making inferences

Lulu's sister was dramatic. She cried over everything, but doing art was the thing that made her happiest. One day, she walked into her sister's room to find her crying. There were bright red, yellow, blue, and green puddles of liquid all over the floor.

What can you infer about the story?

• Lulu's sister is the baby in the family

• Lulu's sister is very sensitive

• Lulu's sister loves to be alone

• Lulu's sister was painting and all her paints fell on the floor.

• they were mad at her

• it was a surprise party

• they wanted to yell

• they wanted to scare her

My sister walked her office with her glasses on. it was my first time to see her with her glasses. Her eyes were puffy and teary. I saw her getting a bag of cough drops and some tea mixed with honey.

What was wrong with my sister?

• My sister has a problem

• My sister cried a lot

• My sister has to cover her eyes

• My sister is sick

After a scientific experiment is performed, data is recorded, and conclusions are drawn, what should be done next?

• Share your research with other scientists
• Keep your research a secret
• Destroy all evidence of your experiment

• it disappeared

• it is broken

• it got bigger

• it got smaller

A set of step-by-step instructions is called a ______________________.

• procedure
• data
• inquiry
• hypothesis

Trees were bent over, and branches flew through the air. Beach chairs, garbage cans, and several small items were blown down the streets like confetti. A few roofs of small sheds were already missing. Window frames that weren't boarded up held shards of glass. Several stores had bags of sand blocking the doors.
What was causing this to happen?

• tornado
• blizzard
• hurricane
• drought

What happened?

• He tripped over his shoe string.
• He was rushing and stumped his toe on the door stopper. 
• His arms were too full.
• He slipped on the wet floor.

• she woke up late

• it is raining

• it is sunny

• it is night time

1. Spiders belong to a group of animals called arachnids. They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. All spiders have eight legs, but they have different numbers of eyes---two, four, six or eight. And even though no spiders have wings, all of them have fangs.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Spiders are dangerous.

• Spiders use their legs to catch food

• Spiders are not insects.

• All spiders have four eyes.