The document provides questions to help students make predictions about the story "Thank You, Mr. Falker" before and during reading, such as wondering if the other kids will stop laughing at the main character Trisha and predicting that the character Mr. Falker will help Trisha learn to read based on his comments. It also lists pages from the story and questions about events and characters on each page to check students' comprehension and ability to infer meaning.

1. Predicating / Making Predictions
Reading Skill & Strategy
Predicating
3 – Reading Skill & Strategy Making Predictions PPT
3 – Reading Skill & Strategy Making Predictions
Student Independent Practice URL

2. Common Core State Standards
• 3.RL.1.: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text,
referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
• 3.RL.3.: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings)
and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
• 3.RL.5.: Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking
about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each
successive part builds on earlier sections.
• 3.RL.10.: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band
independently and proficiently.
• 3.RF.4.a.: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
• 3.RF.4.c.: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. Use
context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading
as necessary.
• 3.SL.2.: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or
information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,
quantitatively, and orally.

4. Common Core State Standards

5. Pre Listening Questions
• Have you ever really wanted to learn to do
something? How did you do it? Was it easy or
difficult?

6. Pre Listening Questions
• If it was difficult, how did you feel? Were you
able to do it? Who or what helped you? Who
or what didn't help you?

7. What do you suppose my questions &
your answers have to do with this story?
Can you predict the connection?

9. Thank you, Mr. Falker
• http://www.storylineonline.net/thank-you-
mr-falker/
What do you suppose my questions and your
answers have to do with this story?
Can you predict the connection?

10. Watch Out For
• The pages in Thank You, Mr. Falker are not numbered. For the purposes of this lesson, the first few words from each page are used to indicate which
page of the book is referred to.(The page that begins "The grandpa held the jar of honey...") A picture of the man and the girl begins the story. What
is the meaning of the sentence "Yes, and so is knowledge, but knowledge is like the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to chase it through
the pages of a book!"?
• (The page that begins "Trisha, the littlest girl in the family...") What do we know about Trisha so far?
• (The page that begins "The harder words got for the little girl...") Why do you think drawing is so important to Trisha?
• (The page that begins "Reading was just plain torture.") How do you think Trisha feels about the move?
• (The page that begins "Now Trisha wanted to go to school less and less.") Why do you think Trisha hates school so much?
• (The page that begins "Mr. Falker would stand behind Trisha...") Will Trisha ever learn to read? Preface this by saying, "I wonder if the kids will stop
laughing at Trisha."
• (The page that begins "But the nicer Mr. Falker was...") Why does Trisha feel safe in that dark place?
• (The page that begins "But Mr. Falker caught her arm...") On the basis of "You're going to read—I promise you that," what do you predict will
happen?

11. Kyle and Steve were walking home from a Boy
Scout meeting when Kyle noticed something
brown and small on the ground. He picked it up.
It was a wallet. Steve grabbed it and opened it.
Inside was $52. Steve and Kyle looked at each
other, then looked at the money. Kyle thought
about a new baseball bat. Steve thought about
fixing his broken bike. They stood for a while
thinking.