Predicting: General Comprehension Worksheets is a flexible, strategy-based resource designed to support students in developing prediction skills before, during and after reading. Aligned with key comprehension strategies, this worksheet set encourages students to think critically about texts and use clues from both textual and visual elements to anticipate what might happen next.

This resource can be used with any text or text type, making it an excellent tool for guided reading, literacy rotations or independent comprehension tasks. Students begin by using external text cues—such as the title, cover, images or blurb—to form initial predictions. As they read, they pause at key points to consider how the text is unfolding and to adjust or confirm their ideas. After completing the text, they reflect on their earlier predictions to evaluate their accuracy and identify supporting evidence they may have missed.

By following this before-during-after structure, students are guided to engage deeply with the reading process, refining their inferential thinking and improving their ability to justify and reflect on their ideas. This cyclical approach to prediction helps strengthen comprehension across a wide range of genres, text complexities and reading abilities.

The worksheets come in three layout options to support a variety of student needs: blank templates, 12mm-lined versions, and 9mm-lined versions. All options are available in both PDF and fully editable formats, providing flexibility for teachers to customise them for class novels, reading groups or differentiated tasks. Whether printed for individual or pair work, or enlarged for whole-class modelling, this resource makes comprehension instruction practical and meaningful.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Use external text features to make predictions before reading
• ✅ Practise making thoughtful predictions during reading
• ✅ Reflect on and evaluate predictions after reading
• ✅ Develop deeper comprehension through inferential thinking

What’s Included:

• Prediction worksheet templates in three formats:
• Blank
• 12mm lines
• 9mm lines
• Editable versions for full customisation
• PDF versions for print-and-go use

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheet templates (PDF or editable)
• Pencils or pens
• Reading material of your choice (any genre or text type)

How to Use:

• Choose a text appropriate to your students’ reading level and learning goals.
• Before reading, prompt students to make predictions using visual and textual clues.
• Ask students to pause during reading to adjust or reaffirm their predictions.
• After reading, students revisit their predictions and reflect on accuracy and missed evidence.
• Use editable templates to tailor questions or prompts to specific texts.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use with guided reading groups to practise prediction in real-time
• 💡 Set up as a literacy centre with a range of texts for student choice
• 💡 Enlarge to A3 for shared class modelling during whole-group comprehension lessons
• 💡 Assign editable versions for differentiated comprehension homework

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Encourage students to highlight or underline clues they used to make their predictions
• 💛 Use sticky notes during reading for real-time prediction checkpoints
• 💛 Incorporate class discussions to explore different interpretations of the same text

Predicting: General Comprehension Worksheets is a versatile and essential addition to any comprehension program. With editable and print-ready formats, it supports students in becoming reflective, confident readers across all text types.

This resource is part of our comprehensive Comprehension Strategies Workbook PACKAGE.