# Predicting What Happens Next

• Adult solicits predictions.

• Child is able to guess what will happen next based on picture cues.

## PARENT/CAREGIVER TIPS FOR BEHAVIOR 2

• Help your child look for clues in the story that tell what will happen later in the book.

• Ask your child what will happen next in the story.

• Ask your child to explain his or her predictions.

• Allow your child a chance to look at the pictures and to think about what will happen in the story before you turn a page.

• Give your child a chance to talk about the story. Talk more about what your child has to say to find out what he might be thinking.

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## What Might Happen Next?

**Purpose:**

**Process:**

To encourage the child to practice making predictions by having the adult use appropriate and timely prompts.

1. Each adult and child are given 3 of the 12 activity sheets. Mix them up so that each dyad has different combinations.

2. The adult and child will talk about what they think will happen next on the basis of the picture.

3. The adult will then write down his or her and the child’s ideas under the picture.

4. After each adult and child is done, ideas and pictures will be shared.

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## What do you think is going to happen?

## Why do you think that will happen?

**Pr**

*Let’s Read Together: Improving Literacy Outcomes with the Adult–Child Interactive Reading Inventory by A. DeBruin-Parecki. © 2007 Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved.*

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