Inferring

Last week we began a new reading unit: Inferring. "Reading between the lines" is one way to think abut inferring. It is filling in, in your head, what is  not written on the page. When readers to learn to infer while reading, they learn to look for clues in text, in pictures and in their own knowledge that will help them make sense of the text. This is a challenging reading strategy but I will be introducing it using simple texts and providing many opportunities for students to easily and successfully fill in parts of the story to practise their inferring skills.