Predicting Comprehension Foundation Unit
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Description
Help Foundation readers use clues and what they already know to predict what may happen next. This classroom-ready unit introduces a memorable four-step routine—look and listen, notice a clue, think about what you know, and predict—then revisits it through explicit teaching, shared examples, talk, drawing, matching games and early writing.
The editable presentation models predicting before, during and after reading, while the editable quiz checks key ideas through 10 question-and-answer pairs. Colour displays, reference cards and games support whole-class and small-group learning. Low-ink worksheets provide picture, text and book-cover practice, followed by reusable reading logs, exit tickets and a linked check-and-change sequence.
Assessment is included through the two-part Garden Surprise task, exact matching red-answer pages and a concise five-level rubric. The sequence is suitable for a focused week of English teaching and can also be used selectively during guided reading or literacy rotations.
What’s Included
Editable 15-slide Predicting Comprehension Strategy presentation
Editable 22-slide quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
25-page unit plan PDF
Predicting: Notice, Think, Predict classroom display
Prediction Power reference cards
Prediction Pairs matching game: 12 clue-and-outcome pairs across four pages
Mystery Bag Predictions game mat and nine clue/reveal cards
Picture Clue Predictions: two worksheet pages
Text Clue Predictions: Rainy Walk, Lunchbox and Tiny Crack
Book Cover Clues: The Lost Red Boot
Before, During and After reading log: two pages
Check and Change a Prediction: two linked pages
Prediction Exit Tickets: four cut-apart tickets
The Garden Surprise assessment: two student pages
Two exact matching assessment answer pages with red answers
Predicting Comprehension Strategy Foundation Unit Rubric
Combined 62-page preview PDF
One-slide editable thumbnail PowerPoint
Learning Focus
noticing useful picture and word clues
connecting clues with prior knowledge
making a sensible oral, drawn or written prediction
explaining a prediction using evidence
predicting before and during reading
checking a prediction against what happened
revising thinking when a new clue appears
Classroom Use
Use the presentation for explicit whole-class teaching, the display and reference cards as visual prompts, and the games for partner or small-group practice. The worksheets suit guided reading, literacy rotations or independent consolidation. Finish with the exit tickets or the two-part assessment and rubric.
Year, Subject and Topic
Year level: Foundation / Kindergarten
Subject: English
Topic: Reading comprehension — predicting
Curriculum Alignment
Australian Curriculum v9.0
AC9EFLY05
Australian Curriculum v8.4
ACELY1650
Victorian Curriculum 2.0
VC2EFLY12
NSW English K–10 Syllabus
ENE-RECOM-01
Western Australian Curriculum
WAPELYA3
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.3
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.7
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.8
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.9
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.d
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.8
UK National Curriculum
UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-R-C
UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-W-C
New Zealand Curriculum
NZ-Y0-ENG-R-C-V-1
NZ-Y1-ENG-R-C-V-1
NZ-Y0-ENG-R-C-SDC-1
NZ-Y1-ENG-R-C-SDC-1
NZ-Y0-ENG-R-C-IUE-1
NZ-Y1-ENG-R-C-IUE-1
NZ-Y0-ENG-R-C-CM-1
NZ-Y1-ENG-R-C-CM-1
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
TEKS-ELAR-GK-3B
TEKS-ELAR-GK-4
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5B
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5C
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5D
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5E
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5F
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5G
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5H
TEKS-ELAR-GK-5I
TEKS-ELAR-GK-6
TEKS-ELAR-GK-6A
TEKS-ELAR-GK-6C
TEKS-ELAR-GK-10
Ontario Curriculum
CAN-G1-LANG-C2.1
CAN-G1-LANG-C2.3
CAN-G1-LANG-C2.4
CAN-G1-LANG-C2.5
CAN-G1-LANG-C2.7
CAN-GK-LANG-OE9
CAN-GK-LANG-OE11
CAN-GK-LANG-OE12
Formats, Page Count and Answers
Files: PDF and editable PowerPoint (PPTX)
Unit plan: 25 pages
Presentation: 15 slides
Quiz: 22 slides
Combined preview: 62 pages
Answers: Two assessment answer pages and quiz answer slides included
Teacher Benefits
one clear predicting routine across teaching, practice and assessment
visual, oral, drawing and early-writing response options for Foundation learners
colour hands-on resources paired with low-ink printable practice
assessment evidence supported by matching answer pages and a rubric
editable native PowerPoint teaching and quiz text
Digital Product and Licence
This is a digital product; no physical item is shipped. Purchase permits use by one teacher with their own students. The files may not be shared, resold, redistributed or uploaded to public or shared repositories.
