Using Text Evidence to Make Inferences

What is your job when you watch this video?

• To learn about inferences.

• To let the video run and not pay attention.

• To waste time.

What is important to look for when making an inference?

• Looking for clues, using prior knowledge, & text evidence. 

• Reading really quickly

• Making up your answer with no support

What clues do you see? What is happening at this Cafe?

• Birthday party

• Christmas Party

• A family at the zoo

When you read do you take the same steps you would use in real life to make an inference?

• True/Yes

• False/No

How many clues did they find?

• 3

• 2

• 1

Why did Megan have crumbs on her face?

• Make an inference- she ate the cookies

• Make an inference- She just go back from the doctor

• Make an inference- she was coloring in her room.