Encourage close reading and critical thinking with a activity that asks readers to select an event from a story, predict what they believe will happen, and list clues from the story that support this prediction. After completing the story, kids record what really happened.

Concepts

reading comprehension strategies, making inferences

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have readers share their graphic organizers in groups
• The graphic may be used with any text

Classroom Considerations

• The final resource in a series of 22 inference worksheets
• Preview the series and select those resources that are most appropriate for your learning situation

Pros

• The worksheet models good reading habits

Cons

• No model is included

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1