Title – Making Predictions

By – Andrea Rivera

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Grade Level – Grade 1

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards:

English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 1:
(4A)   Confirm predictions about what will happen next, “reading part that tells.”

(14D) Use text features to locate specific information in texts.

Learning Objective:

The student will be able to:
• Predict the plot of the story by looking at the images with no aid
  
• Infer about what the story will be about without reading the text, only looking at the pictures.
  
• Write a predictions and be able to share in front of the class

List of Materials:

• Dry Erase Surface
  
• Dry Erase Marker
  
• Whiteboard
  
• Pencil
  
• Sticky Notes
  
• Book:
  
  No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teacher’s Dirty Looks
  
  

Pre-Activity Preparation:

• Gather materials from the list above. Checkout, order or purchase the book before the date of the lesson.
• Book should be pre-read by teacher giving the lesson.
• Rearrange the room for the lesson, if more room is needed for the students to sit.
  

Transitions and Rules:

• Students will first move to the reading area, then move to their desks for a short period of time, and then move once again to the reading area where they will remain for the rest of the lesson.
  
• All students must participate in the activity.
• Students may not play with the sticky notes, or place them on objects or on their body.
• Failure to follow classroom rules and instructions will result in a color change and the student will be prohibited from further participation in the lesson.

Establishment/Motivation/Introduction:

• Begin the lesson once students are seated in the designated area and giving their full attention.
• Ask the students what a “prediction” is and ask for examples, preferably one from every student if possible.
• Ask what makes a good prediction and how predictions come to form.

Procedure:

1. Complete pre-activity preparations and collect materials (above) before the lesson.
   
2. Direct students to first move and sit in the reading area, where they should remain quite and ready for the start of the lesson.
   
3. Introduce the lesson and establish your “hook” (above).
   
4. Now begin by showing the book to the class, providing a view of both the front and back of the book, and read the title.
   
5. Explain how they are to make a prediction about the book, by only viewing the pictures of the book, which you are to do by slowly flipping through the book.
   
6. Remind them to play close attention to the images, for they are all to write one prediction down, and failure to do so will result in consequences.
   
7. Now slowly, flip through the pages of the book, giving the students the ability to see the pictures clearly and with no hurry.
   
8. Continue this until you reach the end of the book. Ask if they would like to see the pictures again and if they say yes, repeat the previous step, if not, continue with the lesson.
   
9. Next, explain that after you send them back to their desks, you will pass out sticky notes to the students. They will write their predictions about what the story is about, what is happening, etc. on the sticky note using their pencil. Sticky notes are not to be stuck on objects or people. Provide a maximum of ten minutes for this step.
   
10. Once they completed the task, ask them to rejoin you in the reading area to share their predictions about the book.
    
11. Make a t-chart on the whiteboard with a dry erase marker. On the left side write “Our Predictions” and on the right side write “What really happened.”

    Our Predictions	What Really Happened

12. Explain:
    • One by one, you will be called to stand up and read your prediction aloud.
    • Once you are done, place the sticky note on the left side of the t-chart under
      
      Our Predictions
      
      .

13. Every student will read their prediction and post their sticky note.
    
14. Once done, read the book,
    
    No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teacher’s Dirty Looks
    
    to the students.
    
15. After you have read the book, ask the students to share which of their predictions came true and which didn’t.
    
16. Pull the sticky notes that did come true and stick them to the right side.
    
17. Establish closure (below).

Closure:

• Now that you are done with the activity, ask again whose predictions came true.
• Have those students elaborate on how they came to the conclusion for their prediction.
• Once again, ask what makes a good prediction.

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