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Traquan 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 Traquan. Make a prediction about what will happen in the contest.
Traquan will win the contest and get a prize
Seth's family laid the blanket down for their picnic in the park. Dad was bringing the cooler over to the blanket and Mom was unpacking the picnic basket. Suddenly dark clouds filled the sky. What would be the best prediction of what happened next?
It started to rain.
Name one thing you use to make a prediction?
prior knowledge
Kimberly and her mother went shopping. First, they went to the bank. Inside the bank there was a large box where money was kept. Kimberly's mother told Kimberly not to touch the box or an alarm would go off. Kimberly touched the box by mistake. Make a prediction about what will happen.
An alarm will go off.
A'mari's tooth had been loose for two weeks now. He tried everything, but his tooth just wouldn't fall out. At lunch, A'mari bit into an apple. What would be the best prediction of what happened next?
His tooth had fallen out.
I am one trip around the sun. I am 12 months. I am 365 days. I am used to measure your age. What Am I?
A year
Name another thing you use to make a prediction.
pictures, or author words
D'aria 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. It was raining! Make a prediction about whether or not Hope will go on her bike trip today.
D'aria will go on her bike trip even though it is raining.
Jazmine was playing in her first piano recital ever. She walked onto the stage when her name was called. She went to sit down at the piano but did not notice the piano bench was missing. What would be the best prediction of what happened next?
Jazmine fell because there was no bench
What is prior knowledge?
What you already know.
Ambriella filled a large glass with some milk for her younger sister, Pam, to drink. However, Pam wanted to drink from a smaller glass. When Amberilla left the kitchen, Pam got a smaller glass. "I'm going to pour all the milk from the big glass into the small glass," Pam said. Make a prediction about what will happen.
Pam's glass will be too small to hold all of the milk, so she will make a mess.
Stanley knew he should not be eating in the living room. He held his soda and his bag of chips in his hands as he watched TV. He went to take a drink of his soda but the can slipped from his hands. What would be the best prediction of what happens next?
Stanley's soda spills onto the couch
True or false: You can predict by finding clues in your head and in the text you are reading.
True
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, only 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.
The earth's movement of turning around the sun once each year is called the earth's revolution. The four seasons of 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.