Making Inferences

Which sentence from the selection provides evidence that the computer was not working properly?

• Rita took three hours to finish her homework.

• Ritaʼs homework was not finished.

• Rita had to write out her story instead of typing it.

• Ritaʼs homework was not done correctly.

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

• Joyful

• Angry

• Lonely

• Tearful

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

To make an inference, you need to...

• Use text evidence

• Use your schema

• BOTH

To infer something means to...

• Come to a conclusion using evidence.

• Randomly guess.

• Highlight words.

Making inferences helps us...

• Learn how to read.

• Understand text.

• Get a 100% on a quiz.

Choose the appropriate inference for this picture.

• Two friends are excited about graduating.

• One friend is sad and the other is happy about graduating.

• Neither friend cares about graduation.

Context clues help us make inferences.

• False

• True

To infer something, you must have evidence.

• True

• False

INFERENCING HELPS ME UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM READING!

• Yes!

• OR yes!