Year 3 Inferencing Unit | Reading Worksheets, Games & Assessment
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Help Year 3 students read between the lines by combining text clues, picture clues, prior knowledge and evidence with this complete inferencing unit.
Students make supported inferences about character feelings, author suggestions, setting mood and visual clues, then explain whether an inference is strongly supported.
What’s Included
- 19-page unit plan PDF
- Editable 15-slide PowerPoint teaching presentation
- Editable 10-question PowerPoint quiz with answer slides
- Inferencing Toolkit classroom display
- Inference Trail and Clue Match-Up colour games and activities
- Six black-and-white student worksheets covering evidence, character feelings, author suggestions, mood, picture clues and inference correction
- Matching worksheet and assessment answer pages where answers are meaningful
- Inference Investigation assessment task
- A4 landscape five-level marking rubric
Learning Focus
- Combine text and visual clues with prior knowledge
- Make and justify supported inferences
- Infer character feelings, setting mood and author suggestions
- Cite relevant evidence
- Explain reasoning in written comprehension responses
Classroom Use
Suitable for explicit reading-comprehension teaching, small groups, close reading, literacy centres, independent practice, revision and assessment.
This is a digital resource supplied in PDF and editable PowerPoint formats. No physical product will be shipped.