Making Predictions

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

Confirming a prediction means

• using the text to prove that our prediction was correct

• using the text to adjust the prediction we made

• Not reading the story any further

When we make predictions, sometimes we have to adjust what we thought would happen.

• True

• False

A prediction is a random guess that makes no sense with the story.

• True

• False

The Smith family can hear the wind outside blowing the trees against the house. The rain is pouring down. They hear a crash of thunder and the light flicker...

What probably will happen next?

• They will turn the TV up louder

• The rain will stop

• The power will go out

Brandon ate cotton candy, two funnel cakes, and drank a milk shake at the carnival. Then he went on a ride that spun round and round. His stomach begins to feel sick.

What likely happens next?

• He rides the same ride again

• He throws up

• He asks if the ride will go faster.

Ding! The timer rang. Cassandra pulled the oven door open and the fragrance of hot cherry pie filled the room. Steam was emanating from the surface of the pastry. Cassandra took a deep whiff and said, "Mm..." She then put the pie on the kitchen table to cool and went off to knit a hat for her grandson. Her dog Champ.....

What happened next?

• Champ went to the garden to look for place to sleep.

• Champ went into the kitchen, climbed onto the table and ate the hot cherry pie.

• Champed went into the kitchen, climbed on the table, sniffed on the pie and left.

Ding! The timer rang. Cassandra pulled the oven door open and the fragrance of hot cherry pie filled the room. Steam was emanating from the surface of the pastry. Cassandra took a deep whiff and said, "Mm..." She then put the pie on the kitchen table to cool and went off to knit a hat for her grandson. Her dog Champ.....

What evidence in the text that supports your prediction?

"You have to water the tomatoes in the morning, not at midday or night," Veronica told her brother A.J. He nodded, but it didn't really look like he was paying attention.

Veronica was travelling out of the country to Spain for two weeks. She was counting on her brother A.J. to water her plants. He had been irresponsible in the past, but she was giving him another chance.

While she was gone, A.J. stopped by the garden once or twice at the start of the first week, and then he lost interest.

When Veronica finally returned, the first thing she did was check out her garden.

What happened next?

• Veronica was sad as all her tomato plants were gone.

• Veronica was surprised to see all her tomato plants grown well and bearing fruits.

• Veronica was shocked to see that her brother had set up a watering pipe to water her tomato plants and the plants were growing well.

"You have to water the tomatoes in the morning, not at midday or night," Veronica told her brother A.J. He nodded, but it didn't really look like he was paying attention.

Veronica was travelling out of the country to Spain for two weeks. She was counting on her brother A.J. to water her plants. He had been irresponsible in the past, but she was giving him another chance.

While she was gone, A.J. stopped by the garden once or twice at the start of the first week, and then he lost interest.

When Veronica finally returned, the first thing she did was check out her garden.

What evidence in the text that supports your prediction?