making inferences

An INFERENCE is...

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

To make good inferences you need to...

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

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.

Which sentence BEST supports the idea that Jack is feeling sleepy?

• Jack went to bed late because he was at a birthday party.

• Jackʼs eyes were droopy and his eyelids felt really heavy.

• Jack put his head down on the desk.

• Jack was not paying attention to the lesson.

Mia stamps her feet and crosses her arms. What can you infer about how she feels?

• Joyful

• Angry

• Lonely

• Tearful

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.

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

Adalynn was getting ready to walk to

school. She put on her coat and grabbed

her backpack. As she was leaving, her

mother said, “I love you. Be careful.”

• Adalynn is in kindergarten or first grade.

• Adalynn lives close to school.

• Adalynn is never late for school.

• Adalynn is excited about going to school.

Adrian hurried out of the house so he

wasn't late for work. He wore overalls and

carried a toolbox with wrenches in it. He

hopped in his truck and drove off. The sign

on his truck said, “Pipe Masters.”

• Adrian is an auto mechanic.

• Adrian enjoys his job.

• Adrian works as a plumber.

• Adrian is a truck salesman.

Noraa came out of the elevator in her

apartment building. She ran to the curb and

held up her arm to hail a taxi. When she

hopped in, she said, “Please take me to 345

45th Street.”

• Noraa 's car is broken.

• Noraa is going on vacation.

• Noraa is going shopping.

• Noraa lives in a large city.