EleanorEllison

2ndgrade
October29,2015

MouseonaMotorcyclePrediction

AlessononPredictionusingDRTA

Context:
Thebookisonethestudentshavebeenreadinginclass.Theyarealreadyintroduced
tothemaincharactersandsettingofthebook,andthechapterwewillreadisthenextinthe
sequence.PredictionisaSOLthatthestudentsshouldreachin2ndgrade.Wehaveinformally
usedpredictioningroupreadaloudsalready,andthestudentshaveshownthattheyknowthe
ideaofpredicting,butIamunsureofhowdeeptheirpredictionskillsgo.

RelatedSOL:
English:
2.8Thestudentwillreadanddemonstratecomprehensionoffictionaltexts.
a)Makeandconfirmpredictions.

LearningObjectives:
Understand

Know

Do

comprehension
involvesmaking
and
confirming/revising
predictions
predictionisa
usefulskillin
determiningand
settingapurpose

Titlesandheadingscanbe
usedtogenerate
predictions
usepriorknowledgeto
predictinformation
Predictionscanbe
confirmedorrevisedasyou
read

generateapredictionandprovide
reasoningforthatprediction
usepriorknowledgefromwhat
hasalreadyhappenedinthe
storytoconstructaprediction
forthechapter
determineiftheiroriginal
predictionwascorrectthrough
reading
reflectonwhatinformationwas
discoveredtodeterminethe
confirmationorrevisingofthe
originalprediction

Assessment:
Wewillreviewasaclasswhathashappenedsofarinthestory.Iwillthenintroducethetitleof
thenextchapter.Thestudentswillwritedowntheirindividualpredictionsonahalfsheetof
paper.Thestudentswillthendiscussattheirtablestheirideasandtelleachotherwhatprior
knowledgetheyareusingasevidencetobackuptheirprediction.Iwillaskforthegroupsto
eachshareoneofthepredictionsandIwillrecordthem.Iwillthencollectthehalfsheets.We
willgatherasawholegrouptotherugtoreadythechapter.Asweread,ifoneofthegroup
predictionsisconfirmedordenied,wewillpauseandbrieflytalkaboutitandtheevidence
presented,andreviseourpredictionsifnecessary.Afterwefinishthechapter,wewillbriefly
discusshowourknowledgeofthecharactersandthestoryhelpeduswithourpredictionstoday.

Thenthestudentswillreturntotheirseatsandwritedownasummaryofthechapter,and
includeiftheirpredictionwasrightorwrong.

MaterialsNeeded:
MouseonaMotorcycle
(CThasit)
Worksheetforstudentstorecordtheirpredictionsandsummary(Iwillmake)
anchorchart

Procedure:
1. Haveworksheetsalreadyprintedoutandslidereadytobeprojected.
2. Reintroducethebookbyshowingthecoverandsayingthetitleofthebook.Leada
discussiononwhathasalreadyhappenedinthebookthusfar...(whoarethemain
characters,setting,plotsummary)
3. Readthetitleofthenextchapter
4. Havethestudentswritedownapredictionforwhattheythinkwillhappeninthenext
chapter
5. Havethestudentsdiscusstheirpredictionsasatableandpickonetoshare
6. Iwillwritedownthepredictionsonananchorchartwithroomforrevisedpredictions
7. Gatherthestudentsonthecarpetbytable
8. Wewillthenreadthechapter,stoppingwheneverapredictionneedsrevising,or
checkingoffconfirmedpredictions
9. brieflydiscussingattheendofthechapterhowourpriorknowledgeofthe
characters/setting/plothelpedusbetterpredictandwhythatis
10. havestudentsreturntotheirdesktowriteabriefsummaryofthechapterandtonoteif
theirpredictionwascorrectornot,havethestoplightatthebottomforstudentstosay
howconfidenttheyareinmakingpredictions

Differentiation:
Iplanonhavingeverythingontheworksheetandinthestoryreadaloud,bymyself.Thiswill
helpthestrugglingreaderswithprocessingthecontentofthelesson.Therearefourstudents
whowillneedmoreindividualattentiononvoicingtheirpredictionsonpaper.Ialongwiththeir
tablemateswillprovideassistanceinhavingthemvoicetheirpredictions,andhelpthemtoput
whattheysaidonpaper.IhavetwostudentswhoIanticipatewillfinishveryquickly,andIwill
challengethemtohelptheirclassmatesgenerateideas.

Whatcouldgowrong:
Iforgettheworksheets/thecopierdoesntwork,inwhichcaseIwillhavethestudents
writeouttheirpredictionsonblanksheetsofpaperwithmyguidance
Ourlessontimeiscutshortbecauseofoutstandingcircumstance,inwhichcaseIcan
wrapupthelessonlaterduringscheduledreadaloudtime