Week 2- Part One- Predicting
Weather forecasters on the TV look at clouds on the radar and try to predict what the weather will be like today, tomorrow, and a for the next few days ahead. They don't just guess, they find clues that tell them what the weather will be like. They also combine those clues with what they already know to make those predictions.
Just like those weather forecasters, you should predict from the passages that you read by looking and listening for clues and combine them with what you already know to tell us what will happen next. Predicting can help you become a better reader and writer. As you read, you can see if your predictions come true or adjust your predictions.
A prediction is a good guess about what you think you will find out about or what will happen next in a text. Based on what you’ve read and what you know, what do you think will happen next? What clues helped you to think about what will happen next? Is your prediction logical?
Parts of the story that help you make a prediction:
1. Headings, pictures and other text features.
2. The questions the author asks.
3. Making connections to what you already know – your background knowledge and experience.
4. Skimming, scanning and rereading the text.
Your Tasks This Week:
Using your summer reading book you are reading this week, make a prediction each day before you read, as you read, or after you read for a total of five predictions. Please write your predictions down.
Here are some sentence starters:
1. Based on the (title, subheadings, picture/diagram, etc), I predict that this page/chapter will be about…
2. I think the next chapter (or page) will be about… because.......
3. Based on (a clue), I imagine that…
4. Based on what I know about… I believe that…
Weather forecasters on the TV look at clouds on the radar and try to predict what the weather will be like today, tomorrow, and a for the next few days ahead. They don't just guess, they find clues that tell them what the weather will be like. They also combine those clues with what they already know to make those predictions.
Just like those weather forecasters, you should predict from the passages that you read by looking and listening for clues and combine them with what you already know to tell us what will happen next. Predicting can help you become a better reader and writer. As you read, you can see if your predictions come true or adjust your predictions.
A prediction is a good guess about what you think you will find out about or what will happen next in a text. Based on what you’ve read and what you know, what do you think will happen next? What clues helped you to think about what will happen next? Is your prediction logical?
Parts of the story that help you make a prediction:
1. Headings, pictures and other text features.
2. The questions the author asks.
3. Making connections to what you already know – your background knowledge and experience.
4. Skimming, scanning and rereading the text.
Your Tasks This Week:
Using your summer reading book you are reading this week, make a prediction each day before you read, as you read, or after you read for a total of five predictions. Please write your predictions down.
Here are some sentence starters:
1. Based on the (title, subheadings, picture/diagram, etc), I predict that this page/chapter will be about…
2. I think the next chapter (or page) will be about… because.......
3. Based on (a clue), I imagine that…
4. Based on what I know about… I believe that…
Week 2- Part 2- Grammar- Subject and Verb Agreement
Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs. My brother is a basketball player. My sisters are mathematicians.