Predicting Outcomes

• Definition: Predicting outcomes is the ability to predict what will happen next based on two things:

1. Clues given in the picture or story2. What you already know

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1. One way to predict outcomes is to look at a picture.

2. You can see what is happening, and then predict what is most likely to happen next.

3. You will look for “clues” in the picture that will help you predict what outcome will be.

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• Picture Example 1• What will most likely happen next?

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• If you predicted that this will be soon be a house, you predicted right.

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• Picture example 2.• What will most likely happen next?

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• The pitcher will throw the baseball hard and try to strike out the batter.

Is this what you said?

Predicting Outcomes• How did you do that?• How did you make that prediction?- You looked at what was happening in the

picture and based on what you saw happening, you were able to predict what was going to be the outcome, or what was most likely going to happen next.

- You may have experienced events similar to the pictures, and you have seen the outcome before.

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• How we use our past experiences to help us predict future outcomes can be seen in the following example:

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• Your neighbor has mowed his lawn every Saturday morning for as long as you can remember. Can you predict what your neighbor will be doing next Saturday?

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• You can predict your neighbor will be mowing his lawn. If he has been doing it for as long as you can remember, it is pretty likely he will be doing it this Saturday.

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• You also need to predict outcomes when you are reading.

• It can be as short as one sentence, or as long as a long story.

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• What have we learned?

1. Look for clues.2. Use past experiences.3. Add up the useful information

that is available to predict the most likely outcome.