Materials
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1 sheet of 9" x 18" white or light-colored
construction paper |
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pencil |
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crayons, markers, or colored pencils
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ruler |
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pen or fine-point marker
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Getting
Started
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| Select two stories that offer surprise
(or at least interesting) endings. Then divide the class in
half and assign one story to each group. Ask students to read
and summarize their story. Once students are ready to summarize,
remind them that it helps to divide the story into a beginning,
a middle, and an end, listing important events that occur in
each part. Ask them to do this quietly so they don't give away
the ending. |
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What
to Do
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Show students how to make a large
paper card by folding the construction paper in half horizontally.
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Ask students to use
crayons, markers, or colored pencils to illustrate the front
of the card (in the center) with one or more details from the
story. The picture should be no more than three to four inches
high. |
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 Above
the illustration, ask students to use a ruler and pencil to
lightly draw several handwriting guidelines (about ¾-inch to
1 inch apart). Then, at the bottom of the page, have them use
the ruler to lightly pencil in a rectangle approximately three
by eight inches. (This is where they will write their prediction
question.) |
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Invite students to write a sentence
or a short paragraph about the beginning of the story in the
space at the top of the page in pen. Inside the rectangle at
the bottom, students can write a prediction question that challenges
the reader to guess the ending of the story. |
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 Invite
students to write a sentence or a short paragraph about the
beginning of the story in the space at the top of the page in
pen. Inside the rectangle at the bottom, students can write
a prediction question that challenges the reader to guess the
ending of the story. |
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Invite students to write a sentence
or a short paragraph about the beginning of the story in the
space at the top of the page in pen. Inside the rectangle at
the bottom, students can write a prediction question that challenges
the reader to guess the ending of the story. |
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Extended
Learning
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| Try this activity with smaller groups and several
different stories, assigning a different book to each group.
You can also use Prediction Cards to have students illustrate
and predict an event in history or to show a cause-and-effect
relationship in science. |
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Ways
to Share
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- Share Prediction Cards with another class that is about
to read the same story. Remind them that they should view
only the front of the card before reading. They can read
the rest of the card when they finish the story — and
check to see how their predictions turned out!
- Display Prediction Cards in the hallway or in another
communal area to spark the reading curiosity of other students.
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