activity to complete in each row of a...
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Using Pictures to Make Story Predictions
In this literacy and literature activity, learners choose a book to read with a home reading partner. They write down the name of the book and its author. They examine the cover and the book's pictures before writing a prediction about...
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Story Predictions Chart
For this predictions worksheet, learners complete the graphic organizer for a story that helps them predict the outcome of the story.
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Hubbard's Cupboard: The Enormous "Kinder" Garden
In this unit from Hubbard's Cupboard, an elementary class will read several books together, each having a strong connection to the next. There are ideas for cross-curricular lessons, so this could be a site that shapes the next several...