Making Inferences

An INFERENCE is...

• A logical conclusion
• A guess based on evidence
• Both

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

If a student got 100% on his work, what could you infer?

• He listened and studied.
• He didn't come to school that day.
• He didn't listen in class.
• He copied off of his neighbor.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Inference Riddle: Birds fly south for me. I am a season when people build snowmen, the days are short and the nights are long.

• I am summer.

• I am winter.

• I am spring

• I am autumn.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Joe was very tired when he got home from school. He decided to take a nap. When he woke up the sun was shining. He could hear roosters crowing and smelled bacon cooking in the kitchen. He walked slowly into the kitchen and asked his mother, "What time is it?"
What time did he wake up?

• Noon
• Midnight
• 7:00 in the morning
• 7:00 in the evening

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Inference Riddle: You can plant me. You can pick me. You can pop me or make me into bread.

• I am a flower.

• I am gum.

• I am corn.

• I am wheat.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Inference Riddle: I hang out in schools and sleep with my eyes opened. I can breathe underwater. In the Little Mermaid I was Flounder.

• I am a shark.

• I am a mermaid.

• I am a turtle.

• I am a fish.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

To make good inferences you need to...

• read fast
• pay attention to details
• look up every unfamiliar word
• pick your nose

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Inference Riddle: I come from a cane. You might say I make things really sweet! I can be white or brown, or in a powder like snow.

• I am sugar.

• I am honey.

• I am snow.

• I am cake.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

You wear me on St. Patrick Day, but frogs wear me all the time. I am a color, just mix blue and yellow.

• I am blue.

• I am green.

• I am yellow.

• I am brown

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Braedon sat in the empty classroom and stared at the floor. It was 4:30pm and school had been over for half an hour, but he still had to sit there. He could over hear his teacher talking to the principal in the hallway about what had happened during class. He put his head in his hands and sighed.
What may the reader best infer from the passage?

• The principal and the teacher are making fun of Braedon.
• Braedon is in detention because he had acted out in class.
• The teacher is getting paid extra to oversee detention.
• Braedon is proud of his poor behavior.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1