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“Breaker Boys” Closer Looking Lesson: Inferencing

4th Grade • 1 Lesson Plan
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Quick Facts

Subject: Closer Looking Lesson, ELA, Informational, Social Studies

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

  • Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
  • Analyze and draw inferences using an historical photograph
 

Materials Needed:

  • Blank paper (1 per student)
  • 8 sticky notes or squares of paper (per student)
  • Pencils
  • Document camera or projector to display photograph

Printable Resources: Required:

  • 1 copy of Historical Photograph, "Breaker Boys" to be displayed

CCSS: RI.4.1, SL.4.1, SL.4.2, SL.4.3

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Teaching students to infer and analyze can be challenging with the written word.  In this “closer looking” lesson based around two photographs containing animals and nature. Your students will:

  • Collaborate  with partners answering text dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
  • Analyze critical details and determine their classifications
  • Infer and determine main ideas
  • Complete an independent exit slip at the end of the lesson to gauge students understanding