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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.

SPIRE Next Student Edition:

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