Make Thoughtful Predictions

This activity is all about making predictions.

 

Predictions are clever guesses about what might happen next in a story.

 

This photo is used on the front cover of a book.

 

 

What might the book be about?

 

We can use the clues in the picture to help us answer this question.

This looks like a pirate ship so it may be a pirate adventure!

 

 

Read the extract below.

 

Neal was running so fast he didn’t notice the ice on the pavement.

 

What might happen next?

 

Did you use the clues in the sentence?

 

Neal is running and he is about to run over slippery ice.

We can predict that he is going to slip and maybe fall over and hurt himself.

 

In this activity, we will read a text and make predictions about what might happen next.