Using the Think About It Graphic OrganizerDirections For the Teacher

Model Inferring from Facts in Informational Text: Readanonfictionbookwithagroupofstudents.Usingchartpaper,writeafactfromthebookyouhavejustread. Forexample;Only birds have feathers. Discussquestionsaboutthisfact.Forexample;“If I see an animal with feathers is it a bird?”, or “Can any

animals without feathers fly?”, or “Does a bat have feathers and is it a bird?”

Practice Inferring Together as a Group: Usethesamestatement,oranother,fromthebookandnowaskstudentstotalktoeachotheraboutit. Askstudentstosharewhattheytalkedabout.Saysomethinglike,“Does anyone have some information that this

fact makes us think about?”Postthesequestions,orinferences,onthechartpaper. Explaintothestudentsthatwhenwemakeaguessaboutwhatmightberight,basedonfactsweread,weare

makinganinference.

Independent PracticeUse the Think About It graphicorganizertohavestudentsrecordtheirownthoughtsfromanonfictionbooktheyhaveread.Havethemworkindividually,orinpairs,tocompletethegraphicorganizer.Havethemwritethreefactstheyreadintheirbookandthenrecordwhatitmakesthemthinkabout(infer)andwhy.

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