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Practice making inferences about fiction with a language arts slide show presentation. After kids read a few tips about ways to predict the next event in a story, they read several passages and try to find out what will happen next based on clues in the text.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
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Instructional Ideas
- Use in a unit about making inferences
- Have kids work together to discuss each passage and come up with their predictions before sharing with the group
- Prompt your class to note the evidence from each passage that helps them form their inference
Classroom Considerations
- Presentation includes suggested answers after each passage; have your kids share their inferences before sharing the suggested answers, or eliminate those slides completely
Pros
- Helpful for science, social studies, and journalism, as well as language arts
- Straightforward and easy to follow
Cons
- None