Inference Questions

Why are inferences important?

• They help us understand the text

• They make reading more difficult

• They are not important

• They confuse the reader

What role does prior knowledge play in making inferences?

• It is not needed

• It helps form a conclusion

• It makes things confusing

• It is the only thing needed

What does the diagram in the image represent?

• The process of making inferences

• A math equation

• A science experiment

• A historical timeline

What did the family do every day that week?

• Took the bird to the vet

• Discussed a new name for the pet

• Cleaned the birdcage

• Bought new toys for the pet

Why doesn’t the parakeet have a name?

What does Dad notice about his bowl of

coins?

• There were pebbles in place of the pennies.

• There were more there than before

• Pennies seem to be missing.

• The bowl was missing from the table

Reread paragraph 3.

In the second sentence what do you think the word

ignorance means?

• A type of emotional distress
• A form of knowledge acquisition
• Lack of knowledge or awareness
• A state of confusion

Underline 3

the details the characters used as clues to figure out

what happened to the pennies.

What did the father call the pet after discovering the pennies?

• Penny thief

• Coin collector

• Money bird

• Treasure hunter

What is the story mostly about?