1. Day 1-10 Ms. Burns

2.  Big Understanding: Students will blend their thoughts, beliefs, and knowledge in order to figure something out that has not been explicitly stated in the text.

3.  KBAD understand the purpose of the Drawing Inferences unit.

4. The next few weeks we are going to be thinking about how good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to discuss the purpose of the Drawing Inferences unit.

5.  Students will understand that inferring is figuring something out.  Students will understand that predicting is a type of inferring.  Students will understand that inferring is answering the questions we have in our mind while we are reading.  Students will understand that they can infer to find the meaning of new words.  Students will understand that they can infer to identify the themes in text, draw conclusions, and determine what is important in a selection.  Students understand that when they read they ask themselves questions; thinking about whether their inferences are correct of incorrect.

6.  What does it mean to “draw an inference”?

7.  KBAD predict to make inferences.

8. The next few weeks we are going to be thinking about how good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to predict to make inferences.

9.  What clues is the author giving me to help me figure out what might happen next?  Is the author giving me clues as to how the story might end?

10.  When was a time that you made a prediction about how a story might end?

11.  KBAD ask questions.

12. Over the next few weeks we are going to be thinking about the ways that good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to ask questions about the clues that authors give a reader.

13.  What is happening?  Where is the story taking place?  Who is the main character?  What is the problem?  What do I think is going to happen next?

14.  What is a question that you can ask about your independent reading book?

15.  KBAD infer the meaning of new words.

16. This week we started thinking about the ways that good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to infer the meaning of new words using context clue skills.

17.  Read around the word.  Plug in a synonym to see if it makes sense in the sentence.  Does my definition make sense for the story?

18.  What can you do when you come across a word you don’t know?

19.  KBAD infer themes.

20. This week we started thinking about the ways that good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to infer the theme of our independent reading books.

21. Birth Death Heroism Escape Love Journey Coming of age Patriotism Peace and war Hope Hopelessness Generation gap Home Betrayal Lust for power Isolation Judgment Fortune Family Sense of self Spirituality Good and evil Duty Survival Conformity Individualism Deception Race relations Suffering Alienation Loss Discovery

22.  How would you describe the theme of the book you are reading?

23.  KBAD think about what the author is saying.

24. This week we started thinking about the ways that good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to think about what the author is saying and identify the author’s purpose.

25.  Why did the author write this text? ◦ Explain ◦ Entertain ◦ Persuade

26.  What is the purpose of an article titled “How-To Build a Paper Airplane”?

27.  KBAD think about what the author is saying.

28. This week we started thinking about the ways that good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to think about what the author is saying.

29. Spark sat in the window. She was staring at a small bird outside. The bird kept chirping and hopping around in the bushes. This hopping and chirping made the tip of Spark’s tail twist and turn. The rest of her kept still. If the window had not been in the way, Spark would have jumped right out with the bird.

30. The paragraph tells about Spark. But one thing the paragraph does not tell you is the kind of animal that Spark is.  How can you figure that out?  What are the hints?

32.  What does it mean to read between the lines?

33.  KBAD think about what the author is saying.

34. This week we started thinking about the ways that good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to think about what the author is saying.

35. One summer day Jose and Anne were paddling their canoe. They planned to spend the day fishing and looking for wildlife. They had heard that sometimes dolphins swam up the creek. Suddenly there was a big splash in the water in front of their canoe. Then they knew that what they had heard was true.

36.  What do we think happened?  What clues did the author give?

37.  How can you use clues that the author gives a reader?

38.  KBAD reflect mid-unit.

39. The past few weeks we have been thinking about how good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to reflect on our work in the Drawing Inferences unit.

40.  Students will understand that inferring is figuring something out.  Students will understand that predicting is a type of inferring.  Students will understand that inferring is answering the questions we have in our mind while we are reading.  Students will understand that they can infer to find the meaning of new words.  Students will understand that they can infer to identify the themes in text, draw conclusions, and determine what is important in a selection.  Students understand that when they read they ask themselves questions; thinking about whether their inferences are correct of incorrect.

41.  How have you drawn an inference in the past few weeks?

42.  KBAD predict based on an inference.

43. The past few weeks we have been thinking about how good readers draw inferences when they read. Today we are going to think about how good readers predict by figuring out something about the text which is later confirmed or found not to be true.

44.  When we read we pay attention to clues that the author give the reader.  How have these clues helped us figure out what might happen at the end of a story?

45.  Have you made a prediction that has come true?