Grade 4

Infer feelings from actions

Use character actions and words to explain how someone might feel, even when the feeling word is missing.

Category: Reading Readiness 10 min Confident
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Look for body language, voice, and choice of action. Then connect those clues to a likely feeling and explain why it fits.

Read and think

Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.

Read and think Text card

Ajay checked his pocket three times before the speech and kept whispering the first line to himself.

character clue

Repeated checking can suggest worry or nervousness.

Example: Ajay seems nervous about speaking.

Read and think Text card

When the teacher smiled and nodded, he stood taller and spoke more clearly.

change in action

Notice how the teacher's support changes his behavior.

Example: Ajay becomes more confident.

Read and think Text card

He grinned after the class clapped and asked if he could read the next part too.

evidence

This reaction shows a new feeling after success.

Example: The clapping made him feel proud and excited.

Read and think Text card

Inference: Ajay started nervous but ended confident because the text shows his actions changing.

response model

Use text clues in the answer.

Example: His actions are the evidence for the feeling.

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These next steps stay in the same stage so the child does not get sent backward.