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Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences - Analyze to Make Inferences - Print - Fiction Resources

 * K-2**
 * **//Bad Boys Get Cookie!,//** 2006, Will the two investigators return the missing cookie to the baker, who hires their services? They both grin and lick their lips. Find out what or who is for dinner! ISBN-13: 978-0-06-074437-3. Model inferencing using think alouds. Ask students to raise their hands to share inferences they made while you read aloud. [|Inference Record Form.]


 * **//In My Heart//,** Molly Bang, 2006, Illustrations answer mother's question: "Guess who's always in that great big heart of yours?" Shows prominent pictures sized according to the child's sense of importance. ISBN-13**:** 978-0-316-79617-0. Great as a read aloud to pause after each clue and infer.


 * //**Pirate Bob**//, Kathryn Lasky, 2006. Pirate Bob's dissatisfaction with the loot is tied to his competitiveness. Bob thinks he will be happier with just one raid, he thinks??? ISBN-978-1-57091-595-6. Students can infer the character's personality or feelings of dissatisfaction.


 * //**Ten-Gallon Bart**//, Susan Stevens Crummel, 2006, Sheriff Bart warns his pig deputies that he will "be fixen' bacon for breakfast" if they don't come out of hiding. After Sheriff Bart comes round, he can't believe his eyes. Townspeople have come to his defense and are beating up Billy the Kid. ISBN-978-0-7614-5246-1. Before reading the ending, have students infer what they think will occur based on evidence in the story.


 * **//Where the Wild Things Are//**, 1991, Open the book a page at a time and close. Have students infer after each page. Max had an adventure, but was it real or a dream? ISBN-13:978-0-06-025493-3


 * //3-5//**
 * **//Across the Alley//**, Richard Michelson, 2006, Black and Jew child become friends despite disapproval. The violinist is more interested in playing baseball and the baseball player is more interested in music. Through window conversations, they share interests. ISBN-13: 978-0-399-23970-0. Infer character's feeling about not wanting to play baseball and about wanting to play the violin.


 * **//The Babe and I//**, 1999, Father sadly knows son saw him peddling apples during the Great Depression. Babe Ruth buys a paper from the boy and give him the change that is used to buy tickets to the game. Man sitting next to boy at game just smiles when boy states that Babe Ruth bought his ticket. ISBN-13: 978-0-15-205026-9. Have students infer about Babe Ruth's actions in the story.


 * **//Night Boat to Freedom//**, Margot Theis Raven, 2006, With the opportunity to finally escape slavery, Christmas John has to decide if he will leave his Granny. ISBN-13: 978-0-374-31266-4. Have students infer what the author does not tell us.


 * **//One Green Apple//**, Eve Bunting, 2006, Child realizes as an immigrant she faces hostility and suspicion because of having lived in a Muslim country. ISBN-13: 978-0-618-43477-0. Students can infer the child's feeling as an immigrant.


 * **//Raising Yoder's Barn//**, Jane Yolen, 1998, Narrator delivers messages from architect to the workers. Barn comes first, then when a farm is successful, the house follows.ISBN-13: 978-0-316-96887-4. Have students infer about the order of events in this story.