Making Inferences Reading Passage, Task Cards and Hands-On Activities

Description

Teach students to make inferences. This resource includes a hands-on activity, guided passage, anchor chart, and graphic organizer for inferencing.

Making inferences is a challenging strategy! These printables help students make inferences with a hands-on activity, a guided passage with questions, and task cards. Teacher pages include how to guide the lesson to help students move from learning the new strategy to supported practice to independent practice. h Give kids plenty of practice with little prep!

Included in this product…

• Teacher Tips Page: the gradual release model
• Printable poster – Making Inferences
• Tips for using mentor texts
• Mentor text list – books for making inferences
• Concrete introduction activity directions: Where Are We Going? – students infer the destination based on picture clue cards
• Cards for the Where Are We Going?
• Sample Anchor Chart – see what the activity looks like when it’s done!
• Guided Practice: a a reading comprehension passage to use during read aloud or shared reading to introduce the skill with a think-aloud. You’ll know exactly what questions to ask because it includes guiding questions for using the strategy and an answer key too!
• Making Inferences Task Cards: 3 cards at each level, 3 different levels. This helps you give each student the practice they need at a level that works for them. You can also move students up in levels and use all three sets with your kids!
• Graphic organizer – perfect for a read aloud, shared reading, or independent practice with any text.
• Scaffolded independent reading response sheet – students record clues from their reading and use them to make inferences. Then they write a response using their evidence and inference!
• Strategy Bookmarks – Students can use this handy guide while they read! Keep inferencing front of mind!

Happy Teaching!