Effective readers use pictures, titles, headings, and text—as well as personal experiences—to make predictions before they begin to read and as they are reading. They think ahead while reading and anticipate what will happen in the text.
After making predictions, they read the text, decide if they were right or not, and make new predictions. The process of reading should be a continual and repeated process of predict and confirm.
Making predictions often is based on asking questions. Students must wonder, examine, doubt, and inquire as they read.
Examples of starts of predictions might include:
This problem . . .
In the end, she will. . .
I wonder what will happen when . . .
He has to . . .
That character will . . .
She will solve the problem by . . .
They are going to . . .
I think __________ will be the one to . . .
Surely they are going to . . .
Next, the author will . . .
If I was there I wonder what . . .
Students, as you listened to the start of Watchers Rewind today during read aloud, what predictions did you have? What will happen to Lianna, Ripley, and Adam? What part in the story will the Watchers play?
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In the book Watchers I think that at that the watchers are like spies or FBI people. I think they are spies or FBI people because can always see what Ripley and his friends are doing. When Adam took the bag the watchers said " now he has the bag I hope he knows what to do with it!"
When Mr.McGuire was done reading the Watchers rewind to our class today I predicted that the watch want to get Adam. I predicted that because the Watchers said we almost got him.Also I predicted that the Watchers are probably the bad guys!! I predicted this because they just seem creepy at the beginning of the book.
Today during read aloud in the book Watchers I predict that the book bag they found has something in it to help Adam get over his fear of the river because he found it and the Watchers said "Okay he has it."
In the book Watchers, I think that at that the watchers are like spies or FBI people. I think they are spies or FBI people because they can always see what Ripley and his friends are doing. When Adam took the bag the watchers said " now he has the bag I hope he knows what to do with it!"
Today in Reading Workshop our teacher started a new book called Watchers Rewind.
In the book there are three main characters Lianna, Ripley, and Adam. I think that Adam and Lianna will go to the lake that their friend died at and they will try to get over the death of their friend. I think that while their at the lake they will discover that their friend really didn't die that night at the lake.
Then when the try to tell people they wont believe them and they will try to solve the problem and get into a lot of trouble with the police and with all of their family.
My predictions were why does Adam not like the lake because he kept telling himself not to think about what happened at the lake. Then it said that the lake had signs around it that said warning thin ice so I started to think somebody walked onto it and fell in. The Adam found a book bag and the watchers said he has the book bag hopefully he knows what to do with it. So I started to think what can Adam do with a book bag
In Watchers Rewind,I think that Adam is determined to go back up to the lake because he wants to but then he is telling himself not to.I also think that Adam will eventually look into the backpack because everybody is curious and it might lead to something.
Today Mr.McGuire read Watchers Rewind. The book is about this boy named Edger and he died. He and his friend were on a lake and they were going to play hokey. Adam and Edger fell through the ice and Edger hit his head.
Right now, I think that Adam is scared that someone is going to fall through the ice like Edger did.
In the book Watchers Rewind,I think that the watchers are these people who are spying on Adam. I think they are spying on him because he was the person who killed Edgar.
I also think that,the watchers are going to try to kill Adam and maybe Lianna.
I agree with Sara. I don`t think Edgar is really dead. But why does Adam not like the lake because he kept telling himself not to think about what happened at the lake. Adam must be scared that someone is going to fall through the ice like Edger did during the fight. Today Mr.McGuire read the beginning of Watchers Rewind.
In the book Watchers Rewind, The next time Ripley calls for help,Adam will not believe Ripley really needs help and Ripley will get hurt.
In the book there are watchers and I think the watchers are some kind of spy team. I think they are spying on Adam because Adam killed Edger.
In Watchers Rewind I think that a lot of the book will do with the book bag that Adam found. Also I am thinking who are the watchers? I can only predict what is going to happen next.It might just be people playing a prank on Adam and Lianna because maybe the watchers were friends with the person Adam didn't mean to kill.
I think in Watchers Rewind the Watchers are little creatures! In Watchers Rewind, Ripley yells help and then Adam comes sprinting towards him. But it turns out Ripley was just kidding. So I think if Ripley yells again Adam is going to think it's a joke and something is really going to happen?
In The book Watchers Rewind I think that the watchers are either spies, cops, or maybe ghost . The reason I say this is because when Ripley had the bag the watchers said he has the bag, I hope he knows what to do with it.
