Mentor Text Monday: Making Inferences

My firsties vocabulary this year has been out of this world!

I just love hearing use the same statements on their own that I do when I read a book aloud...

"This reminds me of..."

"I infer..."

"I wonder..."

Such great thinking going on in their little brains. 

This week we read a book called Never Take a Shark to the Dentist.

This books calls for a perfect lesson on making inferences. 

I talked them through the first few pages.

Then I started calling on students to make inferences.

On the last few pages, I let the voices inside their brains do the talking.
Here are some of the responses I got:

This book we a great review on inferring for us but it would also be a fabulous one to use for introducing the comprehension strategy!