Make inferences and draw conclusions from text. SPI 0501.5.6

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1. Artifact Bags: Teaching Students to Make Inferences - lesson plan designed for grades 3-4, could be adapted for grade 5
2. Author Study: Improving Reading Comprehension Using Inference and Comparison - students review several texts by one illustrator/author and practice making inferences about that author, which they check against the author's biography.
3. Classroom Reading Key Vocabulary Building Program - [126 pages] a reading vocabulary improvement program that has identified the specific reading words students need to master for each grade [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
4. Cows context clue - build corrals for cows by reading and answering questions
5. Drawing Conclusions - [designed for grade 3] Read the story and choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
6. Fifth Grade Reading - Read the introduction and the passage that follows. Then read each question and mark the circle next to the correct answer. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
7. Historical Fiction: Using Literature to Learn About the Civil War - teach the characteristics of historical fiction, inferencing, visualization, and Civil War history using an American Girls Collection book.
8. Inference Battleship - interactive game with questions
9. Inference Notes - This tool is specifically designed to help students analyze a fictional character by finding and interpreting quotes by or about a character.
10. Inference Riddle Game - guess using riddles - infer what is being described by the clues you read
11. Making Inferences - [designed for grade 4] online story and quiz
12. Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - descriptions of the various ways to aid you in reaching a conclusion
13. Making inferences lesson - [designed for grade 4] lesson followed by quiz
14. Practice Making Inferences - [designed for grade 4] quiz
15. Reading the Fine Print - In this lesson you will: read the fine print in different advertisements, analyze the fine print to see if the deal is worth it and, do the math to figure out the real cost of an “amazing” offer
16. Rules of Inference - Lesson discussing the rules of inference.
17. Stated Information - online story about elephants and quiz
18. Stated Information - online story about dolphins and quiz
19. Strategies for Better Reading - In this lesson you will: read between the lines by using the power of inference, predict what will happen next in a story and, identify the main ideas in what you read.
20. Teaching Students to Make Inferences - examples and specific ways to teach students to infer [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
21. Truth in Advertising - In this lesson you will: read and identify various types of advertisements, analyze advertisements for examples of persuasive writing, generalizing, exaggeration, and scare tactics, and write responses to ads that you’ve analyzed.
22. Using Context Clues - This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of using context clues. The 30 exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists at the site.
23. What is an Inference - [designed for grade 4] lesson

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