Making Predictions From Text Clues

Use clues in the text and what you know to predict what will happen next.

A prediction is a thoughtful guess about what will happen next. Good predictions are not random; they are built from clues in the text plus what you already know. As you read, you check your prediction and change it if new clues appear. Read: 'Dark clouds rolled over the hill. Ana looked at the laundry on the line and then at the sky. She grabbed the empty basket.

' Clues: dark clouds, Ana looks at the sky, she grabs a basket. What you know: dark clouds often bring rain, and people bring laundry in before it gets wet. Prediction: Ana will take the laundry down before it rains. Then read on to see if you were right.

• 1Predictions = text clues + what you know.
• 2Check your prediction as you keep reading.
• 3Change your prediction when new clues appear.