Printable Making Predictions Worksheets
Printable making predictions worksheets for kindergarten through 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 3 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as fill in the blank.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About Making Predictions
What this skill is
Making predictions guides readers to use story title, cover art, and early text clues to forecast upcoming plot events, confirming or revising predictions as they read.
When children learn it
Making predictions is taught in 1st through 4th grade, aligned to reading comprehension standards.
Teaching Tips
- Pause mid-story and ask what do you think will happen next and why.
- Underline text clues that support your prediction.
Common Mistakes
- Making wild guesses unsupported by text clues.
- Forgetting to check if predictions came true after finishing the reading.