Making Predictions in Fiction
This worksheet helps fifth-grade students practice making predictions while reading fictional texts.
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Read each passage carefully. Use clues from the text and your own background knowledge to make predictions about what will happen next. Explain your predictions.
Passage 1: The Mysterious Map
Leo found an old, faded map tucked inside a dusty book in his grandpa's attic. The map showed a winding path through a dense forest, leading to a large 'X' marked near a jagged mountain peak. There were strange symbols drawn around the 'X' that Leo couldn't quite understand. He carefully folded the map and put it in his backpack, a strange feeling of excitement bubbling inside him.
1. Based on the passage, what do you predict Leo will do next? Explain why.
Passage 2: The Whispering Wind
Maya was walking home from school when a sudden, strong gust of wind swept through the street. Leaves swirled around her feet, and the sky began to darken rapidly. She noticed her neighbor Mrs. Henderson struggling to close her garage door, which was flapping wildly in the wind. A few drops of rain began to fall.
2. What do you predict will happen next with the weather? What might Maya do? Explain your reasoning.
Passage 3: The Missing Ingredient
Ben was excited to bake his famous chocolate chip cookies for the school bake sale. He carefully measured out all the ingredients: flour, sugar, eggs, and chocolate chips. He mixed them together in a big bowl, humming happily. Just as he was about to add the final ingredient, he looked down at his recipe card and his eyes widened. He had completely forgotten to buy butter!
3. Ben will likely to solve his problem.
4. The cookies will probably if he tries to bake them without butter.
5. Which of these is the BEST reason to make predictions while reading?
To finish the book faster.
To make the story more confusing.
To understand and engage with the story better.
To change the ending of the story.