Year 1 'A Superhero Like You': reading and writing worksheet

“Predicting From Covers” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 English unit “'A Superhero Like You': reading and writing”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 10 to 11 of the year, 8 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Predicting From Covers

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can make a clever guess about a story from the clues on a cover.

A Look back3 min

1.
The sun is out and Ali is smiling. Which feeling word fits best?
happyunderblue
2.
Number these words to make a sentence that starts with who did it.
1. ran
2. home.
3. Ali
3.
Morning comes first, then afternoon. Which time of day comes later?
nightpaintzebra

B Watch me, then you4 min

A cover shows a red cape, a stethoscope and a fire helmet. What might the story be about?

A red cape, a stethoscope and a fire helmet laid on a table

A toy aeroplane and a pilot's hat on a table

Watch me

I look at the cover and see a cape, a stethoscope and a helmet.

A cape is a superhero clue. A stethoscope and a helmet are clues about real helpers.

So I predict the story is about real helpers who are like superheroes.

Now you

1.
A cover shows a toy aeroplane and a pilot's hat. What do you predict?

C Your turn6 min

Look at each cover clue, then pick the best answer.

A book cover with a toy plane and clouds

A book cover with a fire helmet and a hose

1.
A cover shows a fire hose and a helmet. Which is the best prediction?
The book is about firefighters who help people.The book is about a cake shop.The book is about a snowman.
2.
A cover shows a toy plane and a pilot's hat. Which is the best prediction?
The book is about a pilot who helps people.The book is about a fish who swims.The book is about a pond with frogs.
3.
Mina wrote the words in the book. Mina is the ...
authorillustratortitle
4.
A made-up story about a girl who can fly is called ...
fictionfactprediction

Say it out loud: Which clue did you use each time? What changed when the clue changed?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A paintbrush and pencil beside an open notebook

Priya says: “The author is the person who draws the pictures.”

1.
Who is the person who draws the pictures?
illustratorauthortitle

E Think deeper4 min

Think about the job and the clues.

A fire engine parked outside a small house

1.
Does a real firefighter need a cape to help people? Tell your grown-up why.

How did it feel?

Did your guess feel clever? Tell your grown-up one clue you liked.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Predicting From Covers · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. happy your child may have picked a word that is not a feeling. Ask: which word tells how Ali feels?

2. 1 Ali · 2 ran · 3 home. If your child puts home. first, the sentence has no who. Ask: who ran? That word goes first.

3. night If your child picks a word that is not a time of day, read the cycle again from morning.

B

1. Look for: A guess that uses the plane or the hat as a clue, such as a pilot helping people.

C

1. The book is about firefighters who help people.

2. The book is about a pilot who helps people.

3. author

4. fiction

D

1. illustrator If your child picks author, the claim has been mixed up. Ask: who writes the words, and who draws the pictures?

E

1. Look for: An answer that says no, and gives a real firefighter tool or job as the reason.

Words to use

Say“What clue on the cover made you think that?”

Instead of“Just tell me the answer and do not ask why.”

After the sheet

Pick a book at home. Guess what it is about from the front cover, then read the first page together and check your guess.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

7 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Helpers in our community(with a plan)
Who is in the story?(with a plan)
Captions for helpers(with a plan)
Words that describe helpers(with a plan)
Sentences about helpers(with a plan)
All about me(with a plan)
My future job sentence(with a plan)

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