Grade 1 · Reading · Lesson 12

What Happens Next?

Good readers do not just follow the words — they also think ahead. They use clues in the story to guess what might come next. This is called making a prediction.

What this lesson teaches

1Use clues from the story to predict the most likely next event
2Distinguish a reasonable prediction from an unlikely or random one
3Explain a prediction using evidence from the text

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