Savvy Reader Predicting Application with Expository Text Jobs that Give Back

Title: Jobs That Give Back Reading Goal: Predicting: Team Cooperation Goal: Explain your ideas and tell why. Genre: Folktale Author: Sam R. McColl

“Jobs That Give Back”

Today we are going to read a passage called “Jobs That Give Back Today we are going to read a passage called “Jobs That Give Back.” We are gong to think about ideas and clues that we can find about what’s ahead in our reading. Then we’ll make predictions and explain our clues

Everyone Participates. Team Cooperation Goal Everyone Participates.

When good reader read, they remember to find clues about what’s ahead in a story or text. Once they find clues, they make predictions using the clues and their background knowledge. Good readers remember to explain their clues to tell why their predictions make sense.

Lets read our Strategy Cards

Open your student edition to page 7

Let’s Preview the Team Talk Questions(page 8)

Let’s read this Predicting Checklist

Before you read, it’s important to look for clues that will help you make a prediction about what you’re going to read or what will happen in a story. You can refer to your Predicting Checklist to help you remember the predicting steps. Your Predicting Strategy Card gives you examples of narrative and expository clues to look for that will help you make predictions.

When reading expository texts, you should look at titles, headings, bold text, captions, sidebars, and pictures before making a prediction. You can remember all these elements by looking at your Predicting Strategy Card.

Read the text features and make a prediction about what you think “Jobs That Give Back” will be about. Write it Down Share with your partner

Partner Read 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Partner Read “Jobs That Give Back” Restate Discuss with team words you clarified

Team Discussion-15minutes Discuss answers to team talk questions Write answers to question 1 -- 4

Class Discussion What words did your group clarify?