Making Predictions in Nonfiction
A Grade 5 ELA worksheet focusing on developing skills in making and confirming predictions while reading nonfiction texts.
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice making predictions while reading nonfiction texts.
The Amazing World of Ants
Ants are incredible creatures that live in highly organized colonies. There are over 12,000 known species of ants, and they can be found almost everywhere on Earth, except for Antarctica and a few remote islands. Each ant colony has a queen, whose main job is to lay eggs. Worker ants, which are all female, perform various tasks like foraging for food, caring for the young, and defending the nest. Male ants, called drones, have one purpose: to mate with the queen.
Ants communicate using chemicals called pheromones. When a worker ant finds a source of food, she leaves a pheromone trail for other ants to follow. This allows the colony to efficiently gather food. Some ants, like leafcutter ants, even farm! They cut pieces of leaves and carry them back to their nest, where they use the leaves to grow a special fungus that they eat. This complex behavior shows just how intelligent and adaptable ants can be.
1. Based on the title and the first paragraph, what do you predict you will learn about ants in this passage?
2. True or False: This passage will likely discuss the different types of food ants eat.
True
False
3. True or False: The passage will probably explain how ants build their homes.
True
False
4. Based on the passage, a key way ants communicate is by using .
5. Worker ants are all .
6. Did the passage confirm your initial prediction from question 1? Explain why or why not, using evidence from the text.