Make and Check Predictions in a Story About a Runaway Goat

Fold or cover page two so your child cannot peek before the Stop and Predict box is filled in. After Part 2, praise a good clue even when the prediction missed. Ask which other clue they could have used.

Predict where Eli's runaway goat Clover went at the county fair, then check with Part 2. A prediction is a thoughtful guess about what will happen next. Good predictions rest on clues, the details an author gives. The directions on the page read: Read Part 1 of the story. Then, write one clue and your prediction in the Stop and Predict box, questions 1 and 2, before you turn the page. On page 2: Read Part 2. Then, circle Yes, Partly or No for 3. Then, answer 4 on the 2 lines. Then, circle the best answer to 5. Then, answer 6 on the 3 lines. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 5th Grade prediction, 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 making predictions. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A prediction rests on a clue from the story plus what the reader already knows. A guess has nothing behind it. Each sheet asks children to copy the clue first and then write the prediction, so every prediction has a reason.

So children commit to a prediction before they know the ending. On the stop and predict, check and revise sheets, have your child fill in the Stop and Predict box before turning the page or reading on. The next part lets them check.

That is fine and expected. Many sheets ask children to circle whether the prediction was right, partly right or wrong, then name the clue that pointed to the ending or changed their mind. Spotting a clue they missed is the skill that matters.

Yes. All 16 sheets have an answer key. Predictions differ from child to child, so the key gives sample clues and predictions, fixed answers for the multiple choice questions and other answers the story supports.