![]() ![]() You’ll read about the beautiful Yarra River and the plants and wildlife that live near it. Use this story to discuss learning a new language, geography, context clue, language, inference, and culture! The story is written in both English and the Woiwurrung language, which children won’t immediately understand without support. PRINTABLE LIST Mentor Texts for Inferenceīirrarung Wilam: A Story from Aboriginal Australia by Aunty Joy Murphy and Andrew Kelly, illustrated by Lisa Kennedy Please note: INFERRING is the correct gerund of infer. Use these picture books in your reading and writing classroom to model making inferences and deductive reasoning and then, to practice inferring. ![]() ![]() Kids can make inferences about the character’s motivations or feelings, too.Įven a prediction is a kind of inference because you’re using what clues the author tells you to decide what might happen next.Īlso, a quick grammar note: the correct -ing ending (present participle or gerund) of inference is inferring, NOT inferencing. Inference is when you use your background knowledge and clues from the text and illustrations to make an assumption or conclusion that is not explicitly stated in the text.Ĭhildren can make inferences about vocabulary words using the context of the sentence, also called context clues. If you’re looking for mentor text picture books to use in the classroom with students, here is a list of wonderful choices to teach and model context clues and inference. ![]()
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