Make Predictions in a Story About a Talent Show Tryout

Begin with a shared reading or oral warm-up that highlights prediction worksheets so students hear and see the skill in context before practicing it independently. Have students work through it independently and self-check their own work against an answer key before you review it as a class, especially for phonics-based tasks where saying an answer aloud first helps. After completing the worksheet, use one or two examples from the page to start a discussion: "Where else have you seen this in your reading?" These prediction worksheets worksheets are ideal for use during small group reading time, as independent center work, or as a homework activity.

Write a prediction at each STOP in an original story about a comedy act at a talent show tryout. A prediction is a guess about what will happen next. Base it on clues in the text and on what you know. The directions on the page read: Cover the story with paper and slide it down. At each STOP, write a prediction on page 2. Then, read on. On page 2: Write each prediction at its STOP. After the story, write what happened. Then, circle the best answers. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.

Yes, both. We made it for 5th Grade compare and contrast, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with prediction worksheets. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A good prediction is a guess about what will happen next that is based on clues in the text and on what the reader already knows. It can be wrong and still be a good prediction.

Covering the next part keeps the ending a surprise, so students have to use the clues they have read so far. Then they read on and check.

Talk about which clues pointed the other way. Changing a prediction as new clues appear is what strong readers do.

Yes. Both sheets have an answer key with sample predictions, what really happened and the multiple choice answers.

2 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 5th Grade students, roughly ages 10-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the Common Core code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.