A Fun and Engaging Making Predictions Assessment for Young Learners

Evaluate your students’ ability to anticipate story outcomes with the Making Predictions Assessment Quiz! This resource combines the excitement of a making predictions interactive game with the structure of a formal assessment. Students answer a variety of answers to show their understanding of making predictions.

What’s Included in the Making Predictions Assessment?

This making predictions test provides a variety of engaging assessment opportunities, including:

• A range of drag and drop features where students will determine which statement best predicts what will happen next.
• Some true/false statements.
• Sorting activities for what you do before, during or after reading when it comes to predicting.
• Prediction pictures and a space for students to type what they think will happen next.

How to Use the Making Predictions Interactive Game

Before the Quiz:

• Review prediction strategies, emphasizing how to use text clues to anticipate what happens next.
• Explain how the quiz will assess their ability to justify predictions with logical reasoning.

After the Quiz:

• Discuss answers as a class to reinforce prediction strategies.
• Use results to guide targeted instruction for students who need extra support.

Ways to Use the Making Predictions Test in Your Classroom

This versatile resource is ideal for a range of classroom activities:

• End-of-Unit Assessment – Use as a final check to measure students’ understanding of making predictions.
• Interactive Learning Stations – Assign the digital version as a self-paced literacy center activity.
• Small Group Review – Work through the quiz with small groups to discuss reasoning and strategies.

Download the Making Predictions Assessment Quiz Today!

This resource is available to download as a Google Slide and is best used in edit mode to ensure the typing and dragging features work.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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