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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint – Inferring

In English Language Arts and Reading Reading Comprehension Skills Metacognitive Skills

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13 pages (PowerPoint)|Suitable for Grades: 4 - 6

A 13 slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of inferring.

Use this teaching presentation to explicitly introduce your students to the reading comprehension strategy of inferring.

This PowerPoint includes the following content:

a definition of the strategy
an explanation of how and when to use the strategy
examples of metacognitive questions to ask when applying the strategy
a guided, whole-class activity (based on a literary text)
an activity for the students to complete independently.

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This reading unit is designed to explicitly teach the reading comprehension strategies of activating prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, monitoring, predicting, inferring, visualizing, and summarizing to elementary students, with a focus on literary texts.

8 lessons 2 - 6

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details

Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

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