1. Inferencing Hunting for Clues to Solve a Puzzle
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2. What is Inferencing? finding clues putting them together
solving the problem
like a jigsaw puzzle

3. Here are some synonyms for inference:
deduce
figure out
guess
interpretation
read between the lines
understand
reason
drawing conclusions

4. Daily Inferencing jigsaw puzzles answering riddles problem solving
answering questions
reading
math word problems
conversing with people

5. Finding Clues What Should We Look For? PLACES TIME COLORS TEXTURES
BODY LANGUAGE
ACTIONS
SITUATIONS OR CONTEXT

6. Visual Clues What clues do you see? What do we know about the product?
What do we know about the company?
What do we know about the person who drank the drink?

7. Situational Clues What do we know about this picture?
What clues do you see?
What can we infer from the clues?

8. Location Clues What do we know about the event in the photo?
What is the mood of the event?
What other activities may be occurring at the same time or later?

9. Word Clues It’s clear. It’s round.
It’s made of glass, metal and plastic.
It has a handle.
It makes things look bigger.
What is it?

10. Are they having the same conversation? How do you know?
Body Language Clues
Are they having the same conversation? How do you know?

11. Let’s Recap... Inferencing means: Finding clues Putting them together
Solving the problem
It is just like a jigsaw puzzle.