Making Predictions

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Making Predictions
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Making Predictions

• Good readers make predictions about the text they
  read.
• Predict before and during reading.
• Check your predictions by summarizing key points
  from your reading.
• When we infer, we make predictions!

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Lets Practice Predicting!
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Who am I?

• I fly in the sky.
• I am not an animal.
• I am usually white.
• Many people can ride in me.
• I am big and noisy.
• Who am I?

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I am an airplane!
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Who am I?

• I am pink.
• You can eat me.
• I am very dirty.
• I like to play in the mud.
• I say, Oink, oink, oink!
• Who am I?

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I am a pig!
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Who am I?

• I live in Africa.
• I am yellow and brown.
• I am a big animal.
• I eat leaves at the top of the tree.
• I have a very, very long neck.
• Who am I?

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I am a giraffe!
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Who am I?

• I am very cold.
• I have a carrot for a nose.
• I am made from snow.
• I am white.
• Who am I?

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I am a snowman!
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Who am I?

• I have four legs.
• But I cannot walk.
• You can sit on me.
• You use me every day.
• Who am I?

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I am a chair!
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Making Predictions

• Good readers make predictions using story titles,
  illustrations, and clues from a story.

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Making Predictions with Story Titles

• Using the book titles only, make a prediction
  about what you think the book will be about.

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Making Predictions

• The Rainbow Fish

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Making Predictions

• The Biggest Snowman Ever!

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Making Predictions

• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Making Predictions

• The Relatives Came

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Making Predictions

• We make predictions based on clues from the story
  and what we already know!story clues schema
  prediction
• Good readers revise their predictions as they
  read and gather evidence or clues from the text.

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How do good readers make predictions?

• Making Predictions

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Making Predictions

• Make a prediction for the following scenarios,
  using clues from the text and your schema!

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Making Predictions

• John wanted to buy some candy at the store, but
  he forgot his money at home. What do you think
  will happen next?

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Making Predictions

• Jenny was swinging on the swings when she heard a
  SNAP! What do you think will happen next?

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Making Predictions

• Henry had been waiting all week to go to the
  beach. He was all ready to go when his mom said,
  I have some bad news. What do you think will
  happen next?

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Making Predictions

• Beth was all alone in the basement and it was
  dark. The only thing she could hear was a small
  scratching sound. What do you think will happen?

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Making Predictions

• Remember.
• Before you read.
• Predict what you think the story may be about
• Use pictures and the book title to help you!
• While you read
• Gather evidence in the story about your
  prediction.
• Use clues from the story to help revise your
  prediction!
• After you read
• Summarize key points from your reading.
• Ask yourself, Were my predictions correct? If
  so, what evidence supports my prediction?

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The Prediction Wheel