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Lindsay Wesdorf

Mediated Read Aloud

Third Grade

Lesson Purpose: Good readers are able to make predictions in order to comprehend the

text. By the end of this lesson students will be able to make predictions context clues.

Book Title: Skippyjon JonesAuthor: Judy Schachner

Setting them up for success

A. Access prior knowledgeHas anyone ever read any of the Skyppyjon Jones books? They are about a

Siamese cat that has a crazy imagination. His imagination often gets him introuble with his mama and he is sent to his room, where his adventure begins.

Have any of you ever gone on an adventure using your imagination? (Allow for

students to share). Well in this story, Skippyjon Jones is going to bring us on hisadventure with him.

B. Preview text organizationThis story is organized different than some other storybooks you may have seen orread before. In this book, the author uses words of another language, Spanish.

When Skippyjon Jones goes on his adventure he suddenly knows another

language and calls himself Skippito. Look at this page, you can see that SkippyjonJones says, Gracias,which means thank you in Spanish to his new friends. You

can also see that his new friends are singing a song with words that are not

English, but you can still understand them. What do you think a Bumblebeeto is?

(Allow students to guess). Yes it is a bumblebee and we can figure that outbecause it has the word bumble bee in it and just adds a few letters at the end, so

it sounds like bumble bee. Even though some words may not be words you are

familiar with, we can look at the pictures and other words in the sentence tofigure out what the word means.

C. Preview VocabularyAlthough there are several Spanish words in this text, it is not necessary to go

over each word with the students. The author does a great job of repeating the

word in English after it being spoken in Spanish or giving enough context to

figure out what the word means. Pictures also reinforce the words. Decoding isnot the purpose of this lesson and therefore should not be the large focus.

D. Set purpose for studentsToday while I read I want you to listen for clues in order to predict what willhappen later on in the story. I also want you to pay attention to the pictures in

order to predict what will happen next or to confirm your predictions. When we

guess what will happen next or later on in the story. Good readers pay attentionto the pictures and information in the text as they read the story to help them


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make predictions. By predicting, each reader is helping their own comprehension

of the story.

Model and supported practice:

A. Explain what you will modelI am going to start reading. I want you to be listening as well as looking at thepictures I will show you. During the reading I will pause and make predictions ofwhat I think will happen next. I will then explain why I am making that

predictions and which clues I used to help me make each prediction.

B. Model and link to how it helped you as a reader. Articulate how theprediction helps my comprehension.

I will be starting in the middle of the story. I have already shared with the class

that it is about a Siamese cat with a big imagination that goes on an adventurewhere he calls himself Skippito. I will tell the class,I will start reading from the

page we previously looked at. (Pause after reading two pages).I predict that

Bumblebeeto is a bad guy in this book and the all of the dogs fear him. One cluethat is easier to spot is that an adjective to describe Bumblebeeto is bad. Also, it

says that we have nothing to fear. By this I know that the animals were afraid of

him and therefore I predict that he is a bad guy. They also seem very excited.

They are all singing and there are three sentences in this short section (point tosection) have exclamation points at the end. They are also several dogs in the

picture in the air jumping around and smiling. Based on this I predict that they

think Skippito is going to save them from the bad Bumblebeeto. These predictionshelp me not only to actually predict what will happen next, but it also helps me to

comprehend the story by taking the time to process the pictures, events, and text,

and how they all connect and explain what is happening in the story. Now I am

able to use that information that I collected from processing this section to predictwhat will happen next.

C.Invite students to practice what you modeled while you retain control ofreading. Prompt students as needed.Continue to read the next 6 pages, but before starting give the students a task.I

am going to continue reading now. I want you to be predicting on your ownsilently as I read and be ready to share your predictions with the class when I

pause again. (Pause after reading 6 pages).I want each of you to think about your

prediction of what is going to happen with Skippito and El Bumblebeeto Bandito.

I want you to be able to explain your prediction, so do not forget that goodreaders look at all the clues in the text and pictures to form a prediction. Give

them time to think before prompting them to turn and share their prediction with a

partner. (Pause and give the students enough time to share with a partner).

Read the next 6 pages and pause. Skippito has finally returned home and comes in

with a bang! He turns back into Skippyjon Jones. Skippyjon Jones closet just

exploded, how do you think his mother is going to react? How do you think thisstory will end? Remember to think about different clues that will help you predict


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