LITERACY
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PREDICTING
'What is Predicting?
Predicting is when students use clues such as title, illustration, blurb, author and text type or what they have read so far to make smart guesses about what is coming up next in the text.
Predicting is a key pre-strategy as it helps set a purpose for reading.
Continuing to make predictions and confirming and revising them throughout the reading process encourages students to become active readers who have expectations of the text.This also keeps them actively engaged in the reading process. This engagement is crucial for comprehension.
By thinking about their predictions and confirming or revising them, students remain motvated and focussed.'
Sheena Cameron
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Effective Literacy Practice
I've used this template several times now with different books and expect it to work just as well with 'The Swap' which is a story of a jealous big sister who thinks she can swap her new little brother as easily as her mum can swap a hat she doesn't like. She tries a few other baby animals but finds them not very agreeable either. 'The Swap' is a great book for working with adjectives too.
To start, children will complete the first box on the sheet using just the cover of the book to predict what the story is about. Once they've completed that, you begin reading the book but stop part way through. I would suggest when she goes into the baby shop to swap her brother as a good spot to stop for older children or maybe part way through the swap for younger children once they have the idea that one animal is being swapped for another then they could simply predict what baby animal might be next. Julia Donaldson's Stick Man is perfect for this strategy too. I pause when he floats out to sea and have them predict what happens next.
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