As we continued to empathize with the characters in our books, we also added making predictions about WHAT they will do and also HOW they will do it. This requires thinking about what we know about our characters and how our characters are feeling to make a thoughtful prediction. Making predictions causes us to read thoughtfully and then we read more closely to see if our predictions were right. Here are some sticky notes that students put in our Jot Lot to show me their thinking about what they are reading. They were asked to make a prediction about what their character was going to do next and how they were going to do it.
One of the many reasons I love to teach reading is because I also get to teach how to think about others, how to have empathy, which is such an important quality. During our character unit, we have been discussing how important it is in a book to feel what your character is feeling, to walk in their shoes. Some students are so good at doing this, while others need more help in doing this. We discussed how we need to have empathy, not just for the characters in our books, but also for the people around us.
As we continued to empathize with the characters in our books, we also added making predictions about WHAT they will do and also HOW they will do it. This requires thinking about what we know about our characters and how our characters are feeling to make a thoughtful prediction. Making predictions causes us to read thoughtfully and then we read more closely to see if our predictions were right. Here are some sticky notes that students put in our Jot Lot to show me their thinking about what they are reading. They were asked to make a prediction about what their character was going to do next and how they were going to do it.
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