EleanorEllison

2ndgrade
October27,2015

PredictingwithSuperKids

AlessononPredictionusingstorywords

Context:
ThestudentshavebeenreadingthroughtheSUPERKIDSHitSecondGradebook
asaclass.Thechaptertheywillbereadingisthenextinthesequence.PredictionisaSOL
thatthestudentsshouldreachin2ndgrade.Wehaveinformallyusedpredictioningroupread
aloudsalready,andthestudentshaveshownthattheyknowtheideaofpredicting,butIam
unsureofhowdeeptheirpredictionskillsgo.

RelatedSOL:
2.8Thestudentwillreadanddemonstratecomprehensionoffictionaltexts.
a)Makeandconfirmpredictions.

LearningObjectives:
Understand

Know

Do

comprehension
involvesmaking
and
confirming/revising
predictions
predictionisa
usefulskillin
determiningand
settingapurpose

Titlesandheadingscanbe
usedtogenerate
predictions
Informationfromthetext
canbeusedtomake
predictionsbeforereading
Predictionscanbe
confirmedorrevisedasyou
read

generateapredictionandprovide
reasoningforthatprediction
createapossiblenameforthe
chapter
describeapossiblestoryline
forthechapter
determineiftheiroriginal
predictionwascorrectthrough
reading
reflectonwhatinformationwas
discoveredtodeterminethe
confirmationorrevisingofthe
originalprediction

Assessment:
Studentswillfirstanalyzealistofwordsfromthechapter,thenwritedownapossiblestorytitle
anddescribeapossiblestorylineforthechapter.Iwillthenhavethestudentsopentheirbooks
andlookatthetitleofthechapter,andprovidetheopportunityforstudentstowritearevised
storylineprediction.Wewillthenreadthroughthechapterasaclass.Oncethereadingisover,
Iwillaskthestudentstorecordiftheirpredictionswerecorrect.Theywillalsowritedowna
sentencefromthetextprovingordisprovingtheirpredictiontoshowevidence.

MaterialsNeeded:
ClasssetofSUPERKIDSHitSecondGradetext(CThasthemalready)
StoryWordsslide(Iwillmake)

Worksheetforstudentstorecordtheirpredictions,andhalfsheetsfortherevised
predictions(Iwillmake)

Procedure:
1. Haveworksheetsalreadyprintedoutandslidereadytobeprojected.(Havewords
printedontheworksheetaswelljustincaseoftechnologicaldifficulties.)
2. Explaintostudentsthatwearegoingtousewordsfromthechaptertocreatepredictions
forthechapter.Asktheclasstogenerateadefinitionforprediction
3. Asktheclassifpredictionsarealwayscorrect.Besuretolettheclassknowthatitis
alrightforpredictionstobewrong,andthattheycanchangetheirpredictionsasthey
readmore!
4. PassouttheworksheetsandputthewordsontheSMARTboard.Explainthattheseare
wordsfromthechapterwearegoingtoread,andhavetheclassreadthewordsaloud
together.
5. Firstdirectthestudentstowritedownapossibletitleforthechapterbasedonthewords
theysee.Then,havestudentswritedownwhattheythinkisgoingtohappeninthis
chapterandwhy.Iwillexplainthatintheirwhytheyshouldlookatthelistofwordsand
tellmewhichwordsledthemtotheirprediction.
6. Collectthepredictionsonceallofthestudentsareready.ThenpassouttheSUPER
KIDSbookandhavethestudentsfindthenameofthechapterinthetableofcontents.
passoutthehalfsheets,andletstudentsmakenewpredictionswiththenewfound
informationiftheywouldliketotheirstoryline.Givetheoptionthattheycanwritedown
thesamepredictionasbeforeifthetitledoesnoteffecttheiroriginalpredictions.
7. Collectthehalfsheets.
8. Turntothechapterandreaditasaclass(thestudentsarecomfortablewithapopcorn
readingstyle).
9. Oncethereadingisoverpassbacktheworksheetsandhavethestudentswritedownif
theirpredictionswereprovenornot.Havethestudentswriteonthebackoftheoriginal
worksheetiftheirpredictionswererightornot,andhavethemwriteonesentencefrom
thechapterthatprovedordisprovedtheirprediction.
10. Collecttheworksheetsandhalfsheets
11. Discusswithstudentswhypredictingbeforewestartedreadingwashelpful.besureto
includepurposeinthediscussionifitisnotorganicallybroughtupbythestudents.

Differentiation:
Iplanonhavingeverythingontheworksheetandinthechapterreadaloud,bymyselfora
student.Thiswillhelpthestrugglingreaderswithprocessingthecontentofthelesson.There
arefourstudentswhowillneedmoreindividualattentiononvoicingtheirpredictionsonpaper.I
willprovideassistanceinhavingthemvoicetometheirpredictions,andhelpthemtoputwhat
theysaidonpaper.IhavetwostudentswhoIanticipatewillfinishveryquickly,andIwill
challengethemtowriteasecondprediction,adifferentstorylinethatcouldoccurwiththesame
listofwords.Icollecttheworksheetsinbetweentohelpavoidstudentsfrommarkingouttheir

originalthoughtsandchangingtheirpredictionstomatchthebook.Thiswillhelpmystudents
withlesswillpowertokeeptheirpredictionsgenuine.

Whatcouldgowrong:
Theprojectorcouldnotwork,inthatcaseIhavethewordswrittenontheworksheets,
andwillhandwritethemonthewhiteboard.
Iforgettheworksheets/thecopierdoesntwork,inwhichcaseIwillhavethestudents
writeouttheirpredictionsonblanksheetsofpaperwithmyguidance
Ourlessontimeiscutshortbecauseofoutstandingcircumstance,inwhichcaseIcan
wrapupthelessonlaterduringscheduledreadaloudtime