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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

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By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Make logical inferences based on textual evidence
• Identify explicit and implicit details in a text
• Draw conclusions supported by text evidence
• Use context clues to support understanding

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How can we use clues from the text and our own knowledge to understand what the author is trying to tell us?

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Display an image with hints of action/emotion. Have students share what they can infer from the image and what evidence supports their thinking.

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Teacher models the think-aloud process using the 'It Says, I Say, And So' strategy with a short passage.

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#8 How to Make Inferences While You Read (Reading Comprehension)

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Using Padlet's collaboration features, students work in pairs to post their inferences and supporting evidence from a shared reading passage. Other pairs can comment and discuss.

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Students read a selected passage independently and complete an inference graphic organizer identifying evidence and conclusions.

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Making Inferences Graphic Organizer I use this graphic organizer with my students to teach inferences. I try to make it as fun as possible, so we become "detectives" when we do this assignment. We reach out and "grab" our detective hats, put them on our heads, and use an imaginary magnifying glass...

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Advanced readers can create their own short stories with implicit messages for classmates to analyze and find inferences.

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Struggling readers work with simpler texts and use sentence starters: 'I know ___ because the text says ___. This makes me think ___.'

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Monitor student understanding through:
• Think-Pair-Share discussions
• Exit ticket responses
• Graphic organizer completion
• Participation in Padlet discussions

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Students maintain a journal where they record their inferences and supporting evidence from different texts throughout the week.

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Students will read a new passage and answer questions that require them to make inferences and support their conclusions with text evidence.

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Conclusions and inferences worksheets. We continually make inferences and draw conclusions as we read a text, based on what we have read and our knowledge of the world around us. These reading worksheets ask students to think about and interpret what they are reading.

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Class discussion: What strategies helped you make good inferences today? What was challenging about making inferences?

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Students complete a 3-2-1 reflection:
• 3 things they learned
• 2 inference strategies they used
• 1 question they still have

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Read a self-selected text for 20 minutes and record 2 inferences using the strategy learned in class.

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Complete two inference practice activities on ReadWorks or CommonLit (free online resources).

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Choose a comic strip and explain what inferences you can make about the characters' feelings or motivations based on the images and dialogue.