Predicting Outcomes

Predictions

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.

What is "Ty will win the contest and get a prize"?

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.

What is "An alarm will go off"?

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.

What is "Hope will go on her bike trip even though it is raining"?

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.

What is "Pamela's glass will be too small to hold all of the milk, so she will make a mess"?

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.

What is "If the earth stopped revolving, we wouldn't have seasons"?

Making Inferences

100

Kevrick 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 Kevrick'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.

What is "Nobody was home"?

200

Hope walked into the large room. The woman behind the desk smiled at her. Hope 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. Hope walked up to the woman. "Can you help me find a book?" she asked. Make an inference about where Hope is.

What is "Hope is in the library."

300

Nina held the glass jar very carefully. The teacher told the students to be careful because the experiment could explode. Slowly, Nina poured the green liquid into a glass 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.

What is Nina is in science class"?

400

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. They 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. The sit on the grass. Make an inference about why children in hot countries go to school outside all year long.

What is "It would be too hot to have school inside a building so they sit on the cool grass"?

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.

What is "Girls went to school in Sparta but not in Athens"?