Bring your predictions to life in this fun activity! Students will make predictions about a book and then act out what they think will happen in the beginning, middle, and end.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Making Predictions

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Making Predictions

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Predictions.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Wild and Windy Weather

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Wild and Windy Weather

Use these vocabulary cards with the lesson plan EL Support Lesson: Wild and Windy Weather.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

This Happened and Then

Worksheet

This Happened and Then

Read a chapter and write a summary! Help your second graders practice their reading fluency while also improving their summarizing skills.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

What Will Happen Next? (Part One)

Worksheet

What Will Happen Next? (Part One)

Using this fun prediction practice worksheet, students will develop not only reading and comprehension skills—but life skills as well!

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

First, Then, Last

Worksheet

First, Then, Last

Use this simple and effective graphic organizer to have students predict or describe events from their own lives or from stories.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Pictures

Lesson plan

Reading Pictures

In this lesson, students will practice "reading" pictures. They will look at the details in pictures in order to make predictions about what happens in a text. This lesson can be used alone or with the Predicting Pictures lesson plan.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Glossary: Making Predictions

Worksheet

Glossary: Making Predictions

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Predictions.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Glossary: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers

Worksheet

Glossary: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Glossary: Making Predictions and Summarizing

Worksheet

Glossary: Making Predictions and Summarizing

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

My Prediction

Worksheet

My Prediction

Students can use this open ended worksheet to practice making predictions using complete sentences.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

What Will Happen Next? (Part Two)

Worksheet

What Will Happen Next? (Part Two)

Using this fun prediction practice worksheet, students will develop reading and comprehension skills.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Tell Me What You Think

Worksheet

Tell Me What You Think

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills using this helpful worksheet.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Prediction Patrol

Worksheet

Prediction Patrol

Not all predictions are created equal. In this worksheet, students seek to identify the events that are most likely to happen while explaining their thinking.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Road and Rail Riddles

Worksheet

Road and Rail Riddles

Looking for a worksheet to help with your preschooler's matching skills? This worksheet is about matching modes of transportation to their descriptions.

Preschool

Math

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Making Predictions and Summarizing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Making Predictions and Summarizing

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Compare & Contrast Fairy Tale Settings

Worksheet

Compare & Contrast Fairy Tale Settings

Use this Venn diagram graphic to help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting settings.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Most Likely to Happen

Worksheet

Most Likely to Happen

Engage kids in reading before they even start! This fun worksheet encourages students to make predictions about what books will be about just by glancing at the cover and contents.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Going on a Picture Walk

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Going on a Picture Walk

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Going on a Picture Walk.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Predict Pick (Part Two)

Worksheet

Predict Pick (Part Two)

Can your students predict the next logical event? Use this worksheet to test students' ability to predict what follows.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Reflections: Making & Evaluating Predictions

Worksheet

Reading Reflections: Making & Evaluating Predictions

Students will practice making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Setting, Characters, and Events in Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Lesson plan

Setting, Characters, and Events in Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Your kids will love learning about setting, characters and events as they listen to a classic tale and play a simple game. This lesson helps students improve their reading comprehension skills while they have fun.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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Making Predictions in Fiction Texts Resources

They say you can’t predict the future, but with a little help from these activities, you might come pretty close! Making predictions based on reading is a key concept of comprehension, our stash of activities are designed to help your student draw conclusions from all kinds of text -- and to help you teach it more effectively, too.

Making Predictions in Fiction Texts Resources

Making predictions shows the reader is actively involved in the materials and is using their imagination. Students consider context clues, dialogue, character traits, and other elements of the story when imagining a future scenario. The tools in Learning Library teach kids how make predictions thoughtfully based off context clues. The numerous curated lesson plans include step-by-step instructions that are simple to follow. Making Predictions Lesson teaches kids to provide evidence that supports their thoughts on what might happen next. Making Predictions, which can be used as a pre-lesson for English learners, challenges students to anticipate what may happen based off a story that is read to them in class.

There are selected printable worksheets that exercise prediction skills, too. Some worksheets nudge students to imagine a future scenario based off visual cues. Follow the Clues is a popular worksheet that requires some detective work and analytical thinking. These tools and other resources on making predictions in fiction texts support kids in becoming engaged readers with an outlook toward the future.

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