The Reading Teacher's Sourcebook - The Meadows Center for ...

ObjectiveThe students will use prior knowledge to make predictions about sentences they might read in a particularpassage or chapter.Materials• Chapter or passage.• Overhead projector, chart paper, or chalkboard.Daily ReviewSample Review of Narrative TextTeacher:We have been reading the novel, “Amos Fortune”. Can anyone give me a word to describeAmos?Accept responses.How do we know that Amos is patient? Courageous? … etc.Sample Review of Expository TextTeacher:You have been studying the Civil War in your social studies class. Who can tell me one thingthat you have learned about the Civil War?Accept responses.Who are some of the important people involved in this war?Accept and discuss responses.helpfulhabitRepeat students’ accurate responses. For example, if a student responds, “AbrahamLincoln,” you would immediately say, “Yes, that is correct, Cyndi. Abraham Lincoln wasan important Civil War figure.” And then extend, “Can anyone tell me why AbrahamLincoln was important?”The Reading Teacher’s Sourcebook 181