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3rd Grade Reading Response: Build an Inference
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Today I am practising: combining text clues with background knowledge to make an inference
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Read a short passage with an unstated idea.
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Write one text clue.
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Write a second text clue.
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Add one thing you already know that connects to the clues.
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Finish: I infer that ___.
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Tell an adult which clue best supports your inference.
- Choose a passage with enough evidence for one reasonable inference.
- Label guesses that lack a text clue as predictions, not supported inferences.
- Invite revision when the child notices a stronger clue.