An anticipation guide is a comprehension strategy that is used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic. Before reading, students listen to or read several statements about key concepts presented in the text; they're often structured as a series of statements with which the
students can choose to agree or disagree. Anticipation guides stimulate students' interest in a topic and set a purpose for reading. Show
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Watch: Anticipation Guide (Grade 2)Go inside Cathy Doyle's second grade classroom in Evanston, Illinois to observe how Cathy uses the anticipation guide strategy to pique her students' interest in the book they are about to read together, Jin Woo by Eve Bunting. Cathy asks questions designed to activate the kids' prior knowledge and to encourage them to make predictions about what they think will happen in the story. Watch: Auditory GO Chart (Pre-K and K)Use a picture walk to encourage students to make predictions, learn new vocabulary and review what they have learned after completing the book. See the lesson plan. This video is published with permission from the Balanced Literacy Diet. See many more related how-to videos with lesson plans in the Reading Comprehension Strategies section. Collect resourcesLanguage ArtsLearn how anticipation guides can be used for children's books such as Miss Rumphius. See example > ScienceUse anticipation guides to help students understand about fungi. See example > Use anticipation guides to help students understand about dinosaurs. See example > Social StudiesUse anticipation guides to help students organize their reading about topics such as the Panama Canal. See example > Differentiated instructionFor second language learners, students of varying reading skill, students with learning disabilities, and younger learners
See the research that supports this strategyDuffelmeyer, F. (1994). Effective Anticipation Guide statements for learning from expository prose. Journal of Reading, 37, 452-455. National Institute for Literacy. (2001). Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read Kindergarten Through Grade 3. Jessup, MD: ED Pubs. Head, M. H., and Readence, J. E. (1992). Anticipation guides: Using prediction to promote learning from text. In E.K. Dishner, T. W. Bean, J. E. Readence and D. W. Moore (Eds), Reading in the content areas: Improving classroom instruction (3rd ed., pp. 227-233). Dubugue: Kendall/Hunt. Wood, K. D., D. Lapp, J. Flood, and D. B. Taylor. 2008. Guiding Readers Through Text: Strategy Guides for New Times. 2nd ed. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. Wood, K.D., & Mateja, J. A. (1983). Adapting secondary level strategies for use in elementary classrooms. The Reading Teacher, 36, 492-496 Children's books to use with this strategyWhat Darwin Saw: The Journey That Changed the WorldAge Level: 6-9 Reading Level: Independent Reader What Charles Darwin saw and chronicled on his long journey is told here in text and illustration. BarackBy: Jonah Winter Age Level: 6-9 Reading Level: Independent Reader The journey of Barack Obama to national prominence and the U.S. Presidency began with his diverse heritage and self questioning but resulted in hope. River of WordsBy: Jen Bryant Genre: Nonfiction, Biography, Poetry Age Level: 6-9 Reading Level: Independent Reader Though he practiced medicine, William Carlos Williams never stopped writing poetry. This picture book biography celebrates the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet. CommentsWhich of the following techniques is best at getting students to use context and read for meaning on a sentence by sentence basis?Which of the following techniques is best at getting students to use context and read for meaning on a sentence-by-sentence basis? establishing the reading purpose.
Which of the following is an important concept that students need to have in their reading schema?Perhaps the most important concept that students need to have in their reading schema is the understanding that reading.... c. can be fun and can help them do things.
When reading what is essential to understanding that content that is read?Decoding, fluency, and vocabulary skills are key to reading comprehension. Being able to connect ideas within and between sentences helps kids understand the whole text.
Which of the following is an important component to metacognitive thinking?There are generally two components of metacognition: (1) knowledge about cognition and (2) regulation of cognition. Metamemory, defined as knowing about memory and mnemonic strategies, is an especially important form of metacognition.
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