ELA-Draw-Inf-LNF

Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences - Analyze to Make Inferences - Print - Literary Nonfiction Resources

 * K-2**
 * **//Abraham Lincoln,//** Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, 1993, ISBN 0-440-40690-0. This biography relates the life of President Lincoln, from his birth in a Kentucky cabin to the end of the Civil War which restored the Union during his Presidency. Have students infer about the personality of President Lincoln.


 * **//Bees to Trees: Reading, Writing, and Reciting Poems About Nature,//** 2008, ISBN-1-60453-001-4. Provides an introduction to poetry, featuring poems people have written about nature and tips on how to read and analyze poems. Students infer each poet's message.


 * **//The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: a Retelling of Aesop's Fable//**, Eric Blair, 2004, ISBN 1-40480318-1. In this fable, the town mouse and the city mouse visit each other and discover that they prefer different ways of life. Students can make inferences about each mouse's way of life.


 * //**Rabbit and Turtle Go to School**//, Lucy Floyd, 2000, ISBN-0-15-202679-7. This fable about rabbit and turtle reenacts their famous race while on their way to school. Students can infer about what is happening during their race to school.


 * **//Teammates//**, Peter Golenbock, 1990, ISBN 0-15-200603-6. This biography describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese. Have students list what the author wants them to learn and what the author believes.


 * 3-5**
 * **//Abraham Lincoln//**, Jeremy Roberts, 2004, ISBN 0-8225-0817-6. This biography profiles the self-educated man who arose from poverty to become the sixteenth president of the United States, focusing on how his virtues enabled him to overcome many personal and political difficulties. Have students infer about the personality of President Lincoln.


 * **//Bees to Trees: Reading, Writing, and Reciting Poems About Nature//,** 2008, ISBN-1-60453-001-4. Provides an introduction to poetry, featuring poems people have written about nature and tips on how to read and analyze poems. Students infer each poet's message.


 * //**Fables from Aesop**//, Tom Lynch, 2002, ISBN 0-14-230194-9. A collection of familiar short moral tales. Students can infer each fable's message.


 * **//Teammates//**, Peter Golenbock, 1990, ISBN 0-15-200603-6. This biography describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese. Have students list what the author wants them to learn and what the author believes.


 * //**Those Extraordinary Women of World War I**//, Karen Zeinert, 2001, ISBN 0-7613-1913-1. This biography collection discusses the role of American women and those of other countries in contributing to the war effort from 1914-1918. Students can infer about the personality or feelings of these women during World War I.