Virginia SOL K.RL.1.D
The Standard
With prompting and support, generate predictions about story characters and events using the text
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Key Ideas and Plot Details
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use story words and pictures to say what might happen next or what a character might do. With teacher help, they name the clue behind their idea.
What Mastery Looks Like
- During a read-aloud, a student gives a reasonable prediction about a character or event. The student points to a picture, action, or phrase as a clue and can revise the prediction later.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may retell what already happened instead of predicting what comes next. They may make a wild guess without using a story clue. Some think changing a prediction means they were wrong.
How to Assess It
- Pause at a turning point in an unfamiliar picture book. Ask, “What might happen next, and what clue helped you think that?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students sticky notes to mark a picture clue, then have them draw what they think will happen next.
Ask, “What might the character do next, and which story clue makes you think so?”
Play Prediction Match by pairing picture clue cards with possible next-event cards and explaining each match.
Before a familiar routine, such as lunch or dismissal, have students predict the next step using what has already happened.
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Related Standards
- 2.RL.1.D
Generate predictions about story characters and events using the text.
- K.RL.1.B
With prompting and support, demonstrate knowledge of story structure by orally identifying characters, setting,important events, and details
- K.RL.3.B
With prompting and support, compare and contrast characters, plot events, or settings between two familiar stories
- 1.RL.1.D
Generate predictions about story characters and events using the text.
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