Making Predictions
When you make a prediction, you make a reasonable guess about what is going to happen NEXT in the story. You should use the hints and clues the author writes in the story in order to make an educated prediction. Read More...
◂English Language Arts Worksheets and Study Guides Fifth Grade. Making Predictions
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Making Predictions 
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Making Predictions Worksheet/Answer key
Making Predictions Worksheet/Answer key
Making Predictions
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Standards for Reading Literature (RL)
Key Ideas and Details
Anchor Standard: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Apply appropriate strategies before reading, viewing, or listening to a text: preview and survey the text; access prior knowledge about the text; formulate purpose-setting questions; make predictions.
Apply appropriate strategies to monitor understanding when reading, viewing, or listening to a text: reread as necessary; determine main ideas of portions of the text; periodically restate, retell, paraphrase, summarize, and/or synthesize information (See CCSS SL.5.4-6); connect ideas within the text; make, confirm, and/or modify questions, inferences, and predictions; visualize.
Demonstrate understanding, either orally or in writing, after reading, viewing, or listening to a text: determine and explain main ideas (explicit or inferred) of the text; summarize the text (See CCSS SL.5.4-6; MD SLM 4A2); explain what is directly stated in the text by citing specific details and examples from the text; explain inferences, conclusions, and generalizations by citing appropriate details and examples from the text; synthesize information and ideas; confirm, refute, and/or make predictions about the text; connect prior knowledge or experience to the text.
Standards for Reading Informational Text (RI)
Key Ideas and Details
Anchor Standard: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Apply appropriate strategies before reading, viewing, or listening to a text: preview and survey the text; access prior knowledge about the text; formulate purpose-setting questions; make predictions.
Apply appropriate strategies to monitor understanding when reading, viewing, or listening to a text: reread as necessary; determine main ideas of portions of the text; periodically restate, retell, paraphrase, summarize, and/or synthesize information (See CCSS SL.5.4, 6); connect ideas within the text; make, confirm, and/or modify questions, inferences, and predictions; visualize.
Demonstrate understanding, either orally or in writing, after reading, viewing, or listening to a text: determine and explain main ideas (explicit or inferred) of the text; summarize the text (See CCSS 5 SL.5.4, 6; MD SLM 4-5 4A.2); explain what is directly stated in the text by citing specific details and examples from the text; explain inferences, conclusions, and generalizations by citing appropriate details and examples from the text; synthesize information and ideas; confirm, refute, and/or make predictions about the text; connect prior knowledge or experience to the text.