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Grades K-12 | ML All Levels | HANDOUT

Improve thinking to impact written responses

Use both voices to make an inference

Introduce Reading Voice and Thinking Voice.

Purchase Comprehension Voice Signs.

Follow 5 steps to make an inference.

Handwritten Anchor Chart Sample

8½x11 Silhouette | Color | Black & White

Require readers to show their thinking

Tie every comprehension lesson to the Inference Silhouette.

Use the XL Silhouette poster to capture thinking.

Print onto card stock and laminate to create individual “whiteboards.”

Google Slide
with text boxes

FigJam with sticky notes

Record the thinking for
3 comprehension questions.

Apply the 5-step inference process.

4 Text Types. VISUAL make inferences

Template | Example

World Series Photo
FigJam from Student Group 1

World Series Photo
FigJam from Student Group 2

Print Text

4 Text Types. PRINT make inferences

Template | Example

Video Text

Video | Template | Example

Passage with template

Passage with inference