The story of Petey and Ralphie provides readers with the perfect opportunity to practice using clues in a text to draw inferences. The questions that follow the story direct readers' attention to details that imply rather than directly state what's going on.

Concepts

making inferences, making predictions

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids illustrate the story, using information in the tale to inform their illustrations

Classroom Considerations

• The sixth in a series of 22 worksheets focusing on drawing inferences from text

Pros

• The exercise ends with a prediction exercise

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.2.1 RL.3.1 RL.4.1 RL.5.1