Think aloud with PIE
Read a short text and think out loud: "This tells me facts about frogs, so the author wants to inform me." Then read a funny story and an ad. Kids help decide the purpose and point to the clue.
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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