Activity
Predictions, Predictions
Subject
English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Grade Levels
Elementary, Pre-Kindergarten
Assessment
The students will be able to make appropriate predictions about events in a story.
Author
BPS Prekindergarten Curriculum Committee
Duration
15-20 minutes the first day, 10 minutes the following day.
Essential Question
Can I make predictions?
Additional Notes
Write a class book with different endings.
Description
Using any story, you can help the students make educated guesses. Pick an interesting story. Introduce the cover. Based on the title and cover illustration, ask the children what the story might be about. Read the story and stop before the resolution of the conflict. Ask the children for possible endings. Record their responses. Upon completion of the story, compare the children's prediction with the actual ending. Reread the story using one of the children's predictions. The following day, compare the published story with class version. Record the children's responses on chart paper.
