Reading Station 5 -- Inferences

An inference is...

• Text evidence + what you know

• Retelling a text

• Making a guess without evidence

• Information written directly into the text.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

When making an inference, the most important thing is...

• What you know about the topic
• The topic of the text
• The characters in the text
• Being able to prove your inference using evidence from the text.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What is happening?

• Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.
• Tim is taking a trip to visit peolpe he doesn't know.
• Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.
• Tim is moving to California with his family.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Mike had fun hiking in the woods and doing crafts.  He also really enjoyed the campfire sing-a-long and had made a lot of new friends. Still, he was glad that tomorrow he would be going home.
Where is Mike?

• at camp
• at a slumber party
• on a picnic
• in California 

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

Bill and Sid collect cans. They sell the cans to a recycling center. Lately business has been so good that they have divided their work in half. Bill's area includes a park where teams play baseball every day. Sid collects cans from the office buildings and stores.

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Many people drink canned drinks.

• Fact

• Inference

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Bill and Sid collect cans. They sell the cans to a recycling center. Lately business has been so good that they have divided their work in half. Bill's area includes a park where teams play baseball every day. Sid collects cans from the office buildings and stores.

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Sid's route includes office buildings.

• Fact

• Inference

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Bill and Sid collect cans. They sell the cans to a recycling center. Lately business has been so good that they have divided their work in half. Bill's area includes a park where teams play baseball every day. Sid collects cans from the office buildings and stores.

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Bill and Sid earn more money now than when they started.

• Fact

• Inference

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Bill and Sid collect cans. They sell the cans to a recycling center. Lately business has been so good that they have divided their work in half. Bill's area includes a park where teams play baseball every day. Sid collects cans from the office buildings and stores.

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Bill's route includes a park.

• Fact

• Inference

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Choose the TWO pieces of text evidence from “How to Save a Baby Orangutan” that best support the statement: Orangutans are in serious danger.

• “Lizards the size of crocodiles darted across the forest floor as gem-colored frogs leaped through the mud and leopards hunted their dinner.”

• “But many humans see the orangutans as pests—like roaches and rats—and kill them.”

• “Gerhana needed medical attention—fast.”

• “Since 1950, orangutan populations have declined by about 80 percent . . .”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Choose the ONE piece of text evidence that best supports the statement: Orangutans need rainforests to survive.

• “Palm oil is found in many foods and products, from pizza dough and chocolate to shampoo and toothpaste.”

• “Orangutans survive on the fruit and plants the rainforest produces, so as their habitat shrinks, so does their source of food.”

• “Since 1950, orangutan populations have declined by about 80 percent . . .”

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.8