Strategy 3: Anticipation/Reaction Guide

This strategy asks students to predict the answer to a problem before they have read the passage. The mathematics content example is what drew me to this strategy because it is a great way to illustrate to students the relevancy of, and to get them interested in, the material. By posing a question to which the students will predict a solution, the students are thinking about the problem before the teacher begins to model the solution. Since they have predicted the answer before they learned how to arrive at the solution, they may have thought of another way to solve the same problem using prior knowledge, or a different set of skills. Also, if they had the wrong answer, they will see how and why they made a mistake.

The following table is recommended for this strategy:

Before Reading After Reading

Agree	Disagree	Statement	Page(s) where evidence was found	Agree	Disagree

The table could be modified for a math application:

Before Lesson After Lesson

Agree	Disagree	Statement	Math concept which supports the statement	Agree	Disagree

By breaking the math problem into more simple, individual components, the students will not get overwhelmed with the length of the problem and can focus on the mechanics.