ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using the Prediction Strategy to Set Purposes for Reading
Contains plans for three lessons that teach a reading comprehension technique called the prediction strategy, where young scholars predict what will happen in a story before reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Increasing Comprehension Through Prediction Strategies
Contains plans for a lesson about predicting the outcomes of stories based off their first lines. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Contains plans for two lessons about circular stories like those of Laura Joffe Numeroff, who is known for the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Students read stories with circular plots as models before composing their own. In...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Making Predictions
This activity will use the trade book, Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome, to teach making predictions. Students will also learn the true story of Balto and create their own fictional story of Balto.
Utah Education Network
Uen: K Act. 04: Shared Reading: Wishy Washy Day
This two-day lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Joy Cowley's Wishy-Washy Day and Audrey Wood's book, King Bidgood's in the Bathtub. Students will participate in making predictions, sequencing, and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Predict and Clarify With the Old Woman & Her Pig
This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Margaret Read McDonald's book, The Old Woman & Her Pig. Students will participate in making predictions, clarifiying understanding, and retelling the story.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Guided Reading: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
This lesson helps students to make predictions using the pictures and text of "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie."
Free Reading
Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text
An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the students learn to sound out the words.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is the Pulgar?
This is a instructional activity for students in grades 4-6 to learn visualization, prediction, and sequencing.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Getting Started With Guided Reading
How do you get started with guided reading? At this site one can find the answer to this question. The online lesson plans will help get students started with guided reading.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Searching Informational Texts
Online lesson allows elementary students to use prior knowledge, make predictions, and perform research on the Internet. Labeled "The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character," lesson challenges students to examine print and online texts...
Read Works
Read Works: Genre 4th Grade Unit: Strategies for Identifying Genres
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity in which students use books from the classroom library to learn strategies that can be utilized to determine the genre of a book and to understand how knowing the genre before...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Memories, a Connection to the Past
This instructional activity engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Elizabeth Howard's Aunt Flossie's Hats, Mem Fox's Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge, Bill Martin's Knots On A Counting Rope, and Lucia Gonzales'...