PREDICTING Predicting is making a guess about what you think will happen in a text before reading, during reading and after reading. You use the clues given to you (title, illustrations, text) to make your predictions.
Learning Intention: To use the skill of predicting to comprehend texts. Success Criteria: * I can read the text with my group. * I can discuss the text with my group. * I can use the skill of predicting to answer the questions independently. * I can use the information in the text to help me with my predictions.
INFERRING Inferring is using what you already know and evidence (clues) from the text to 'read between the lines' to figure out what the author is saying. Learning Intention: To use the skill of inferring to comprehend texts. Success Criteria: * I can look at a picture with my group. * I can discuss the picture with my group. * I can use the skill of inferring to explain what is happening. * I can use the clues in the image to help me with my inferences.