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Amazing
Grace First Reading
Mary
Hoffman
Thinking Strategy:
Prediction or Anticipation
See Guided Reading
the Four Blocks Way book, chapters 4-6
Previewing the pictures.
Look at the cover and the first six pictures. What is Grace doing in each
of these pictures? Do you recognize any of the characters Grace is pretending
to be? What do we know about Grace? What predictions can we make?
Begin a prediction
log:
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Prediction
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Support for the prediction
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Adjustment
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Confirmation
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Grace listens to her Grandma.
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She is leaning on Grandma’s knee
listening attentively.
Picture supports prediction.
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Grace likes to play dress up.
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Pictures show her in different clothes.
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During reading
Continue filling in
the prediction log and making adjustments to the predictions that the
class makes.
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Prediction
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Support for the prediction
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Adjustment
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Confirmation
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Grace listens to her Grandma.
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She is leaning on Grandma’s knee
listening attentively.
Picture supports prediction.
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Grandma is called Nana.
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Grace likes to play dress up.
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Pictures show her in different clothes.
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Grace acts out the stories she hears,
reads, and makes up.
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The text confirms what she is doing.
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After reading
Share predictions
and adjustments. Discuss how predictions change with more information.
Amazing Grace Second
Reading
Mary
Hoffman
Before Reading
Key Strategy: Theme
– an author often writes a story to tell readers something he or she has
found to be true about life. What do you think the author of Amazing
Grace is trying to tell you about life? How do you think you’ll be
able to use this idea in your own life?
During reading
Find places in the
book to support the theme. Use the text to support your answer.
After reading
Discussion of them
and how do you think you’ll be able to use this idea in your own life.
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