Reading Strategies

There is a child sleeping upstairs quietly, when all of a sudden there is a loud "THUMP!"  We can infer that:

• The child continued to sleep calmly
• The child fell out of bed
• The child was eating a bag of chips
• The child was reading a book

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

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.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

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.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Create mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text. 

• Connect
• Visualize
• Clarify
• Evaluate

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CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4A

When you determine what you think will happen next in the text you __________. 

• Visualize
• Predict
• Connect
• Clarify

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CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

Think about what you already know about the text. Find ways to relate the text to yourself, other texts, and the world around you. 

• Predict
• Visualize
• Clarify
• Connect

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CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.3.4C

Noting wonderings while reading.

• Analyzing Author's Craft

• Making Predictions

• Making Inferences

• Asking Questions

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

A sentence starter for making connections is

• This reminds me of

• I predict

• My opinion about this is

• I like how the author

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CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What is happening?

• Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.
• Tim is taking a trip to visit people he doesn't know.
• Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.
• Tim is moving to California with his family.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The three types of connections are

• text to self, text to food, text to world

• text to world, text to self, text to media

• text to self, text to text, text to world

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CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D