Students think about what will happen next in the text. What is this strategy called?

Students think about what will happen next in the text. What is this strategy called?

• A. Predicting
• B. Visualizing
• C. Questioning
• D. Retelling

Answer: (A)

Predicting is a comprehension strategy in which you anticipate what will happen next in a text by using clues from the story along with what you already know. It keeps you engaged and gives you a purpose for reading—you're active, testing your ideas against what unfolds as you read. For example, if a story hints at a looming storm and a character starts packing, you might predict that trouble or a change in plans is coming. This helps you monitor understanding: when your guess matches what happens, you know you were paying close attention; if it doesn’t, you use the new details to adjust your thinking. Visualizing would involve forming mental pictures of scenes, questioning means asking and exploring questions about the text, and retelling is about recounting what happened after reading.

Predicting is a comprehension strategy in which you anticipate what will happen next in a text by using clues from the story along with what you already know. It keeps you engaged and gives you a purpose for reading—you're active, testing your ideas against what unfolds as you read. For example, if a story hints at a looming storm and a character starts packing, you might predict that trouble or a change in plans is coming. This helps you monitor understanding: when your guess matches what happens, you know you were paying close attention; if it doesn’t, you use the new details to adjust your thinking. Visualizing would involve forming mental pictures of scenes, questioning means asking and exploring questions about the text, and retelling is about recounting what happened after reading.