Predicting Comprehension Foundation Unit

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 includes the two-part Garden Surprise task, matching answer pages and a five-level rubric.

What's Included

• 25-page unit plan PDF
• 15-slide editable presentation
• 22-slide editable quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
• Predicting: Notice, Think, Predict classroom display
• Prediction Power reference cards
• Prediction Pairs matching game with 12 clue-and-outcome pairs
• Mystery Bag Predictions game mat and clue/reveal cards
• Picture Clue Predictions worksheets
• Text Clue Predictions activities
• Book Cover Clues activity
• Two-page Before, During and After reading log
• Two-page Check and Change a Prediction sequence
• Four cut-apart exit tickets
• Two-part Garden Surprise assessment with two exact answer pages
• Five-level rubric
• Combined Preview PDF

Learning Focus

• Notice useful picture and word clues
• Connect clues with prior knowledge
• Make a sensible oral, drawn or written prediction
• Explain a prediction using evidence
• Predict before and during reading
• Check a prediction against what happened
• Revise 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.

Curriculum Alignment

• Australian Curriculum v9.0: AC9EFLY05
• Australian Curriculum v8.4: ACELY1650
• Victorian Curriculum 2.0: VC2EFLY12
• NSW: ENE-RECOM-01
• Western Australian Curriculum: WAPELYA3
• 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
• United Kingdom Curriculum: UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-R-C, UK-KS1-Y1-ENG-W-C
• Common Core: 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
• 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: 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

Product Details

• Year level: Foundation
• Subject: English
• Formats: PDF and editable Microsoft PowerPoint PPTX
• Counts: 25-page unit plan, 15-slide presentation and 22-slide quiz
• Answers: two assessment answer pages and quiz answer slides

Digital product: No physical item is supplied. Purchase permits use by one teacher with their own students. Files may not be shared, resold, redistributed or uploaded to public or shared repositories.