Storm Prediction Answer Key

About This Worksheet

This Grade 1 reading worksheet helps children predict what will happen next by using clues from a short story. Students read about strong wind, spinning leaves, a dark gray sky, distant thunder, and Mia holding her hat tightly. They then draw what they think will happen next and write one sentence explaining their prediction.

Learning Goals

The main goal is to help children make a prediction that is based on evidence. Students practice noticing weather clues and connecting them with what they already know about storms. This strengthens inference, prediction, cause-and-effect thinking, and reading comprehension.

Student Tasks

Children read the short storm passage and think about the clues. They draw a picture showing what they think will happen next. Then they complete the sentence, “I think this will happen next: ______,” and write the clues that helped them make the prediction.

Common Challenges

Some children may draw something unrelated to the story because they treat the prediction like free imagination. Others may make a reasonable prediction but forget to explain the evidence. A parent or teacher can ask, “What in the story makes you think that will happen?”

Teaching Suggestions

Teachers can review the difference between a prediction and a random guess. Parents and homeschool educators can point out the wind, dark sky, and thunder and ask what those clues usually mean. It may help to say the prediction aloud before drawing or writing it. Encourage children to keep their answer connected to the weather clues.

Worksheet Features

The worksheet includes one short Grade 1 passage, a large drawing box, and two writing prompts for the prediction and supporting clues. The visual response gives children another way to show understanding before writing. This printable works well for prediction lessons, weather-themed reading, literacy centers, or guided comprehension practice.