As we work on more comprehension strategies in my classroom, I've noticed that many of my students don't know what the word "prediction" means! So, I hurried and created a mini-lesson to help! First, you introduce what predicting means {guessing is what I compare it to} and use these cards to hang on the board: Then, you tell them that when they predict what is going to happen in a story, they can say one of the following: We then read the book, Do you Want to Be My Friend? By Eric Carle. {source} This is a perfect book to predict! The mouse is looking for a friend. On each page it gives a hint as to what animal he will ask to be his friend {it shows their tail}. I have my kiddos raise their hand if they can predict what animal it might be. They will say: I predict... or I bet... or I think... After that, we practice our predicting skills! I use these animal posters and cover up most of the picture and have them predict what animal it is. {so when you download this mini-lesson, you'll have to cut out your pictures and find a piece of paper to cover up most of the picture} They record each animal on their recording sheet. Afterward, we go through to see if their predictions were correct. Click {HERE} to download the predicting mini-lesson! Oh and I have some reading responses that I put on my TpT store for Free {11 pages!!!!!}! Go grab them {here}. Ok...like the title of this post said...I've got one rhyming/matching game. Some of my sweeties are having a really hard time with rhyming {I've never really had a problem with it in years past}. I'll say, what rhymes with {mop} and they'll say {cat}. It's quite frustrating, but I just smile REAL big and say, no let's try again. Needless to say, a few do not have rhyming down quite yet. Here's a rhyming/matching game! {click the picture to download for free} Ok... so I've done rhyming games, word families, and songs....NOW WHAT? How can I help my little sweeties with rhyming when they just aren't getting it? HELP! clipart and/or fonts copyright DJ Inkers clipart copyright thistlegirldesigns.com clipart copyright scrappindoodles.com