Another prediction I had was that Ripley might think that someone will fall in the lake like Edger.
I agree with Ashlee, I think the watchers want to capture Adam, because of want he did to Edger.I think the watchers saw what happened to Edger four years ago, and want revenge. Adam probably hates that lake after what happened to Edger.
Today during our read aloud the characters found a bag and were taking it from each other. I think will accidentally drop the bag in the water and try and get it. Then one of them will fall in. I think most likely if someone falls in will be Adam. If that does happen I hope they can get him out without him being harmed in any way.
In the book Watchers Rewind I think that Adam has to be mad and sad because if I ever lost a friend I will loose my mind and go crazy because when people are saying that you killed somebody even when you did it on accident. I think that in Adam's mind he is mad at the people that is saying the he killed Edgar. I also think that he must be sad because Adam friend is gone forever.
I agree with Jessica, because I think that the watchers are FBI or agents of some sort. Because when the watchers were watching Adam,Ripley,and Lianna they said,we almost had him.
I also think that the watchers are out to get Adam.
In the Reading Workshop out teacher is reading the book Watchers. I think the either the FBI or agents want to capture Adam. I don't know if the FBI wants to capture Adam because he is always bad or because he killed his best friend . But I really wonder is how it would turn out if Edgar didn't die and Edgar saw Adam again? If I were Adam and Ripley were to trick me and was kidding about drowning I would be angry!
In the book Watchers Rewind I think they are trying to capture Adam.I think the Watchers saw Adam kill Edger.I think the watchers want to pay Adam back for killing Edger.Maybe the watchers where related to Edger and want to kill Adam!!!
In Watchers Rewind I think that the watchers are a secret group of people, and that they're testing Adam to see if he will become a new watcher. Even though Adam has no clue that they are, or maybe he does know that they are going to test him, he just doesn't know when, or with what.
I think that Adam, Ripley, and Lianna are going to go back to the lake and see if there is anyone at the lake to give the bag to. I think this because they don't know about the Watchers or that they are watching Adam Lianna, and Ripley's every move or that the Watchers put the bag there.
I think the Watchers are spies or someone like that, who has a hiding position so they can see you but you can't see them. I think the Watchers are hiding somewhere near the lake. I think this because when Adam found a bag on the ground the Watchers said "he's got the bag." I also think the Watchers are someone who was hired to get Adam for what he did to Edgar.
My first prediction in Watchers Rewind was that Adam's friends had left him behind in the woods as a prank. Next when he kept telling himself not to think about what happened at the lake four years ago. I was making a prediction that somebody had fallen in the lake and he was responsible. Now I am making a prediction that something inside the bag will tell him or make him go back to the lake. Last I think when he goes back to the lake the Watchers will be waiting for him!
Today in reading workshop we started the book Watchers Rewind. The whole time I was thinking about who the watchers are. I predict that the watchers are ghosts that don't like Adam.
I also predict that Edgar is trying to haunt him about the accident. Now since the accident Adam doesn't want go back to the lake. I also predict that one of the watchers is Edgar. Edgar was Adams friend that fell through the ice and died.
We started a new book in class call Watchers Rewind. There are three main characters Lianna,Ripley and Adam. In the book there is another boy they talk about, his name is Edgar but he died by falling though thin ice. There are also people/ghost called the Watchers.
The book starts out when all kids are playing laser tag in the woods and Adam does not hear anybody. So he thinks they all left him there alone. Adam does not like being alone in those woods, because of what happened four years ago. Adam, Lianna and Edgar were playing hokey on a pond and that is when Edgar fell though the ice. Adam would have died too, but Lianna pulled him out.
When Adam left to get on his bike and go home he tripped over a book bag and it was none of his friends . He didn't thing about that right now he just wanted to go home. Then the Watchers said" He has the bag , I hope he knows what to do with it". I predict that there is a note book inside and the Watchers are warning them to leave.
In the Watchers Rewind,one of the main character's name is Adam. He had a flash back about when he thinks killed one of his friends named Edger. But it wasn't his fault. The problem is that he can't let go of the past. In the flash back he sees that he is in a fight with Edger and then he and Edger falls into the lake. But he stops his thought of it, and tries to run a way.
the book is so scary it realllllly is
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