Making Inference Review

Drawing Inferences Let's go back to your cat and apply the process for making an inference. At first, you might wonder what your cat is doing. You look for clues in your cat's behavior and notice how she meows and rubs your legs to get your attention and how she stares at the food cupboard. You also think about what you already know from past experience; your cat has done this before, and you've responded by giving her food. So you put those two pieces together in a logical way and correctly infer that your cat wants food. Drawing an inference from a book follows the same process of drawing inferences in your everyday life?

• True

• False

What is the second step readers must take to draw an inference?

• Put the pieces together in a logical way to produce a reasonable conclusion

• Think about what they already know from their own experience in the real world

• Look for clues in the text

When making an inference, the most important thing is...

• What you know about the topic

• The topic of the text

• The characters in the text

• Being able to prove your inference using evidence from the text.

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

• Joyful

• Angry

• Lonely

• Tearful

Can you infer what has happened in this picture?

• airing out stinky feet

• foot fungus

• ant bite

• sunburn and blister

An INFERENCE is...

• logical conclusion

• guess based on evidence

• Both

In your daily life, you can make inferences about people by observing their behavior.

• true

• false

When reading a story, what is an inference?

• A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

• A summary of the plot

• A description of the characters

• A prediction of the ending

Which of the following is an example of making an inference?

• Guessing the next event in a story

• Summarizing the main idea

• Identifying the author's purpose

• Understanding a character's feelings based on their actions

What can you infer about a character who is described as 'clenching their fists and gritting their teeth'?

• They are happy

• They are angry

• They are confused

• They are excited