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Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris present some of their favorite children’s books for teaching inference.

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Katie Doherty demonstrates how she uses picture books to teach inferring strategies to her sixth graders in this video series. Part I is a presentation of the book to students.

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Katie Doherty’s 6th grade students discuss the read-aloud through partner shares.

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Katie Doherty's 6th grade students debrief after a read-aloud and partner share focused on inferring.

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