Predictions

Week One:

Read a chapter book (ie. The Magic Finger or Superfudge). Use one with maybe a few pictures, to help with visualizing, but not too many.

Each day, have students draw (advanced students write) about what happened today and what they predict for tomorrow.

See worksheets below.

Week Two:

Finish the chapter book, then start another.

Talk about evidence for predictions during the read aloud. What evidence do you have that makes you think that might happen?

When starting a new book, talk about using the cover, title, and back of the book to make predictions and practice that.

Students write about what happened in today's chapter and what they think will happen next.

Advanced students can be asked to include evidence from the text.

basic worksheet: [|predictions.doc] worksheet with room for evidence: [|prediction.doc] worksheet for making several predictions: [|predictionevidence.doc]