Making Predictions

We read the book Big Bad Bruce today by Bill Peet. We only read the first 6 pages and then closed the book. Then we started listing what we knew about Bruce, the bear, so far. We then used what we knew about the character to make predictions about what may happen in the story. Here is what we came up with: After making our t-chart, we finished the rest of the book. None of our predictions happened, but we still thought they were strong predictions because they were based on what we knew so far.

Our imagination can take us anywhere, and usually this is a good thing. However, when you are trying to predict what will happen in a story it is good to go with what you know so far and not let your imagination run wild! This way, your prediction will be closer to what actually happens. There was no way we could have predicted what happened in Big Bad Bruce! Let your parents know about Bill Peet's story and talk about the theme we discussed as well. :)