Whole Week Overview
Overview:
This week students will learn about making inferences through a variety of guided practice and independent activities based on photos and short passages. They will also learn how to structure and write responses to inference-based questions.
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1/4.1/5.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Resources:
- Teacher Guide
- Daily Powerpoints with Teacher Notes
- Printable Passages, Notes, Activities, Warm Ups, and Exit Tickets
- Short Standards-Focused Assessment
Day 1 - Introduction
Launch
Activate students’ prior knowledge of inferences.
Core Instruction
Using the guided notes and handouts, teacher will define inference and explain the components of a strong inference.
Guided Practice
Students will use the guided notes to generate inferences about pictures as a class. Exit tickets and checks for understanding are built into the PowerPoint as well.
Day 2 - Whole Class Practice
Launch
Students will make an inference based on a photo.
Core Instruction
Using the guided notes and handouts, teacher will explain the difference between showing a telling in writing. The teacher will explain why good writers let their readers infer a lot.
Guided Practice
Annotate the provided passage as a class and begin making inferences about a character.
Partner Practice
Students will work in pairs to read a new passage, annotate, and make inferences about characters. Exit tickets and checks for understanding are built into the PowerPoint as well.
Day 3 - Inference Statements
Launch
Students will make an inference based on a photo and support that inference with a key detail.
Core Instruction
Using the guided notes and handouts, teacher will explain the key components of an evidence-based inference statement.
Guided Practice
Students will annotate the provided passage as a class and draft a supported inference statement.
Independent Practice
Students will independently read a new passage, annotate, and craft a supported inference statement. Exit tickets and checks for understanding are built into the PowerPoint as well.
Day 4 - Group Practice
Launch
Students will make an inference based on multiple photo and support that inference with a key detail.
Guided Practice
Students will craft supported inference statements based on multiple pictures.
Independent Practice
Students will independently read a new passage, annotate, and craft a supported inference statement. Exit tickets and checks for understanding are built into the PowerPoint as well.
Day 5 - Assessment
The Assessment
Hand out the assessment for students and then go over the directions:
- Read the passage carefully.
- Answer the inference questions.
- Write an inference statement about the passage.
Students will also be asked to apply what they’ve learned to images.
