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Inference

Inference is information not expressed explicitly by oral or written text but derived by the listener or reader on the basis of their knowledge.
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Comprehension Monitoring Grammar + Syntax Inference Perspective Taking Vocabulary

Fishbowl Discussion

The Fishbowl Strategy can be used by practitioners to guide instructional/scaffolded conversations. This resource provides an overview of the strategy as well as a planning guide to support implementation.
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Comprehension Monitoring Grammar + Syntax Inference Perspective Taking Vocabulary

Language Screen

LanguageScreen is an early language assessment developed by the University of Oxford that measures Expressive Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, Receptive Vocabulary, and Sentence Repetition.
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Pre-K students
Inference Perspective Taking Reasoning

What’s the Purpose?

Students identify the author’s purpose after listening to a text excerpt.
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Pre-K students
Inference Reasoning

Cause and Effect Organizer

In this activity students will identify cause and effect relationships throughout a read aloud. This activity can be modified so students are only engaging with oral text responding through discussion.
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Pre-K students
Inference Reasoning

Agree to Disagree

In this activity students will take turns deciding if they agree or disagree with a statement from a text that is read aloud.
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Pre-K students
Inference Reasoning

Inference Innovations

In this activity students will listen to the text and determine what the author is inferring by using information from the text and what is already known about the text.
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Comprehension Monitoring Grammar + Syntax Inference Perspective Taking Vocabulary

Qualitative Reading Inventory (Seventh Edition)

The Qualitative Reading Inventory (Seventh Edition) (QRI-7) assesses students’ literacy skills through graded word lists, leveled-passages, and explicit and implicit questions following oral and silent reading.
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Comprehension Monitoring Grammar + Syntax Inference Vocabulary

Turbo Charging Read Alouds with Listening Comprehension

This resource is an activity that involves multiple readings of a selected text to promote the development of listening comprehension.
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Comprehension Monitoring Grammar + Syntax Inference Perspective Taking Vocabulary

Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory Fifth Edition

The Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory (Fifth Edition) measures students’ reading and language skills across 12 subtests.
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Pre-K students
Inference Perspective Taking Text Structure

Character Consideration

In this activity students identify characteristics of characters in a narrative/fiction text.
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The Research aka
Knowledge Base

Advances in reading science since 2000 offer important contributions to our understanding of how children learn to read and how adults teach children to read. We now know that listening comprehension plays a crucial role in students’ listening comprehension.

The Knowledge Base offers a curated set of recent evidence-based research findings intended to help practitioners better understand listening comprehension and its connection to other literacy skills (such as word reading, reading fluency, background knowledge, and reading comprehension).

Unpacking Listening Comprehension
Introduction to Listening Comprehension
Incorporating Listening Comprehension in the Classroom
Supporting Listening Comprehension at Home
Professional Learning
Academic Research

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