Predicting
***A prediction is a
good guess about what
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the story will be about
or what will happen next.
Make a prediction when. . .
 you read the title.
 you see a heading.
 the author asks a question.
 you have a good idea about the
story.
 a chapter ends.
***You should always have a reason
for a prediction. Good readers make
predictions many times during a
story.
Prediction stems:
 Based on the title (or picture),
I predict that this story will
be about. . .
 I think the next chapter (or
page) will be about. . .
 Based on (a clue), I predict. . .
 Based on what ____ said or
did, I predict. . .
Created by Mrs. Melissa Eaton, NBCT
Questioni
ng
Predicting
***A prediction is a
good guess about what
the story will be about
or what will happen next.
Make a prediction when. . .
 you read the title.
 you see a heading.
 the author asks a question.
 you have a good idea about the
story.
 a chapter ends.
***You should always have a reason
for a prediction. Good readers make
predictions many times during a
story.
Prediction stems:
 Based on the title (or picture),
I predict that this story will
be about. . .
 I think the next chapter (or
page) will be about. . .
 Based on (a clue), I predict. . .
 Based on what ____ said or
did, I predict. . .
Created by Mrs. Melissa Eaton, NBCT
 Questioni
ng
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***Asking questions
about a story helps
you have a purpose,
or reason, for reading.

Ask “teacher-like” questions:

 Who are the characters?
 What is going on?
 When is this happening?
 Where is ____?
 Why is ____ important?
 Why is that happening?
 How are ____ and ___ alike or
different?
 Why would he/she do that?
 What do I think about ___?
 How does the story end?
 Why would the author say
that?

***Good readers ask themselves

questions all the time while they are
reading. Then they read to answer
those questions.
 Summarizing Summarizing
***When you read a *** When you read a
paragraph, a page, or paragraph, a page, or
a chapter, you should a chapter, you should
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summarize what you summarize what you
have read so far by have read so far by
putting the story into putting the story into
your own words. your own words.

How to summarize what you How to summarize what you

read: read:
 Look for the topic sentence.  Look for the topic sentence.
 Think about:  Think about:
o Who? o Who?
o What? o What?
o When? o When?
o Where? o Where?
o Why? o Why?
o How? o How?
 Leave out the little details  Leave out the little details that
that aren’t important to the aren’t important to the story.
story.
***Good readers put the story into their
***Good readers put the story into own words, or summarize, often when they
their own words, or summarize, often read. Summarizing is like mixing together
when they read. Summarizing is like what you know about the story and putting
mixing together what you know about it into your own words.
the story and putting it into your own
words.

Created by Mrs. Melissa Eaton, NBCT

Created by Mrs. Melissa Eaton, NBCT

 Visualizing
***Visualizing means
picturing the story in
your mind. When you
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visualize, you have to
pay attention to the
details of the story.
Visualize a picture in your
mind:
 As you read, picture the
setting in your mind. Think
about:
o Time period
o Location
o Season (fall, summer)
 Make a picture in your mind of
the characters using what the
author says about them.
 Try to picture in your mind the
things that the characters are
doing.
***Good readers can visualize a
story so well in their minds that it is
almost like watching a movie.
Clarifying
Created by Mrs. Melissa Eaton, NBCT
***When you clarify a
part of a story or a
word, you make the
meaning clear.
Visualizing
***Visualizing means
picturing the story in
your mind. When you
visualize, you have to
pay attention to the
details of the story.
Visualize a picture in your
mind:
 As you read, picture the
setting in your mind. Think
about:
o Time period
o Location
o Season (fall, summer)
 Make a picture in your mind of
the characters using what the
author says about them.
 Try to picture in your mind the
things that the characters are
doing.
***Good readers can visualize a
story so well in their minds that it is
almost like watching a movie.
Clarifying
Created by Mrs. Melissa Eaton, NBCT
***When you clarify a
part of a story or a
word, you make the
meaning clear.
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 Name _____________________________
Date ____________________________
Questioning Worksheet
Created by Mrs. Melissa Eaton, NBCT

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Score

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Silently read for 20 minutes. As you read, ask yourself the questions below.
Answer the questions the best that you can.

1. Who are the characters in this story?

2. When does this story take place?

3. What is going on in this section or chapter?

4. Where is this story taking place?

5. What do I think about the story so far?

On the back of this page, draw me a picture of the main character in your story. Use
lots of details so that I can visualize your character.