reading is awesome

I heard you __________  yesterday afternoon.

• sing
• to sing
• song

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

What is the main idea?

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.

• Floods cause mudslides.

• Floods damage houses and roads.

Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.

Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

• Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is

• Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way

• Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short

• They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Inferencing means:

• make a prediction

• write a summary

• take a guess

• choose what's most important

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

What do you need in order to make an inference? (select 2)

• author's name

• the article

• the picture

• your brain

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Little Johnny Wiggins fell down a well on the farm.  His family looked for him.  Finally, at sundown, Mr. Wiggins found Johnny.  He had been trapped in the well for three hours.
CAUSE: Johnny Wiggins fell down a well.
What was the EFFECT?

• He was trapped for three hours.
• His mother found him at sundown.
• He was visiting the farm.

Rosa and her friends spent two weeks in a cabin on the lake.  There was no electricity in the cabin.  The girls had to use a lantern for light.  Sometimes they made a fire in the fireplace.
CAUSE: The cabin had no electricity.
What was the EFFECT?

• The cabin was on the lake.
• The girls used a lantern for light.
• There was a fireplace near the cabin.

An inference is...

• Text evidence + what you know
• Retelling a text
• Making a guess without evidence
• Information written directly into the text.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

To make an inference you take what you know, and what the author tells you to….

• come up with something the author doesn't tell you.
• know the wrong answer.
• not think about the story at all.
• stop reading.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

"I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me...I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish I just could hide somewhere," whispered Violet.
What can you infer about Violet?

• She is energetic
• She is shy
• She is mean
• She hates people

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3