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Making Inferences (1)

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Provide readers with an opportunity to practice drawing inferences by giving them this worksheet. Kids identify the text and author, record a sentence they believe infers rather than directly says, and then write the deeper meaning the words imply.

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Concepts

making inferences, reading comprehension strategies

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Select a passage from a text you have read or are reading in class to model how to use the worksheet

Classroom Considerations

  • The first in a series of 22 resources focusing on making inferences
  • The worksheet assumes kids have already studied how authors use syntax and diction to show rather than tell

Pros

  • The activity encourages readers to read closely, using context clues to draw inferences

Cons

  • No models are included

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