Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Teaching Measurement: Literature and Manipulatives
The tradebook, Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen, is an excellent tool in teaching measurement. Students will engage in activities involving different types of measurement. In the story, five animal friends decide to take a boat ride....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Making Predictions
This instructional activity will use the trade book, Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome, to teach making predictions. Students will also learn the true story of Balto and create their own fictional story of Balto.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Introduction to Making Predictions and Inferences
First graders will engage in a shared reading of "Mr. C's Dinner" so that we can build a foundation for understanding what it takes to make good predictions and inferences.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Beanie Babies, Profit or Loss
Is you Beanie Baby business booming or busted! Figure out if you made a profit or lost money in this mathematic computation activity. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection that focuses on adding and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Two Bad Ants Realism vs. Fiction Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was designed to accompany Scott Foresman Reading- 3rd grade- Unit 6- Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg. It covers a variety of reading strategies, including making predictions, context...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Bike Ride
On this one page website sharpen your logic and rate measurement skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Inference and Prediction
Students will learn the difference between making a prediction and an inference as they engage in class discussions about both reading skills, play a game, look at art, and listen to songs.
Other
Nsw Dept. Of Ed.: Predicting [Pdf]
PDF page from the New South Wales, Australia, Department of Education and Training that contains suggestions for helping students predict the outcome of something they are about to read. It includes some suggestions for how to achieve...