READING DETECTIVES

Cynthia Maradiaga

CLUES, CLUES, CLUES!

When you watched Blues Clues...

Did you think about the clues he might find next?http://www.nickjr.com/kids-videos/blues-clues-

kids-videos.html

MAKING PREDICTIONS!

Thinking about what might happen next is called Making predictions.

PREDICTING IS FUN!

Helps you become a better reader and makes reading more enjoyable!

WHEN YOU MAKE A PREDICTION….You are like a detective.You use clues from the storyYou use things you already know from the story

WHERE TO LOOK FOR CLUES?In the front coverIn the picturesThrough the reading

AS YOU READ….You will find new cluesUse what you already know and the new clues…

To make new predictions

GETTING IT DOWN ON PAPER!

A chart like this will help make our predictions!

Event What I Think Will Happen

Clues from the Story

What Really Happened

LETS BE DETECTIVES!We will begin reading The Kid in the Red Jacket by Barbara Parks!

We will read this short summary together! Howards dad got a new promotion. Howard

isangry because he has to leave his friends; he

isgoing to be lonely; and most of all, he's mad

athis parents.What do you think the story will be about?

MORE CLUES!

Use the clues from the front cover & the pictures!

READY… SET…