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Predicting Skills Practice

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Predicting Skills Practice

Read the clues and think about what might happen next. A prediction is a sensible guess supported by clues. You may have a different good prediction if you can explain your thinking.

Use clues to predict

1.A bird is standing beside a gate. A ball is just beyond the gate, and the bird is looking toward it. What might the bird try to do next? Give one clue that helped you decide.

2.Which two things can help a reader predict what a story might be about?

The title and the cover picture
The colour of the reader’s socks
How thick the book is
The page numbers

3.A character on a story cover is holding a wet umbrella and stepping around puddles. What is a likely prediction about the weather?

Read and think ahead

Hamish and Isla carried a picnic rug to the park. They placed it under a shady tree. Isla unpacked two apples and a small kite. Hamish looked up. The leaves were tossing about, and the kite’s tail lifted from Isla’s hand. Then a few drops of rain landed on the rug.

4.What do you think Hamish and Isla will probably do next? Use a clue from the passage.

5.What might happen to Isla’s kite if the wind keeps blowing?

It may lift into the air.
It will turn into an apple.
It will grow leaves.
It will make the rain stop.

6.Choose the word that has the letters ‘le’ at the end.

candle
star
car
farm

7.Complete the word with ‘ar’: A bright shape in the night sky can be a st .

8.Complete the word with ‘ar’: You can travel in a c .

9.Match each clue to a sensible prediction.

A puppy sniffs its empty food bowl.
The sky grows dark and rumbly.
A seed has been planted and watered.

A storm may be coming.
A small plant may grow.
The puppy may be hungry.

Make your own prediction

10.Finish the sentence with a prediction and a reason: “The little turtle is heading towards the pond. I think it will ______ because ______.”

11.Tick all the habits that help a reader make a good prediction.

Notice details in the pictures
Use clues from the words
Think about what they already know
Ignore new clues, even when the story changes
Change a prediction when new clues appear

12.Imagine a story begins with a small mouse finding a cosy, empty shoe on a rainy day. Write one prediction about what the mouse might do and tell why.

Draw a scene showing what you predict could happen next in the mouse story. Add one detail from the clues.