2.6.C

ELA2nd GradeThe student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

The Standard

make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use titles, pictures, headings, genre clues, and text organization to predict what may happen or what they may learn. They check those predictions while reading and revise them when new details appear.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students make a reasonable prediction and point to a specific clue that supports it. After reading, they explain whether the prediction was confirmed or needs changing.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a prediction as a random guess or refuse to change it after reading. They may rely only on pictures and ignore headings, genre clues, or sequence words.
How to Assess It: Show a short text with a title, picture, and heading. Ask students to write a prediction, name the clue they used, then revise or confirm it after reading.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a covered book, reveal one feature at a time, and have them update predictions on sticky notes.
Ask students to explain which clue best supports their prediction: the title, picture, heading, genre, or sequence words.
Play Prediction Detective by giving teams clue cards from a text and points for supported predictions and accurate revisions.
Read a simple weather article, predict tomorrow’s conditions from its heading and chart, then compare predictions with the final forecast.

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