Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

Miss Kaiser introduces the concept of making inferences, also known as drawing conclusions, which involves using existing knowledge and information from the text to understand details not explicitly stated. The video provides several examples, such as inferring why a man is on the floor, a pie-eating contest, a boy's dislike for vegetables, identifying the season from a picture, a boy's emotions with a toy, and deducing identities from shadows. The session concludes with a prompt for further practice.

What is the purpose of making inferences while reading?

• To rewrite the text in your own words

• To memorize the text

• To guess the ending of the story

• To understand the text better without all details being explicitly stated

What two elements are combined to make an inference?

• Author's information and reader's imagination

• Reader's prior knowledge and author's biography

• Reader's imagination and author's biography

• Author's information and reader's prior knowledge

Why does the man appear to be on the floor in the first example?

• He slipped on a wet floor

• He was tired and decided to lie down

• He was looking for something

• He was playing a game

What clue suggests that the man slipped on the floor?

• The man is holding a mop

• There is a wet floor sign

• The man is wearing slippers

• The man is near a swimming pool

Why isn't the woman using a fork to eat her pie?

• She prefers using her hands

• She is allergic to metal

• She forgot to bring a fork

• She is in a pie-eating contest

What clue indicates that the woman is in a pie-eating contest?

• She cannot use her hands

• She is using a spoon

• She is eating very slowly

• She is sitting alone

What is the boy likely thinking about the vegetables?

• He dislikes them

• He loves them

• He is indifferent

• He is allergic to them

What clue suggests that the boy dislikes the vegetables?

• He is asking for more

• He is staring at them with an unhappy look

• He is eating them quickly

• He is smiling

What season is suggested by the picture with changing leaves?

• Winter

• Fall

• Summer

• Spring

What can be inferred about the people casting shadows on the beach?

• They are having a picnic

• They are preparing to surf

• They are playing volleyball

• They are building a sandcastle