Explore the comprehension strategy of prediction using these Story Prediction Worksheets created specifically for the early years classroom.
Engaging Story Prediction Worksheets for Early Years Learners
These story prediction worksheets provide students with multiple ways to practise making predictions from sentences and images. Each activity encourages critical thinking and reasoning skills, helping children anticipate what will happen next based on visual or textual clues.
This resource includes:
- Multiple choice predicting with pictures – Students select the best possible outcome based on image clues.
- Cut and paste to predict what will happen next – A hands-on sequencing activity using a series of images.
- Making predictions from sentences – Students read a short sentence and choose the most logical next event.
- Answer sheets – Provided for easy marking and self-checking.
Ways to Use our Early Years Story Prediction Worksheet Set
- Literacy Centers – Incorporate these prediction activities into your early years reading rotations.
- Whole-Class Discussions – Display an image or sentence and discuss possible outcomes as a class.
- Independent Work – Perfect for quiet desk work or early finishers.
- Small-Group Learning – Encourage peer discussion and collaboration on different prediction tasks.
- Assessment Tool – Use the worksheets to assess students’ ability to make and justify predictions.
Download and Start Predicting Today!
These engaging prediction worksheets for early years are easy to download and print, making them a great addition to your literacy resources.
Help young learners strengthen their comprehension skills while having fun with multiple choice predicting with pictures, cut and paste sequencing, and making predictions from sentences!
Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF or the editable Google Slide version.
This resource was created by Brittany Collins, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.
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