Inferences

Open Ended

You come into the classroom and you observe someone’s books are at your desk.  What inference can you make?

Open Ended

John puts air in his bike tire every morning before school, but the tire is flat by the time he gets out of school at 2:30. Write an inference to explain this.

Open Ended

There are balloons tied to my neighbor’s mailbox. Write an inference to explain this.

Multiple Choice

What is an inference? 

• Just a random guess
• A prediction or logical conclusions about our observations
• The same as an observation
• deciding if an observation is qualitative or quantitative

Multiple Select

Choose 2 inferences about this picture.

• Today is the dog's birthday.

• There is a candle on the cake.

• The dog has a tag on the collar.

• The dog will eat the cake.

Multiple Choice

Observation or Inference: I think the weather is cold.

• Observation

• Inference

Multiple Choice

Observation or Inference: I notice the tree by the pond has no leaves on it.

• Observation

• Inference

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is an inference about the picture

• The vase is broken.
• The girls' bow is blue and purple.
• The girl broke the vase.
• The girl has blonde hair.

Multiple Choice

Scenario: you walk into the science classroom and see an unfamiliar adult at the front of the room. You also see that Mrs Waterhouse is not in the room. You wonder where she could be. Which of these is an inference?

• You walk into science.
• You see an unfamiliar adult.
• You do not see Mrs. Waterhouse

• "Maybe she's home sick today"