![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Predictions are mostly just guesses, where inferring uses specific information from the text and pictures to discover what the author says implicitly. Make sure to talk about the difference between inferring and making predictions. This way I can make sure to provide a variety of inferring sentence stems as well. Tip: I like to go over the mentor text beforehand and write sticky notes in it so that when I read it, I already have some things to say. Then I read tons of mentor texts and we infer together as we read them. I first create an anchor chart about making inferences that includes sentence stems, so students know what inferring can sound like. My favorite way to teach inferring is to teach how to make inferences with mentor texts. It wasn’t until I was a teacher that I fully understood what it was and how important it is to “read between the lines.” Inferring is one of my favorite things to teach. ![]()
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