Scott Foresman Reading Street

SKILLS

STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT

Generalize
Predict

Test

Selection Tests: Unit 6
Benchmark Test: Unit 4

Reteach/
Review

TE: 3.3 379b, DI•55; 3.4 85b, 101, 127, DI•54; 3.5 161; 3.6 407b, DI•56

PB: 3.1 133, 137, 138; 3.2 23, 27, 28, 36, 46, 56, 143, 147, 148

Practice

TE: 3.3 354–355, 3.4 60–61, 3.6 380–381

Introduce/
Teach

Generalize

	Make generalizations.
	Use generalizations to make predictions.

INTRODUCE

Write the following details on the board: Northern Mexico receives little rainfall. The days are hot, and nights are cool. Southern Mexico has different regions. The "hot land" has hot summers and mild winters. The "cold land" has cold temperatures. Ask students to come up with a true statement about Mexico's climate in general. (Possible response: Mexico's climate is different in different regions.)

Have students read the information on
p. 380. Explain the following:

When you generalize, you form a conclusion. You make a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples.
As you read, make generalizations. You can use them to help you make predictions about what will come next.

Use Skill Transparency 30 to teach generalize and predict.

TEACH

STRATEGY Use the first

paragraph to model how to make a prediction.

MODEL I have just read a generalization. I read that generally the method of shaping glass has remained the same for more than 2,000 years. I can use the generalization to make a prediction about what I will read next.

SKILL Discuss how to use

ideas to generalize.

MODEL I know that words such as all, none, usually, and some can signal a generalization. I see the word all in the sentence. To make a generalization, I try to make a statement about related ideas. The statement should give a rule or broad statement about how the ideas are alike.

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

STRATEGY I think I will read

about how glassblowers blow glass.

SKILL Generalization: Though the

process may be different, in general, glassblowing requires melted glass and blowing air.

WRITE Have students complete

steps 1 and 2 of the Write to Read activity. You might consider using this as a whole class activity.

then… use Practice Book 3.2 p. 143 to provide additional practice.

If… students are unable
to complete Write to Read
on p. 380,

Generalize

Available as Skill Transparency 30

This statement might tell how the things
or people are all alike in some way.

When you read, you may be given ideas
   about things or people. Sometimes, you
   can make a general statement about all
   of them together.

Generalize

Strategy
Predict

Skill
Generalize

Strategy: Predict

Idea

Generalization

Strategy Here is
a good place to
predict. What do
you think you will
find out about next?

Syrian glassworkers invented the art of
glassblowing more than 2,000 years ago. This
method of shaping glass has changed very
little since that time. The glassblower uses a
hollow metal pipe that is about five feet long.
On one end of the pipe is a mouthpiece. On the
other end is a gob of hot melted glass. The worker
blows air into the pipe, which causes the glass
to expand into a hollow bubble. The worker
then shapes the glass bubble into a container
of some kind.

Today, glassblowing is often done by machines
instead of people. But the basic process has
stayed the same. All glassblowing requires
melted glass and blowing air.

Skill The word
all is a clue to a
generalization.
What generalization
can you make about
glassblowing?

Sometimes the glassblower shapes the glass
using a mold, as the ancient Syrians often did.
But the basic process is the same. After blowing
the glass into a bubble, the worker guides the
bubble into a mold. Then, the worker blows
through the pipe again until the glass bubble
takes on the shape of the mold.

2. Make a graphic organizer
    like the one above. Fill in
    your graphic organizer as
    you read the article.

1. Read “Glassblowing.” Look
    for ideas that tell how several
    things or people are all alike
    in some way.

Good readers think about what will come
next as they read. Ask yourself: What has
the author said about the topic so far?
What else might I find out about? Try to
take the ideas you’ve already read and
make a generalization about or predict
what will come next.



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	Access Content Beginning/Intermediate For a Picture It! lesson on generalizing, see the ELL Teaching Guide, pp. 204–205. Advanced Have students examine the title of the selection on p. 381. Have them use their knowledge of compound words to predict the meaning of the term glassblowing. Correct any misunderstandings students may have. Generalize Explain that when making a generalization, students should list ideas that are related in some way or that have a common topic. The generalization should be a statement about what the ideas generally have in common. Discuss the similarities and differences between making a generalization, drawing a conclusion, and summarizing. Practice Book 3.2 p. 143 with \| without Answers