ELA-Predict-F

Make Predictions - Print - Fiction Resources[]

 * K-2**
 * //Chicka Chicka Boom Boom// by Bill Martin Jr. Students predict what the story is about using the pictures. [|Lesson Plan]
 * //Two Bad Ants//, by Chris Van Allsburg, ISBN-13/EAN: 9780395486689 or ISBN-10: 0395486688, Publication Date: 10/24/1988, This is geared towards grades K-3. This is a Caldecott medal book. It is great to use for predicting because it can be adapted for various grade levels. For younger students, you can predict with the pictures. For older students, you can have them guess where the ants are. [|Lesson Plan]
 * //Too Many Tamales,// by Gary Soto. 0-399-22146-8 This multicultural story provides a perfect inference lesson as a ring is missing and the reader has to determine where it is from clues in the text.
 *  //Horton Hatches the Egg,// by Dr. Seuss. 978-0-394-80077-6 Students make predictions about what will hatch from the egg that Horton is tending and draw conclusions about why the hatchling looked more like Horton than the bird.
 * //The Mitten, // by Jan Brett. This is a great book to introduce prediction because it has picture "mitten clues" on every page. The attached [|lesson plan] uses the prediction reading comprehension strategy. This book is geared towards primary students.


 * 3-5**
 * //Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome//, by Margaret Davidson This story is included in many 3rd grade reading textbooks. This is a great and inspiring story. Students predict what will happen throughout the story. [|Lesson Plan]


 * //Garfield Discovers America//, by Jim Craft, ISBN 0-439-63995-6, 1992 Students predict what will happen next in the joureny. Garfield's coloful character will delight students and keep their interest.


 * //Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather, //by Bruce Koscielniak. This is a great book to teach about predicting because it integrates science (specifically weather) with reading. This may help students see how predicting is used in the real world to make that connection for them. This book is listed on the [|Scholastic website] complete with Lexile levels. Interest level 3-5.


 * //Horton Hatches the Egg,// by Dr. Seuss. 978-0-394-80077-6 Students make predictions about what will hatch from the egg that Horton is tending and make inferences about why the hatchling looked more like Horton than the bird.


 * //Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President,// by Shirley Raye Redmond, ISBN 0-439-55566-3, 2003 Students predict what will happen on Lewis and Clark's journey in this fact-based fictitious tale.

> > **6-8**
 * //North American Explorers//**,** by Yannick Oney, ISBN 0-439-66554-X, 2004 Students predict what will happen on each journey.
 * //Bluford Series//, Anne Schraff, Paul Langon, D.M. Blackwell, copyright 2009. A series of seventeen books which address topics relevant to real-life experiences of young adolescent students. Each individual novel’s plot is detailed with themes and situations to utilize for teaching students how to make predictions, draw conclusions, and make inferences.
 * // Forged by fire ////, //Sharon Draper, copyright 1998.This novel addresses topics relevant to real-life experiences of children of today’s time. The plot is detailed with situations to utilize for teaching students how to make predictions, draw conclusions, and make inferences. [| Sharon Draper]
 * //My Father's Daughter//**//,//** E.L. Konigsburg, copyright 2004, Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks, ISBN: 978-1-41695-500-9 This book leads the reader to make predictions about whether the main character is really who she claims to be.


 * E1-E4**