One our straategies to improve reading comprehension is to make predictions before we read and then to verify if their predictions were accurate. The kids have been making predictions before reading each of the selections in their HM anthogies. We have been alternating between blogging and recording the predictions. After reading the selection the kids get with partners and either read or listen to their predictions to see if the story supported what they were thinking. The students are learning that it is ok to have predictions that are not correct but that they need to make smart predictions based on the information in the text before they read.