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Showing Results for identifying the main topic in non fiction texts

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

Making Inferences to Interpret Fiction

Not all reading comprehension questions are created equal: some are easily answered by reading the text, while others require looking beyond the text to make inferences. This worksheet teaches students how to ask both kinds of questions as they read.

Asking Deeper Questions in Fiction Texts

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Inferences & Evidence

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Part 1: Making Connections with Texts

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.

Evaluate a Text: What Do You Think?

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz

After reading Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Fact vs. Fiction

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

The Crystal Heart

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Analyze the Characters

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

Make a Mental Picture

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

Making Connections with Texts Concept Web

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Making Inferences: Courageous Leaders Part 2

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

Visualize the Scene

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Tracking Character Traits

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Reading Between the Lines

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

Inference Task Cards

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Reading Comprehension: Peter Pan

Help your beginning reader boost her reading comprehension by figuring out what happened next in three different story lines.

Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

The Crab that Played with the Sea

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Making Inferences Graphic Organizer

After reading the next few chapters of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s&nbsp;Esperanza Rising, engage students in discussion with this two-page guide!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #2

After reading the last sections of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #4

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #3

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

Determining a Character's Motivation

Use this graphic organizer to help guide your students through the process of drawing inferences.

It Says...I Say...And So

Guide students in learning about supporting their ideas with textual evidence.

Organize Your Inference

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

Making Inferences: Courageous Leaders Part 1

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Can You Make an Inference?

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

Making Inferences About Awesome Animals

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