making inferences first lesson
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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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The End