Several years ago I watched 60 Seesaw videos of fifth grade students reflecting on a THIEVES lesson. I’d posed these questions for reflection: “Were your predictions on track? How were they helpful (or not) to you as a reader?” What I noticed was that many students commented about whether their predictions were “right” or “wrong.” …Read more

When we preview a text (or source) to make predictions about its content, recognizing clues about the text’s structure can launch us into making helpful predictions – predictions that can help us activate background knowledge and aid us in setting a clear purpose for reading and determining what is important in a source. Kid-friendly tool …Read more