Predicting Outcomes

What do you think will happen next?

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What will happen next?

• The boy stayed at home to rest.

• The dog got well.

• The fisherman will have food for dinner.

• I save electricity.

Amanda asked for a bike for Christmas all year long. When she woke up Christmas morning, there was a very, very large box next to the Christmas tree. What do you predict happened?

• Amanda got a boombox for Christmas.

• Amanda did not get what she wanted for Christmas.

• Amanda got a bike for Christmas.

Based on the text below, what can you predict will happen next? "Tom was running late for his meeting. He glanced at his watch and realized he had only five minutes left. He started running towards the office building, but the traffic light turned red."

• Tom will stop and wait for the light to turn green.

• Tom will call his office to inform them he will be late.

• Tom will run through the red light.

• Tom will decide to skip the meeting.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

If you read a book where the main character always carries an umbrella, what might you predict will happen in the story?

• It will rain a lot.

• The umbrella will be lost.

• The character will give the umbrella as a gift.

• The umbrella is magical.

If a story mentions that a character's hands are always stained with paint and they have many pictures on their walls, what might you predict about them?

• They are a professional cleaner.

• They are a teacher.

• They are an artist.

• They are a photographer.

What will most likely happen next?

• She will throw them away.

• She will look at them.

• She will eat them.

• She will put them in the fridge.

When you stop reading and think about what might come next

• Visualizing

• Making Connections

• Predicting

If a story describes dark clouds gathering and the wind picking up, what might you predict will happen next?

• It will start to rain.

• The sun will come out.

• It will start snowing.

• The characters will go swimming.