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2nd Grade Make Predictions worksheets

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Make Predictions

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Read the clues. Circle what will happen next.

1.
Dark clouds fill the sky, and thunder rumbles.
- The snow will melt away.
- The Sun will shine brightly.
- It will start to rain.
2.
A caterpillar has eaten leaves for weeks and spins a cocoon.
- It will become a butterfly.
- It will become a green frog.
- It will become a bird.
3.
Nora puts on her pajamas and brushes her teeth.
- She will go to school now.
- She will start a race.
- She will go to bed soon.
4.
Rosa plants a seed and waters it every day.
- A sprout will grow.
- The pot will fly away.
- The seed will turn to stone.
5.
Eva's balloon is tied to her wrist, but the string comes loose.
- The balloon will float up into the sky.
- The balloon will sink into the ground.
- The balloon will turn into a stone.
6.
The dog sees a squirrel and tugs on its leash.
- It will read a very long book.
- It will paint a picture.
- It will chase the squirrel.

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About this worksheet

A prediction is a smart guess about what will happen next, and it is based on clues. Good readers make predictions all the time: when the sky is dark and thunder rumbles, they expect rain. The clues in the story and what the reader already knows about the world work together. Making predictions keeps a reader thinking and asking questions, and checking a prediction afterward shows whether the reader understood.

This worksheet gives six short situations, each with clues, and the child circles the most likely thing to happen next from three choices. One choice follows from the clues, and the other two do not. Ask your child to tell which words in the sentence were the clues, and to say how they know what will happen. A prediction can be wrong, and that is fine, as long as the clues support it.

What your child will learn

Use clues to predict what will happen next
Tell the clues from the guess
Check that a prediction fits the story

Common Core standard: RL.2.1

Worked example

Dark clouds fill the sky, and thunder rumbles. The clues say a storm is coming, so it will start to rain.

Common mistake

Choosing something that could happen but has nothing to do with the clues.

Helpful hint

Which clues are in the sentence? What usually comes next?

Next skill: How Characters Feel Earlier: Make Inferences

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with make predictions?

Choosing something that could happen but has nothing to do with the clues.

How can I help my child with make predictions?

Which clues are in the sentence? What usually comes next?

Are these 2nd grade reading worksheets free to print?

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