Inference
| Use simple details to make simple inferences |
Main Idea
| Determine the main idea of a simple factual section |
Cause-effect
| Identify or determine simple cause and effect relationships |
New Vocabulary: missing word, story, paragraph, sentence
Inference
| Infer the qualities or purposes of a list |
Main Idea
| Determine the main idea of a simple story |
Cause-effect
| Identify, determine, or infer simple cause and effect relationships in simple situations |
Prediction
| Predict future events based on the simple details of a story |
Drawing Conclusion
| Draw conclusions based on information in a story about events taking place |
New Vocabulary: questions, main idea, riddle, list, passage
Inference
| Make inferences by noting specific details in multi-paragraph selection |
| Infer the qualities or purposes of a list |
| Make inferences using details in an advertisement |
| Infer characteristics and qualities of main characters |
| Infer answers to riddles by noting details |
Main Idea
| Look at details to determine and refine the main idea of 30-50 word paragraph |
| Identify the topic sentence in a simple paragraph |
| Create a topic sentence for a simple paragraph |
| Determine the main idea by selecting the best title for a story or passage |
| Refine and explain the main idea of a selection |
Prediction
| Predict future events based on a multi-paragraph passage |
Drawing Conclusion
| Draw conclusions based on information in a story as to what will probably happen next |
New Vocabulary: title, caused, facts, effect, opinion, ad, describes, author
Main Idea
| Identify the main idea of a poem |
| Identify topic sentence |
| Infer best title for a story or passage |
| Make inferences about main idea of a personal note |
| Determine main idea in different genre |
| Determine main idea from a variety of nonfiction |
Cause-effect
| Determine cause and effect in a 100-150 word passage |
Prediction
| Predict what will happen next in a multi-paragraph passage |
| Infer conclusion from prior information |
Summarize
| Summarize a short passage of 100-150 words |
Application Transfer
| Generalize from specific information within the passage |
Drawing Conclusion
| Draw conclusion based on interpretation of information read |
New Vocabulary: predict, outcome, statement, poem, article, conclude, summary, problem
Main Idea
| Infer main idea from textbook page |
| Infer main idea of article from newspaper or magazine |
| Infer main idea from a variety of genre |
Compare-contrast
| Compare and contrast animate and inanimate |
Cause-effect
| Determine cause and effect of a variety of events |
Summarize
| Summarize a longer passage by outlining |
Application Transfer
| Generalize a statement from specific information within the passage |
Drawing Conclusion
| Draw a conclusion based on interpretation of information read |
New Vocabulary: summarize, conclusion, cause and effect, central idea, compare, selection, introduction
Inference
| Make inferences from announcements |
| Make inferences about directions on labels |
| Make inferences about a character type within a variety of literature |
| Make inferences from information found on book flap |
| Make inferences from textbook technical reading |
Main Idea
| Identify main idea in magazine articles or stories from other sources |
Prediction
| Predict future events based on prior conclusions drawn |
Drawing Conclusion
| Form a conclusion based on interpretation of information from a variety of sources |
New Vocabulary: infer, solution, prediction, announcement, biography, explanation, chapter, legend, topics, characteristics, main characters, assume, library, speaker
Inference
| Make inferences from catalog selections |
| Make inferences from handbooks |
| Make inferences from a science fiction passage |
Main Idea
| Identify why author chose title |
| Identify main idea in newspaper and other articles |
Prediction
| Identify conclusion to story |
| Create prediction for recipe |
| Predict outcome from advertisement |
Summarize
| Restate lengthy passage through summarizing |
Application Transfer
| List specific information in systematic order and give a general summary |
Drawing Conclusion
| Draw a conclusion from the passage by inferring the interpretation of the information read |
New Vocabulary: implied, inferred, premise, impression, contrast
Items include same skills and content as above with more difficult vocabulary and extended thinking.