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What Will Happen Next?

Comprehension: Making Inferences

Day 173of 180
Week 35of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Use text clues to predict what might happen next in a story

2

Practice making and checking predictions while reading

3

Understand that good readers think about the story as they read

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 3:5

“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.”

— Proverbs 3:5 (WEB)

Just like we can trust God's plan, we can trust the story's journey and make thoughtful predictions

📦 Materials Needed

  • Picture book with clear storyline
  • Prediction worksheet
  • Colored pencils
  • Sticky notes
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and explain that today we're going to be story detectives who try to guess what might happen next in a story

💭 Review Question: What does a detective do?
2Teaching (8 min)

Demonstrate how to look for clues in a story to make a prediction. Show how pictures and words give hints about what might happen

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Look at the pictures carefully
  • Listen to the story's words
  • Think about what might happen next
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What clues can you see in the pictures?
  • How do the characters' actions help us guess what might happen?
3Activity: Story Prediction Adventure (10 min)
hands-on

Students will make predictions about a story, write or draw their guess, then check if they were right

📝 Instructions:
  1. Read first half of a picture book
  2. Pause and ask students to predict what will happen
  3. Have them draw or write their prediction
  4. Continue reading to see what actually happens
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps students make predictions

Challenge: Students predict multiple possible story outcomes

4Closing (2 min)

Discuss how making predictions helps us become better readers

📝 Review Questions:
  • What clues did we use to predict the story?
  • Were our predictions right?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, help us to be curious readers and to pay attention to the stories we hear

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about how characters feel in stories

💎 Memory Verse

Proverbs 3:5

“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.”

— Proverbs 3:5 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Trace the words while saying them together

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Making predictions is an important reading comprehension skill that helps children actively engage with texts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Ask your child about story predictions during bedtime reading
  • Encourage looking at pictures before reading
  • Praise attempts at prediction, not just accuracy
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might struggle with abstract thinking about story progression

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to notice story details and make reasonable guesses

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a prediction journal
  • Play 'What happens next?' verbal storytelling game
  • Draw comic strip endings to stories

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