Code Crack Prediction Mission

This worksheet engages students in Grades 4 and 5 with an interactive, video-game-themed reading experience designed to strengthen prediction skills and evidence-based reasoning. Through a narrative divided into two checkpoints, students analyze story clues, infer what may happen next, and justify their predictions using details from the text, building close reading, comprehension, and logical thinking skills.

Learning Goals

• Making Predictions (Grades 4-5) – Students anticipate future events in a narrative by analyzing text clues and story developments.
• Cause-and-Effect Understanding – Learners connect actions and hints in the story to likely outcomes.
• Evidence-Based Reasoning – Students explain why their predictions make sense using specific details from the text.
• Reading Engagement & Stamina – The game-style storyline motivates sustained attention and careful reading.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support upper-elementary reading comprehension standards.
• High-Interest Narrative Format – Video-game themes increase engagement, especially for reluctant readers.
• Structured Prediction Checkpoints – Clear stopping points guide students through the prediction process.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Ideal for guided reading, independent practice, literacy centers, or assessment.

This Code Crack Prediction Mission worksheet helps students strengthen essential comprehension strategies by actively predicting and justifying outcomes during an unfolding story. By analyzing clues, connecting cause and effect, and explaining reasoning, learners build confidence in close reading and written expression. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource offers meaningful, low-prep practice that makes prediction skills engaging and accessible.

This worksheet is part of our Making Predictions Worksheets collection.