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Instructions: First, READ the selected text and question in the left (orange) boxes. Then
WRITE in the middle boxes (pink) what the orange box is directly telling you. (Summarize the
orange box!) Finally, WRITE in the right (gray) box what you can infer, or what you have
decoded from the text. Follow along the example given and complete the last two inferences with
a partner. Remember to restate your answers and answer each question in complete sentences!

What the Text

Says

What I Know

Inference

What setting is this?

"The bell rang and the
students hurried excitedly
out the doors. They headed
to big, yellow buses with
their backpacks."

What does the text tell me

directly?
The text tells me that this
setting has students with
backpacks heading to get on
a bus after a bell rings.

What can I infer about the

setting?
I can infer that the setting of
this text is SCHOOL.

1) What is the relationship

between Ben and Peter?

1) What does the text tell me

directly?

1) What can I infer about how

Ben and Peter are related?

After school each day, Ben and

Peter played kickball for hours
until their mother called them
inside for dinner.

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2) What does the text tell me

directly?

2) What can I infer about the

object Lola saved up to
purchase?

2) What object did Lola save up

to purchase?
Lola saved her chore money all
winter and she finally had
enough. She imagined herself
soon being able to glide down
the road, peddling effortlessly.

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