## North Carolina Early Learning and Development Progressions: Birth to Five

#### Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Language Development and Communication (LDC)

#### Subdomain: Foundations for Reading

#### Goal: Children comprehend and use information presented in books and other print media.

#### Skill Progression: Comprehend and use information presented in books and other print media

#### Age: 42-48 Months

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### Predicts what will happen next in an unknown story

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the child during and after a story is read.

Elicitation Strategy

Ask, “What do you think is going to happen next?”

Behavior Observed

The child remembers and relates the sequence of events in a story, and uses logic to predict what she thinks will happen next.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

After reading a story, the adult can ask the child to review what happened in the story. When reading a new story, the adult can stop after several pages and ask, “What do you think will happen next?” The child should be able to connect actions to predict consequences.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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