Note to the Teacher: I used this power point presentation to introduce or review inference with both third and fifth grade students. I used the I do, we do, partners do, you do model. I do (slides 7-9), We do (slide 10), Partners do (slide 11), You do (12-13). Please see the notes at the bottom of each slide for further explanation. If you have questions or concerns please me at Thank you for downloading from

Our Learning Objective I can use details from the Norman Rockwell illustrations as well as my own experiences to infer about a given situation. I will speak and write in a complete sentence.

Norman Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator. He is famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life for The Saturday Evening Post Norman Rockwell

We will be identifying clues from the illustrations and referring to our own experiences in order to explain the reasons for our inferences.

Our sentence frame will be… Since ________ and ___________, I can infer that_______________.

The babysitter is resourcing a book titled, Hints to the Baby Sitter. I often read books or articles in the internet to learn new things. I can infer that this babysitter is trying to learn new tricks that will quiet the baby. Clue My Experiences My Inference

Now let’s make it a complete sentence. Since the babysitter is resourcing a book titled, Hints to the Baby Sitter and I know that I read books to learn new things, I can infer that this babysitter is trying to learn new tricks that will quiet the baby.

Let’s Practice Since ___ and ___, I can infer that ___.

Let’s Practice Since ___ and ___, I can infer that ___.

Your Turn!

Since ___ and ___, I can infer that ___. Your Turn!

Credits First frame by the Enlightened Elephant