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Predict, Then Read On: Mia's Kite

  • Grade 3
  • English Language Arts
  • 53 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC3-EN-09

A story page about Mia's kite doesn't say what happens next, so the picture (the wind blowing the kite toward a tall tree) and what we already know (kites can get stuck in trees) are put together to predict that the kite will get stuck in the tree. Then we turn the page and read on: "It got stuck on a branch!" matches the prediction, which shows that you predict with pictures and what you know, then read on to check.

Concept: Predicting with pictures and what you know

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In one sentence

The question this lesson answers

Here is a page from a story.

Mia's red kite went up high. Then the wind blew hard.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Here is a page from a story.

Mia's red kite went up high. Then the wind blew hard.

What will happen next? The words do not say.

A prediction is a smart guess about what comes next.

To predict, use the picture and what you already know.

Look at the picture. The wind blows the kite toward a tall tree.

I know that kites can get stuck in trees.

So I predict the kite will get stuck in the tree.

Now read on to check if I was right.

Whoosh! It went into the tree. It got stuck on a branch!

The words match my prediction. I was right!

Predict with the picture and what you know, then read on to check.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 3

English Language Arts, Strategies and processes: reading strategiesBC3-EN-09

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