Sometimes it's helpful for kids to predict what is coming next when reading a story. Show your learners how to use evidence from the text they are reading to predict what happens next in five short passages.

Concepts

making predictions, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a reading assessment at the beginning of the year to determine reading level
• Have kids complete the activity in a homework packet or literacy center
• Encourage learners to share their predictions with a partner, comparing their answers based on the same text
• Replace the text in the passage with excerpts from what you are reading in class, and prompt kids to make predictions in the same way

Classroom Considerations

• Though the resource is designed for third and fourth graders, it could be helpful for older kids as well
• Dialogue in the passages are formatted into one paragraph, which might make it hard for some readers to understand

Pros

• Prompts kids to think critically about what they are reading
• Activity is applicable to any piece of writing in your classroom
• Helpful as a reading exercise as well as a reading assessment

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.4.1