Previewing and

Predicting
 Previewing

Previewing a text means to get an idea

of what we are going to find in a
particular text or in other words it is a
skill of learning about a text before
reading it.

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How to Preview?
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Consider your purpose.
• Are you looking for information,
main ideas, complete
comprehension, or detailed analysis?
• How will you use this text?

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Get an overview of the context, purpose,
and content of the reading.
✘ What does the title mean?
✘ What can you discover about the "when,"
"where," and "for whom" of the written
text?
✘ What does background or summary
information provided by the author or
editor predict the text will do?
✘ What chapter or unit does the text fit into?

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Scan the text.
✘ Does there seem to be a clear introduction and
conclusion? Where?
✘ Are the body sections marked? What does each seem to
be about?
✘ What claims does the author make at the beginnings and
endings of sections?
✘ Are there key words that are repeated or put in bold or
italics?
✘ What kinds of development and detail do you notice?
Does the text include statistics, tables, and pictures or is
it primarily prose?
✘ Do names of authors or characters get repeated
frequently?
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 Predicting
Predicting actively engages students and
connects them to what they read
Predicting involves thinking ahead while reading and
anticipating information and events in the text. After
making predictions, students can read through the
text and refine, revise, and verify their predictions.
This resource guides you through suggestions to help
students learn how to be successful in their
predictions.

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Consider your purpose.
• Are you looking for information,
main ideas, complete
comprehension, or detailed analysis?
• How will you use this text?

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 Why Is It Important?

Making predictions activates students' prior

knowledge about the text and helps them make
connections between new information and what
they already know. By making predictions about
the text before, during, and after reading, students
use what they already know—as well as what they
suppose might happen—to make connections to
the text.

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 How Can You Make It Happen?

Teachers should begin modeling the strategy

of making predictions regularly with young
students, and they should continue using this
strategy throughout elementary and middle
school—until students have integrated the
strategy into their independent reading.

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 When Can You Use It?

Use the prediction strategy when introducing

new picture books to primary students or
new chapter books to older students.

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THANK YOU

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