I’m working on comprehension! My strategy is Predict & Confirm
Secret to Success
Using this strategy helps readers make connections to the text, think ahead, and become more engaged.
Readers follow three steps:
What you can say or model
Model its use in while reading out loud. While reading ask them to look at the text and predict what will happen, then read the selection and find places in the text that they can confirm whether their predictions were true, partially true, or way off. If the predictions were way off, ask them to go back and change their prediction to be true.
Language we use:
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)
Secret to Success
Using this strategy helps readers make connections to the text, think ahead, and become more engaged.
Readers follow three steps:
- Look at the details in the selection.
- Decide what they think will happen next based on the details and background knowledge.
- Look back and check to make sure the prediction was accurate (confirm).
What you can say or model
Model its use in while reading out loud. While reading ask them to look at the text and predict what will happen, then read the selection and find places in the text that they can confirm whether their predictions were true, partially true, or way off. If the predictions were way off, ask them to go back and change their prediction to be true.
Language we use:
- “What do you think will happen based on your information?”
- “What clues are you using to state that prediction?”
- “What kind of clues did you use? Pictures, words, or background knowledge?”
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)