What is a reasonable prediction?

What is a reasonable prediction?

We are learning to make predictions before and during reading.

In order to make a reasonable prediction the following must be included:

1.       An educated guess (What is going to happen in the story? What will happen next?)        

Ø  Ex: I predict that this book will be about a fox who goes to the dentist.

2.       Proof from the text (images, words, title)

Ø  Ex. I know this because I see the word doctor in the title and I see in the picture a mouse looking at the fox’s teeth.

3.       Prior knowledge (what I already know about the topic of the book)

Ø  Ex. I think the mouse is a dentist because I know doctors wear white coats and dentists are doctors that look in your mouth and I see that the mouse is looking at the fox’s teeth.

FINAL:

I predict that this book will be about a fox who goes to the dentist.  I know this because I see the word doctor in the title and I see in the picture a mouse looking at the fox’s teeth. I think the mouse is a dentist because I know doctors wear white coats and dentists are doctors that look in your mouth and I see that the mouse is looking at the fox’s teeth.

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When reading with, watching a movie with or speaking with your child about daily topics, please encourage them to predict events and explain why they think their prediction is reasonable.

Key vocabulary
Je prédis que.. / Je pense que…	I predict that… / I think that…
parce que / Car	Because
Je vois… (dans l’image, sur la couverture) / J’ai lu… / le titre me dit…	I see… (in the picture, on the cover) I read… / the title tells me…
Je sais que…	I know…