Reading Comprehension Strategy Group Members: Lindsy Hall, Ashley Moore, Ebone’ Lawson, and Vicki Naman “ Making Inferences” page(s)

2 Approaches enhance ability to make inferences Building background Teaching specific strategies for making inferences Schema-Based & Text-based are the 2 kinds of inferences

All about Inferences Authors show & dramatize rather than tell Fill in the missing parts Activate prior knowledge Ask questions that require inferences Students’ responses act as a catalyst Compare real-life experiences with events in the story

7-Step Process 1- Explain the skill 2-modling the process 3-Sharing the task 4-Reversing the process 5-Integrating the process 6-Application 7-assessment Lastly, review the strategy by asking questions found on page 380