Reading Comprehension Strategies: How to Teach Making Predictions

Wouldn't it be nice if we could predict what the future holds? …especially as we head into 2021. Wow, that’s a loaded question! Maybe we would rather not know. (wink, wink) Predicting in reading, however. Now THAT’S a necessity! Proficient readers make predictions naturally, without even knowing it. They predict what a book will be about based on the title, they predict why characters act a certain way, and they guess what will happen next when they get to the end of a chapter...