Lesson Plan: Drawing Inferences About Plants and Cells

Subject: ELA- Reading
Grade: 5
Lesson Objective: To explain what part of a text about plants and animal cells means while drawing inferences about that text
Common Core Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1- Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Materials:
Starter:
Say:
- Why do you think that drawing inferences is something that you need to do? (Allow the students to answer.)
Main:
Say:
- We all draw inferences when we are reading. It is important to be able to draw inferences because many times you need to be able to draw a conclusion based on information that has not been stated.
- Drawing an inference is also called reading between the lines and you do it when you are reading and when you are having a conversation with someone.
- In science texts, you are often given many details and a lot of information. You need to be able to understand that information and draw conclusions about what is being stated.
- For example, you might read a text that says that there were pieces of an egg found in a nest. What inference would you make?
- You would infer that a bird had hatched out of the egg that was in the nest.
- In science texts, it is important to understand the difference between an observation and an inference. An observation is something that someone has seen and then written about.
- Scientists use inferences all of the time, especially when they are learning about something that they cannot actually see or touch, like fossils or outer space.
- Now, you are going to read a paragraph about a science topic. While you are reading, pay attention to the details and to any inferences that you might be drawing while you read. Then, you will answer the questions.
- Does anyone have any questions?
Feedback:
Say:
- Who would like to share their answers? (Allow the students to share and go over the answers.)
Written by Kimberly Greacen, Education World® Contributing Writer
Kimberly is an educator with extensive experience in curriculum writing and developing instructional materials to align with Common Core State Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy.
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