2. Objectives I will be able to define the word inference.
I will be able to make inferences.
I will be able to explain how my schema and the text clues work together to make an inference.

3. Did you know you are a detective?
Good readers are detectives! They are always looking for clues to help them read between the lines and see what the author is trying to tell us! We use our schema (our background knowledge) and the text clues to create our inferences.

4. It’s a simple formula
Schema
Text Clues
Inference

5. It’s a simple formula Schema Text Clues Inference
Background Knowledge (What I already know)
What the author tells me
Inference

6. It’s a simple formula
Schema
Text Clues
Inference

7. Let’s take some notes Table of contents (Page 4 Inferences)
a logical assumption about something that is not stated directly in the text
Schema + Text Clues = Inference
Schema
Background Knowledge
What I already know
Text Clues
What the author tells me
What the text states
Going beyond the author’s words to understand what is not said in the text

8. Inferences
Going beyond the author’s words to understand what is not said in the text
Sentence Starters:
The text said ____ which made me think _____
I think ____ will happen/has happened because ….
When I read _____ it made me realize…
I can tell _____ is _____ because _____

9. What inference can I make?
What do I know about shoveling snow? What does the text say?

10. What do I know about wet floors?
What does the picture tell me?
What can I infer?

11. What can I infer?
The picture says ____ which makes me think… When I see _____ it makes me realize… I can tell she is ______ because….