Predict What Grandma Does After Sledding
Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher
"Predict What Grandma Does After Sledding" is written for 3rd Grade (Ages 8-9), and it covers Common Core RL.3.1. If your little one is a year younger but already steady on comprehension exercises, the page still works. You may just need to read the instructions out loud. And if they are older and prediction worksheets never quite stuck, this is a short review rather than busywork.
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3rd grade reading worksheet: read about Leo coming in cold from sledding, then predict what Grandma does and give 2 clues. Answer key included. Part of our prediction worksheets comprehension exercises collection. Aligned to Common Core standards.
How do I use this worksheet?
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, using a partner or small group only if they want to talk through their thinking, 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.
What students will practice
- Students will read about Leo coming in red nosed and shivering after two hours of sledding with Omar and Lily.
- Students will predict that Grandma gives Leo hot cocoa, using clues like the two mugs and the bag of tiny marshmallows.
- Students will tell that the red sled leaning on the wall is not a clue about what happens next.
Curriculum Links
Common Core State Standards
Reading: Literature · 3rd Grade
Standard: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
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FAQ
How do I use this prediction worksheets worksheet?
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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, using a partner or small group only if they want to talk through their thinking, 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.
What does this worksheet teach?
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Read about Leo coming in cold from sledding, then predict what Grandma does and give 2 clues. A prediction is a smart guess about what will happen next. Good predictions use clues from the story. The directions on the page read: Read the story. Then, turn the page to make a prediction. On page 2: Circle the letter of the best answer for questions 1, 2, 3 and 5. Then, write two clues from the story for question 4. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.
Can I use this prediction worksheets worksheet for homeschool or classroom?
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Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade comprehension exercises, 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.
What makes a good prediction?
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A good prediction fits every clue in the story. In Predict Who Made the Muddy Footprints, the small round prints with four toes, the open back door and a happy bark near the garden all point to Waffles the dog.
What is a detail that is not a clue?
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Some details do not help predict the ending. The clock saying four o'clock tells the time, but it says nothing about who made the prints. The last question on each story sheet asks children to spot a detail like this.
Do the stories show what really happened?
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No. Each story stops right before the ending, and the picture never shows it, so children must use the clues. Talk about the prediction after your child writes it.
Is there an answer key for each worksheet?
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Yes. All 4 prediction sheets have an answer key, with the multiple choice answers and sample clues from the story.
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Worksheet Details
| Grade | 3rd Grade |
| Subject | Reading |
| Topic | Comprehension Exercises |
| Standard | RL.3.1 |
| Pages | 2 pages |
| Difficulty | Medium |
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