Think out loud
Read a passage like Nervous about Third Grade to the class and stop to say what you're thinking: "Hmm, she keeps checking the clock. I bet she's worried." Kids hear how a strong reader makes guesses and checks them. Then they try it with a partner on the next paragraph.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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