PREDICTING AND GUESSING

1.2 PREDICTING AND GUESSING

PREDICTING

Strategic readers think about what’s going to happen and make predictions based on what they know and what they have read. see link

Predicting is closely related to inferring. Readers predict actions, events and outcomes that are confirmed or dismissed during the reading experience. Predicting is like forward inferring. When inferring, the reader looks back to confirm thinking. When predicting, the reader always looks forward. When readers predict, they use information in the text and their background knowledge to make smart guesses about what they may encounter in the text. Readers use this strategy to prepare to read and monitor their comprehension during a reading experience.

Predicting assists with organizing thinking as new material is learned. It requires the reader to substantiate their understanding as they read, while consistently confirming, rejecting or adjusting their predictions. see link.

Predicting is a before reading comprehension strategy in which readers think about what they are going to read based on clues from the text, meaning the prediction is likely to happen. A prediction is not a “wild guess,” but an educated guess based on clues from the author. see link.