Predicting and Inferring - Think Like a Reader - Part A
Completion requirements
Unit 5
What Are the Traits of a Good Mystery?
Activity
Predicting and Inferring
Think Like a Reader
Effective readers always know their purpose for reading a story. For example, if you are reading a graphic novel, you are most likely reading for fun and to relax. If you are reading a school textbook, you are most likely reading to learn something new.
Effective readers also use different strategies to help them understand what they read. Two of these strategies are making predictions and inferring. You are going to be practising these two strategies in this lesson.
Click each coloured row for information about the activity.
Look at the poster What's the Mystery? Sammy on the Case.
Download PDF
- Download the document What's the Mystery? Sammy on the Case.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document What's the Mystery? Sammy on the Case.
- Print the document.
Before you read anything on the poster, go to the document Reader's Notebook: Sammy on the Case.
Download PDF
- Download the document Reader's Notebook: Sammy on the Case.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Reader's Notebook: Sammy on the Case.
- Print the document.
Look at the pictures in the story and the title of the story to answer the first three questions on the worksheet.
The following video models how someone might use the strategies of making predictions and inferring while reading the poster What's the Mystery? Sammy on the Case.
You will be able to follow along on the poster while listening to examples of predicting and inferring while reading.
Video
Watch the video, Sammy on the Case, modelling the reading strategies of making predictions and inferring.
The video takes a few seconds to load. Be patient.
After you have finished watching the video and following along with the reading, go back to the Reader’s Notebook: Sammy on the Case page and answer the two After Reading questions.
Save
How to save a file:
- Scan the document to your computer.
- Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
- Name your Reader's Notebook: Sammy on the Case file in this format: jsmith_rnsammycase and save the file to your Documents folder.C