Predicting with Evidence

Lesson objective:  Students will use evidence to make predictions about their reading.

Today the lesson was on using evidence from your reading to make predictions.  The students did a pretty good job with this and stayed focused while reading because they were anxious to watch the 4 minute video ending to the story.  I used the app 3:15 and the free story, "Buried Treasure."

We began by discussing the definitions of the words "prediction" and "evidence."  Then we watched the teaser for the story and read five pages.  Together we made predictions and showed evidence on a chart.  Then students were instructed to read the rest of the story on their iPads and fill out a form making three predictions at pages 10, 15, and 22.  They were also instructed to make an adjustment to their predictions as they continued reading.
As students finished reading, I checked their written work before I gave them headphones with which to watch the scary video ending.  It was great to watch their reactions to the ending:  several boys gasped and immediately and animatedly began talking to each other about the story.  One boy said he went ahead and read the story at home twice because he knew we would be reading it today and it seemed so interesting.
Unfortunately not all students finished the story, so next time we'll need more time to finish up the lesson.