To guess what happens next (in the story/passage).
100
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 in the contest.
Ty will win the contest and get a prize
100
Justin'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.
100
I have a head and a tail. I am made of copper. Some people think I am lucky if I am found. What Am I?
A penny
200
Name one thing you use to make a prediction?
schema, pictures, inferences
200
Adeja and her mother went shopping. First, they went to the bank. Inside the bank there was a large box where money was kept. Adejas's mother told Adeja not to touch the box or an alarm would go off. Adeja touched the box by mistake. Make a prediction about what will happen.
An alarm will go off.
200
Devin's tooth had been loose for two weeks now. He tried everything, but his tooth just wouldn't fall out. At lunch, Devin bit into an apple. What would be the best prediction of what happened next?
His tooth had fallen out.
200
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
300
Name the another thing you use to make a prediction.
schema, pictures, or inferences
300
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. It was raining! Make a prediction about whether or not Hope will go on her bike trip today.
Hope will go on her bike trip even though it is raining.
300
Tracy 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?
Tracy fell because there was no bench
300
I put the "sicle" in POP. You can skate on me without wheels. You can mix me into a cream. If I am thin, you could fall through me. What Am I?
Ice
400
What is schema?
Background knowledge. What you already know.
400
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.
400
Will 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?
Will's soda spills onto the couch
400
I put on my white shirt and begin chopping carrots. Behind me is a pot of boiling broth. I choose some nice herbs and chop them to place into the soup. When it is done, I pour a bowl of hot soup and hand it to the waiter. Who am I?
A chef
500
True or false: You can predict by making inferences.
True
500
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.
500
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.
500
I can be Explosive I can be found in Hawaii I can erupt suddenly I create lava.