Making Predictions Short Stories Digital Task Cards – An Engaging Way to Build Reading Comprehension

These Making Predictions Short Stories assist in the teaching and learning of making predictions during reading. This skill is critical to reading comprehension and encourages students to actively engage with a text. By anticipating what might happen next, students learn to analyze clues, make logical connections, and justify their thinking—key skills for strong comprehension.

Using structured digital task cards for making predictions allows educators to guide students in:

• Developing inference skills by drawing conclusions from text clues.
• Strengthening their ability to explain and justify their thinking.
• Becoming more engaged and reflective readers.

Each task card in this making prediction digital activity has a short piece of text and then has students predicting what will happen next and providing reasons for their response.

How These Reading Comprehension Task Cards to Support Learning

While these reading comprehension task cards have been created as a digital resource, you can easily download as a PDF and print these task cards off to use as set task cards, making it perfect for both independent practice and guided instruction.

These task cards:

• Encourages active reading as they carefully read the text provided.
• Supports thoughtful predictions with evidence as students are prompted to explain their reasoning, reinforcing critical thinking skills. 
• Provides flexible learning opportunities for whole class, small group or individual learning and are ideal for use on interactive whiteboards, tablets, or laptops in literacy centers. 

Download these Reading Prediction Activities Today

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the PowerPoint or Google Slide version of this reading prediction activity. When used in digital form, use the slides in edit mode as students type their responses into the text boxes provided. Otherwise, if using as task cards, you can laminate and have students write their responses in their workbooks.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter Collaborator. 

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