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 * Mini Lessons for Inferences and Predictions

Semester 1 (Fall) ** //**Semester 2 (Winter)**//
 * __Cause and Effect Timeline__
 * // Narrative and expository texts. Has students determine the sequence of events in a story and establish or infer the causes of the events. //
 * //__Character Report Card__//
 * //Uses evaluation thinking skills and must students must find evidence for their choices.//
 * __Dialogue Comic Strip__
 * //Helps summarize and infer conversations that are important to the text.//
 * __Image Inferences and Predictions__
 * Teach students to infer and predict with images. Helps students brains to use evidence in order to make logical inferences.
 * __Inference Advertisements__
 * Uses a series of magazine articles to show how authors expect readers to make inferences in order to influence us. Grabs Students Attention!
 * __Prediction Basketball__
 * // Kinesthetic and cooperative activity that make predictions more fun! //
 * Semester 3 (Spring)**

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 * __Prediction Chart__
 * Helps to teach students to use good evidence for making predictions. Breaks down the process and shows students how to predict naturally when reading.
 * __Prediction Path__
 * Helps focus on initial text clues in order to predict a working main idea.
 * Sticky Symbols and Drawings
 * Students create symbols and drawings on sticky notes that become visual reminders of texts.

Assessment Checklist for Inferences and Predictions
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