Remember from Grade 3
In Grade 3 you sorted stated and implied information and made inferences using clues + what you know.
In Grade 4 you will make two kinds of inferences: local (about one part) and global (about the whole text). You will use explicit and implicit evidence, which are the Grade 4 words for stated and implied.
Hook: Puzzle pieces and the whole puzzle
When you pick up one puzzle piece, you can figure out a little: This piece has sky on it. That's like a local inference.
When you look at all the pieces together, you see the whole picture: It's a lighthouse by the sea. That's like a global inference. Good readers do both!
Read: The Last Rows
Every Sunday, Ellie visited Grandma Rose. This Sunday, Grandma's knitting basket sat on the table, and a half-finished red scarf hung from the needles.
Grandma rubbed her knuckles and winced. "These old hands are slow today," she said. "Would you finish the last rows for me?"
Ellie had knitted only once, at school, and her rows had come out lumpy. "I'll ruin it," she said.
"Then we'll find out together," said Grandma, and she showed her: "In, around, through, off."
Ellie's first stitches were tight and crooked. When she pulled the needle, two loops slid off. Her cheeks burned. She glanced at the door.
Grandma picked up the loops with a little hook. "My first scarf had more holes than a fishing net," she said. "Your grandfather wore it every winter anyway."
Ellie laughed. She picked up the needles again. In, around, through, off. By the time the streetlights came on, the scarf was finished. One end was smooth and neat. The other end was a little lumpy.
On Monday after school, Grandma was waiting at the bus stop, wearing the scarf with the lumpy end in front, where everyone could see it.