2. Predicting is to declare or
tell in advance what will
happen next in a story or
real life situation
When you shake
up a soda, what do
you PREDICT will
happen?
It will explode.
What is a Prediction?
3. There are several ways to
make a prediction.
Use information
from the past.
In a story, you can
use what we call
CONTEXT CLUE to
predict the end of a
story.
How Do You Make a
Prediction?
4. Context clues are key
words or pictures from
the story that we use to
predict the end or
outcome of the story.
In the following
sentence, what does
the word
GARRULOUS mean?
Unlike his quiet and
low key family, Brad
is garrulous.
Garrulous means
loud and talkative.
We know this
because of key
What is a Context Clue?
words “quiet” and
“low key”.
5. Prediction Chart
What Might Happen? Clues
The children will LOVE “The children sat up
Gloria. and stared”; also the
picture of Gloria
making fun of Officer
Buckle
6. What Happened?
The children loved Gloria because of the jokes she made
behind Officer Buckle’s back.
