Reading Blog

Making Inferences

Reflection:

I have been learning to make an Inference.
I got a lot better at looking for clues and using my own knowledge.
Now I plan to use these strategies whenever I read to help me understand the text better.

Justify inferences

IALT make and justify inferences

Success Criteria -  I can find clues and connect it to my prior knowledge to make an inference.

Read the excerpts and highlight the clues. Then write your inference in the box below.

Think about . . .

• Who the character might be (old, young, sporty, brainy etc)
• What kind of person the character is (kind, thoughtful, nasty, selfish etc.)
• How the character is feeling at that moment and why.
• Where and when this action is taking place.

Alex heart began to race. He could feel it pounding in his chest. His mouth was dry and his breathing shallow. How was he even going to be able to speak he wondered. All Alex could see was a blur of faces. His mother would be sitting there, back upright as still as a statue, waiting. No doubt she would have pushed her way to a seat somewhere in the front row.

‘And now we have Alex Sharp,’ announced his teacher.

My inference:

I can infer that alex is young,brainy and nervous. I think the reason he is nervous is  because he might be doing a speech. I think this because when I was inferring it said his mother would be sitting back upright as still as a statue waiting. and it said he could feel it pounding in his chest. His mouth was dry and was breathing shallow.

Summarising Texts

Reflection

We have been learning to summarise by finding the main ideas.

The diagram above shows how we identified the main ideas.

Something I enjoyed was labelling the picture by showing clues for the  main ideas.

Next I would like to summarise more information.

Antonyms and Synonyms

I was learning to recognise a range of language features. I can identify different language features and I understand the meaning of different language features. It was tricky to find antonyms and synonyms because we were unsure of the meanings of some of the words.

The Builders Pet

e I was learning to make and justify inferences. I can identify and describe what the author wanted me to feel, think about or see in the text. It was easy because I read the story book carefully.

Making Inferences

I was learning to make inferences. I can identify and describe what the author wanted me to feel think about or see in the text. It was tricky because it was not always easy to find the clues in the text.

Making Connections

I was learning to make connections. I can use personal experiences to connect ideas in the text (text to self). It was easy to make connections because it reminded me of my koro.

Summarising

Its easy to summarise information because i have learnt how to do it before. I can summarise information in my own words. I was learning to summarise information.

Inferencing Skills

I find that I can use my inferencing to think about what the characters are thinking.

Summarising Key Information

Learning To Make Connections

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