1. Making Inferences

2. 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. Use Story/Picture details 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. Use Story/Picture details

3. Authors Do not explain everything in a story Readers use story clues Details about what they’ve read to make an inference Readers use prior knowledge make “text to Text” connections Readers use story clues Details about what they’ve read to make an inference Readers use prior knowledge make “text to Text” connections Readers use their own personal experience. Make “text to self” connections The combination of these strategies allow readers to make a inferences (reasonable guesses) about characters and events.

4. Make an Inference! What does this image tell me?

5. Question… What did I already know that helped me make that inference? Did I use picture or written clues? What did I already know that helped me make that inference? Did I use picture or written clues?

6. Help Me Make an Inference!

7. More Questions… Did you use words, graphs, or picture clues to help you make a guess about what that cartoon meant?

8. Try Again! Can he draw more than tigers? Look up words you don’t know! Can he draw more than tigers? Look up words you don’t know!

9. Make 1 more Inference

10. How Do Good Readers Make Inferences? They use: 1.Word/text clues 2.Picture clues 3.Define unknown words 4.Look for emotion (feelings) 5.Use what they already know 6.Look for explanations for events 7.ASK themselves questions! They use: 1.Word/text clues 2.Picture clues 3.Define unknown words 4.Look for emotion (feelings) 5.Use what they already know 6.Look for explanations for events 7.ASK themselves questions!

11. Make Another Inference Mrs. Jones has hall duty. Jacob finds a bug, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into her room. What can you infer from this passage? What are the “clues” in this passage? Mrs. Jones has hall duty. Jacob finds a bug, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into her room. What can you infer from this passage? What are the “clues” in this passage?

12. Make Another Inference Jake stood on the riverbank. He cast his fishing pole into the deep water. He had been trying to catch a fish for many hours. Alex and Zach laughed as they watched Jake throw the line into the water one more time.

13. What kind of person is Jake? Patient Hard working Patient Hard working Jake stood on the riverbank. He cast his fishing into the deep water. He had been trying to catch a fish for many hours. Alex and Zach laughed as they watched Jake throw the line into the water one more.

14. Authors vs. Readers Authors Imply, Readers Infer. Authors make implications that readers have to infer. What do I mean by these statements? Good Readers are Detectives who are always looking out for clues to help them better understand stories and pictures. Authors Imply, Readers Infer. Authors make implications that readers have to infer. What do I mean by these statements? Good Readers are Detectives who are always looking out for clues to help them better understand stories and pictures.