Inferring

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In Chapter 8 of __Reading With Meaning__ by Debbie Miller, we learn that when students make an **inference,** they are using their schema and textual evidence to draw conclusions and begin to draw unique interpretations of text. Debbie Miller tells us that students **infer** BEFORE they **predict**. She also teaches us that:


 * Readers make meaning of words by using their schema, using textual and picture clues, rereading, and sharing learning with others. **pg. 107**
 * Predictions have thinking behind them (inferences). **pg. 111**
 * Readers make their own unique interpretations of text by using their schema and textual clues. **pg. 111**
 * Readers infer answers to their questions when the answer is not explicitly stated. **pg. 114**
 * **Evidence of Understanding and Independence. pg. 117**
 * Text for Inferring**

__Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky__ by Georgia Heard __Fireflies__ by Julie Brinkloe __Fly Away Home__ by Eve Bunting __For the Good of the Earth and Sun__ by Georgia Heard __Grandfather Twilight__ by Barbara Berger __How Many Days to America?__ by Eve Bunting __If You Listen__ by Charlotte Zolotow __Miss Maggie__ by Cynthia Rylant __Mother Earth, Father Sky__ selected by Jane Yolen __Oliver Button Is A Sissy__ by Tomie dePaola __The Royal Bee__ by Frances Park and Ginger Park __Something Beautiful__ by Sharon Dennis Wyeth __Where Are You Going, Manyoni?__ by Catherine Fox __Winter Fox__ by Catherine Stock

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