Making Inferences

Welcome to
Reading AIM

Making Inferences

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Joke of the Day

What did the mouse say to the other mouse when he tried to steal his cheese?

Joke of the Day

NACHO cheese!

Learning Target

Today we are…

Reading a text about potatoes

So we can…

Make inferences based on key details and examples in an informational text

We’ll know we get it when we…

Can understand the author’s ideas about the topic and share them in a sentence or more.

What are inferences?

Warmup:

Make an inference about the boy

Using a Chart to Make Inferences

Image

Chart

Inferences

When you read informational texts, you
can learn important information about a
topic. Often, a text will state facts,
examples, and other details directly.
Other times, however, you must figure
out an important idea on your own. To do
this, use text evidence and what you
already know from experience to make
an inference, or a “sensible guess.”

Close Reading

How do the details in the article help you
make inferences about why the potato
came to be used in Europe and
elsewhere?

Close Reading

Multiple Choice

What I know:

• People who travel often must eat new foods.

• The potato originated in North America.

• Europeans were the first people to eat potatoes.

Multiple Choice

My Inference:

• Potatoes are best eaten as french fries.

• Spanish explorers decided that potatoes were good to eat.

• Doctors warned that potatoes were dangerous to eat.

Close Reading

Spanish
explorers
decided that
potatoes were
good to eat.

People who travel often must eat new foods.

Check for Understanding

What is the best inference we can make using what the text says and what we know columns of the chart below:

“Spanish explorers…had
never seen it before.”

People who travel bring
things home with them.

a.Spanish explorers
brought the potato
back to Spain.

b. People in Spain refused to grow potatoes.

Multiple Choice

My inference:

• a. Spanish explorers
  brought the potato
  back to Spain.

• b. People in Spain refused to grow potatoes.

iReady Breakout Rooms and Data Chats

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Complete two lessons

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Complete 45 minutes

Closing Question

What two things combine to make an inference. Choose two answers.

A.Answers to the questions

B.What the text says

C.Punctuations

D.What I already know

E.Grammar

Multiple Select

What two things combine to make an inference. Choose two answers.

• What the text says

• Punctuation

• What I already know

• Grammar

Welcome to
Reading AIM

Making Inferences

Click RECORD!

Joke of the Day

Why did the chicken go to jail?

Joke of the Day

Because he was using FOWL language!

Warm Up

Close your eyes and imagine that
you are outside when a clear blue
sky suddenly gets dark and gray, the wind starts blowing, and trees
start swaying. What can you guess about the weather?

Guided Practice: read
paragraph two again. Note key
details that describe the events that brought the potato to Europe. Then complete the chart below.

Multiple Choice

What I know:

• Potatoes are poisonous.

• Plants need
  specific
  conditions so
  they will grow
  well.

• Potatoes are only eaten in the Andes Mountains.

Multiple Choice

My Inference:

• The weather of
  the Andes, Spain,
  England and
  other places must
  be similar for the
  plant to grow and
  become popular.

• The weather in Europe is too hot.

• The potato is difficult to grow.

Guided Practice: read
paragraph two again. Underline key
details that describe the events that brought the potato to Europe. Then complete the chart below.

Plants need
specific
conditions so
they will grow
well.

The weather of
the Andes, Spain,
England and
other places must be similar for the plant to grow and become popular.

Check for Understanding

Open Ended

Explain how and why the use of the potato spread to other countries. Include text details to support.

iReady Breakout Rooms and Data Chats

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Complete two lessons

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Complete 45 minutes

Closing Question

How can using details from a text to support their inferences help readers?

Open Ended

How can using details from a text to support their inferences help readers?