The document discusses making predictions when reading stories. Predictions connect prior knowledge to new information and anticipate outcomes, events, or actions that are later confirmed or contradicted in the story. An example is given of a girl, Val, trying on three pairs of shoes - the third pair fits and she likes how they look but they are red when she wants blue shoes, so she will likely ask for the same shoes in blue. Another example discusses boys playing ball near a house, with one boy hitting a home run and the ball going through a window, so the boys will likely have to deal with the consequences of breaking the window.

1. Predicting
Outcomes

2. Predicting are the connecting links between prior
knowledge and new information in the book
Predictions are related to inferring, of course, but we
predict out comes, events or actions that are
confirmed and contradicted by the end of the story.
Predictions

3. Using Pictures

4. Val tried on a pair of shoes. They didn’t fit. She tried on
another pair. They fit, but she didn’t like them. Val tried on
a third pair of shoes. They fit, and she like how they
looked. But the shoes were red. Val wanted blue shoes.
Val wil ask for _____.
A. smaller shoes
B. bigger shoes
C. the same shoes in blue
D. shoes that don’t cost as much
Using Context

5. The boys were playing ball in the field behind Mr. Kim’s
house. The game was a tie until Jerry hit a long home run.
The boys saw the ball go through Mr. Kim’s window.
So the boys…