This week we will be working with the “Skippy the Kangaroo” strategy and inference. “Skippy the Kangaroo” encourages students to skip over words that they are not able to decode and try to use context clues to figure out the meaning of the text. When students make inferences, they need to read the text carefully and use their background knowledge to understand what the author is saying. For example, if an author writes that it is cloudy and the character is holding an umbrella, students can infer that it will probably rain.