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Week 3

Model how to make inferences about text.

Follow 5 steps to make an inference.

8½x11 Silhouette | Color | Black & White
Chart Sense | Grades K-2 | Grades 3-8

Tie every comprehension lesson to the Inference Silhouette.

Zoom in to collect multiple text clues.

Grades K-1
Mini-Lesson Resources

Grades 2-3
Mini-Lesson Resources

Grades 4-6
Mini-Lesson Resources

Grades 7-12
Mini-Lesson Resources

See patterns and connections among the text details.

Grades K-1
Mini-Lesson Resources

Grades 2-3
Mini-Lesson Resources | Epic

Grades 4-6
Mini-Lesson Resources

Grades 7-12
Mini-Lesson Resources

Require readers to show their thinking.

Provide a way for students to record their thinking when answering text-based questions during whole-class read alouds.

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

Google Slide
with text boxes | with colored boxes

FigJam with sticky notes

Use the XL Silhouette poster to capture thinking.

Print, laminate, and add magnets to use on whiteboard.

Even with multiple-choice questions, expect students to show their thinking.

Apply the 5-step process regardless of text type.

PRINT TEXT

Template | Example

AUDIO TEXT

Template | Example

VIDEO TEXT

Video | Template | Example

VISUAL TEXT

Template | Example

World Series Photo
FigJam from Student Group 1

World Series Photo
FigJam from Student Group 2

Fourth grade teacher Holly Sluyter supported her Leo Elementary (Indiana) students in a whole-class You-do task.

Steps 2-5: Record your thinking.

Step 1: View the text.

Student Example

Make inferences from everyday artifacts.

Make inferences from photographs.