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Inference• Take what you know and make a

guess!• Draw personal meaning from text

(words) or pictures.• You use clues to come to your own

conclusion.

Make an Inference!

• What does this image tells you?

Ask yourself these question…

• What clues can I use? – Picture or written

clues?

• What did I already know that helped me make that inference?

Try this!

Questions…

• Did you use picture or written clues?

• What did you already know that helped you make that inference?

“…and the ants kept

carrying them away, until

they were all gone. That’s

what I thought.”

Try this!

Questions…

• Did the written clues help you to make a better guess?

• What did you already know that helped you make that inference?

“…and the ants

kept carrying

them away,

until they were all gone. That’s what I

thought.”

How Do Good Readers Make Inferences?

They use:

1. Word/text clues2. Picture clues3. ASK themselves questions!4. Use what they already know

Try this!

Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White. Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school.

Miss White is a teacher

Teachers have recess duty

Miss White Has recess duty.

Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White. Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school.What I Read + What I already know = What I can infer

Miss White screams and runs as fast as she can when she saw the frog.

Some people are

afraid of frogs. Miss White is afraid of frogs.

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Try this again!

Oh I had a balloon.It was round, it was red.Such a lovely balloon,Almost as big as my head.But I heard a loud noise,And I looked around to see.For I wondered just what,Made that loud noise at me.

The character may be a child

Children likes balloonThe character has a balloon

Oh I had a balloon.It was round, it was red.Such a lovely balloon,Almost as big as my head.But I heard a loud noise,And I looked around to see.For I wondered just what,Made that loud noise at me.

What I Read + What I already know = What I can infer

The character heard a loud noise

Balloon can burst The character’s balloon burst

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