Making Predictions

Even though she was very conscientious, Kaylin was tired of having homework every single evening in her advanced classes. Since it was all due at the end of the week, she decided to do a little experiment and wait to do all of her work on Thursday nights. Working several hours all at once on Thursdays would give her four free nights during the week. When Thursday arrived, Kaylin sat down at her desk to begin her homework but heard the TV in the next room announce her favorite movie. She headed in with her mom and watched the entire two-hour movie which ended at 11:00 P.M. What prediction can you make based on this passage?

• Kaylin will have to pull an all-nighter to get her work done.

• Kaylin will find her experiment worked out well.

• Kaylin sailed through the work in a few minutes.

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Avery's dog Harley always escaped if he had even the slightest opportunity. Avery's parents had warned him to keep Harley on a leash. "If he escapes once more, he will have to attend obedience school," Dad had cautioned. One afternoon Avery could not find Harley's leash. Rather than looking harder to find the leash, he took his pet on a walk anyway. What prediction can you make based on this passage?

• Avery will have to attend obedience school.

• Harley will have to attend obedience school.

• Jeb will behave perfectly on the walk.

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Mrs. Steinmeier assigned her class to collect leaves from various trees in the area over the weekend, paste them in a notebook and label them by tree names. Carol Ann raised her and said, "Mrs. Steinmeier, I am visiting family down south this weekend, so this will be hard for me." The teacher suggested that Carol Ann collect leaves from trees while she is visiting her family in the south.

What prediction can you make based on this passage?

• Carol Ann will lose points because she doesn't have leaves from area trees.

• Mrs. Steinmeier will grade Carol Ann more harshly than the rest of the class.

• Mrs. Steinmeier will grade Carol Ann's project like all the other student's projects.

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Mr. Adams took attendance as usual in P.E. Then he announced that the class would be playing flag football again. Maddie gave Donita a high five. Yesterday, Maddie scored a record number of points. The captains stood at the front to select their teammates. Maddie could hardly wait to play.
What prediction can you make based on this passage?

• Maddie would be picked last for a team.

• Mr. Adams will pick the teams for flag football.

• Maddie would be picked first for a team.

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Everyone knew that Larry was great at painting in all mediums. Today he carefully poured paint from each container and filled his palette with every color he owned. Not taking any brushes, he walked to his desk in front of the large window, sat down his palette, cracked his knuckles and began to paint.
What prediction can you make based on this passage?

• Larry is doing a finger painting.

• Larry will use his brushes to create a masterpiece.

• Larry will need more paint.

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Read the text. Simon and Doug had been playing the same card game for nearly two hours. Twice, Simon had been one card away from winning the game. Again, Simon carefully examined the cards in his hands and the cards on the board. He picked a card from the pile and exclaimed, "Third time's a charm!" Based on the text, which sentence is more likely to be true?

• Simon picked the winning card

• Simon had too many cards in his hand.

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Making a prediction is a

• guess

• my favorite band

• using a magic 8 ball

• using previous information to determine what comes next

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Good readers make predictions by

• guessing

• using text features

• asking their friends

• watching the movie first

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Making a prediction is 

• a way to solve world hunger

• a way to use what we already know to make a logical guess about what happens in the future

• a way to use what we don't know yet to make a logical guess about what hasn't happened yet

• a new dance craze

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During colonial days there were no bathtubs or showers in the houses.  They were not missed, however.  Many people of that time never thought of taking a bath.  Most people thought that water caused many diseases.  Only the hands and face were washed, and that wasn't often.  You can predict that people of today:

• take more baths than people of colonial days

• take fewer baths than people of colonial days

• fear water more than people of colonial days

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