Predictions
Ty was in a pie eating contest. He wanted to win. The winner would be the person who could eat the most pie in twenty minutes. The winner would get a prize. After twenty minutes, no one had eaten as many pies as Ty.
Make a prediction about what will happen next.
Ty will win the contest and get a prize.
Kevin called Peyton Tuesday afternoon and invited him to come to his house after dinner to watch a movie. It had been a long, boring day, and Peyton was excited to have something to do. After dinner, he hopped on his bike and pedaled over to Kevin's house. The house was dark, and when he rang the bell, there was no answer. Peyton turned around, hopped back on his bike, and rode home.
Make an inference about why Peyton rode home.
Kevin wasn't home, so Peyton went back home.
What can you look for to help you decide what will happen next in picture or story?
A. letters
B. the title
C. clues
D. the beginning
C. clues
When is it important to predict outcomes? A. When reading B. When watching TV C. When watching a football match D. All of the above
What is D?
Adela and her mother went shopping. First, they went to the bank. Inside the bank there was a large box where money was kept. Adelas's mother told Adela not to touch the box or an alarm would go off. Adela's elbow grazed the box by mistake.
Make a prediction about what will happen next.
What is "An alarm will go off"?
Clara walked into the large room. The woman behind the desk smiled at her. Clara looked around. There were hundreds of magazines in the room. There were thousands of books! Other children were in the room, sitting and reading books. Clara walked up to the front desk, where a woman was taking index cards out of the backs of books.
Where is Clara?
Clara is in the library.
What do you look for in a story that has no pictures, to predict the outcome?
A. picture clues
B. word clues
C. picture and word clues
D. the dictionary
B. word clues
Hope loved biking. She had biked in all kinds of weather. She had been planning this bike trip for weeks. Today was going to be great. She woke up early and looked out the window. The clouds were dark, the sky was gray, and a rumble of thunder could be heard from the distance. Hope got out of bed.
Make a prediction about what will happen next.
Hope will go on her bike trip even though there will be a storm.
Nina held the glass jar very carefully. The teacher told the students to be careful with what they were doing. Slowly, Nina poured a green liquid into the jar. She wiped the edge of the jar and set it on the table. Next, she picked up the tube of red liquid. She measured one drop of it. Nina then carefully added the red drop to the green liquid.
Make an inference about the class Nina is in.
Nina is in science class.
Which of the following will help you predict an outcome?
A. The title
B. Clues in the text and what you know
C. Setting
D. What is going to happen
B. Clues in the text and WHAT YOU KNOW
Rose filled a large glass with some milk for her younger sister, Pamela, to drink. However, Pamela wanted to drink from a smaller glass. When Rose left the kitchen, Pamela got a smaller glass. "I'm going to pour all the milk from the big glass into the small glass," Pamela said.
Make a prediction about what will happen.
Pamela's glass will be too small to hold all of the milk, so she will make a mess.
There are many different ways of going to school. Some children go to school by radio. The teacher talks to the children over the radio. The children can talk back to the teacher. In some desert countries, children go to school in tents. The people move across the desert, carrying the tent school with them. In some hot countries, children go to school outside all year long. They do not sit in buildings. They sit on the grass.
Make an inference about why children may attend school outside all year long.
It would be too hot to have school inside a building so they sit on the cool grass.
What does "making predictions" mean?
A. Deciding what will happen next
B. Looking for facts and details
C. Determining word meaning
D. Understanding the cause of an event
A. Deciding what will happen next
The earth's movement of turning around the sun once each year is called the earth's revolution. The four seasons - winter, spring, summer and fall - are caused by this action. The four seasons do not always happen at the same time at different places around the world. One reason for this is that the earth is tilted as it moves.
Make a prediction about what would happen to the seasons if the earth stopped revolving.
If the earth stopped revolving, we wouldn't have seasons.
Sparta and Athens were Greek cities. Long ago, the people of both cities sent their children to school. The children learned different things there. In Sparta, the children went to school outdoors. They learned how to jump and run. They learned how to dance. They learned how to play many different games. In Athens, boys went to school. They learned how to read, write, and speak correctly. They learned how to count and use numbers.
Make an inference about schooling for girls in Sparta and Athens.
Girls went to school in Sparta but not in Athens.
Which of the following could NOT be used to predict an outcome?
A. What you saw happen
B. Prior knowledge
C. Clues
D. Characters names
D. Character names