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Tier 2 and 3 Intervention Program

Take Your Students to the Next Level of Reading
Comprehension

SPIRE Next™ presents a real solution for striving
students who need additional focus developing
their comprehension skills through direct reading
instruction, scaffolded practice, and close reading
strategies.

Practice the Skill
Lesson 2 First Read Make Inferences Purpose for Reading
SPIRE Next Student Edition: Short Stories information you need in order to understand the story. Sometimes, Second Read Focus on describing how chapters build on earlier sections.
Read along with your teacher. Each time, read for a different purpose.
First Read
The author of a short story does not always tell you directly all the
Focus on making inferences.
the author only gives clues or hints. When that happens, you need
to make inferences. An inference is an educated guess. To make an Third Read Focus on evaluating the story critically.
inference, you use clues in a story to figure out what is not stated
directly by the author. You also draw on your own knowledge and
• Multiple lessons in each book include at least 2 A short story is ran out the door.” Though the sentence does not say so, you can infer Danny, the New Boy
experience to make inferences.
For example, read this sentence: “Janet grabbed her umbrella and
a short piece of fiction.
It tells a story in just
that it is raining or that it is going to rain. You know this because the
a few pages. Like all
fiction, a short story is author provided a clue—the umbrella. You can also infer, or guess,
that Janet is late—even though the author doesn’t tell you—because
made up by the author.
stories per close reading lesson and at least 2 skills It contains characters, a she is grabbing things and rushing out the door. How does Danny 1 Chapter 1
A few days ago, Danny got the worst news ever. His
feel about the move?
setting, and a plot. The
Try It Read this paragraph.
parents sat him down and told him that he and his
Underline the clues and
plot includes a problem
the Make Inferences
for the main character George wakes up. His throat hurts when he swallows. His write your inference on family were moving to New York. New York! That was
all the way across the country from Danny’s home
to deal with and at least head feels hot. “Achoo, achoo,” he sneezes. George will not be Chart. in California.
per story. the picture on this page. going to school today. 2 3 confused.
one solution. Look at
“I won’t live near the ocean anymore?” Danny asked,
What might a short
Discuss The author does not say why George will be staying
“We’ll have to take the train to get to the beach. And
story say about the boys
we’ll also be close to a city that people call the Big Apple.
home from school. But you can find the clues and make
in this photograph?
It will be cold in the winter. It will be pretty different,”
an inference. Underline the clues in the paragraph. Why
is George staying home?
• Each lesson presents three close read opportunities Duplicating any part of this book is prohibited by law. © EPS Operations, LLC Skills Focus As you read, complete the Make Inferences Chart on page 209. Duplicating any part of this book is prohibited by law. © EPS Operations, LLC 4 explained his father. Duplicating any part of this book is prohibited by law. © EPS Operations, LLC
Danny couldn’t even imagine being so far away from
his best friend, Lizzy. Danny and Lizzy had been best
friends since kindergarten. They had met on a soccer
Danny, the New Boy
team. One day at practice, the coach had asked them to
Make Inferences Describe How Chapters Build
pair off and practice kicking the ball to each other. They
to build comprehension skills; literary or genre skills; Summer Danny Short Stories 33 34 Lesson 2 • Short Stories 36 Lesson 2 • Short Stories used their imagination to make up a game to make
kicking the ball more fun. They laughed through the
Compare and Contrast Explain Illustrations
whole practice and had been best friends ever since.
and critical thinking skills. SPIRE Next Level A Sampler • 5 6 • SPIRE Next Level A Sampler 8 • SPIRE Next Level A Sampler
• The color-coded navigation makes it easy to teach and practice critical reading skills.
SPIRE Next Teacher’s Manual:
UFLI
• In-depth instruction and modeling of skills and strategies that support close reading. CORRELATION
• Optional fluency and foundational skills activities.
• Rubrics at point of use.
• Explanations of the objective and skills the student will learn in each close read.
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