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Inferences, Conclusions, Generalizations. RC2.4 (5 th Grade) Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations about text and support them with textual evidence and prior knowledge. (5 questions on CST). What is an inference?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Inferences, Conclusions, Generalizations
RC2.4 (5th Grade) Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations about text and support them with textual evidence and prior knowledge. (5 questions on CST)
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What is an inference? An inference is when you use clues, logic, and
common sense in order to draw a conclusion. We make inferences whenever we figure out
something is probably true. Writers often tell you more than they say
directly. When you use clues to figure something out-you are inferring.
We make inferences every day.
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What inferences can you make?
Story Clues Common Sense/Logic
Inference
As the Kinnard family was roasting marshmallows over the campfire, they were filled with awe when they noticed the moonlight reflecting off the water as the waves crashed to shore.
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What inferences can you make?
Story Clues Common Sense/Logic
Inference
As the Kinnard family was roasting marshmallows over the campfire, they were filled with awe when they noticed the moonlight reflecting off the water as the waves crashed to shore.
-Roasting marshmallows over a fire is a camping activity.
-Moonlight isn’t visible during the day.
-The ocean has waves.
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What inferences can you make?
Story Clues Common Sense/Logic
Inference
As the Kinnard family was roasting marshmallows over the campfire, they were filled with awe when they noticed the moonlight reflecting off the water as the waves crashed to shore.
-Roasting marshmallows over a fire is a camping activity.
-Moonlight isn’t visible during the day.
-The ocean has waves.
They must be camping at the beach. It is most likely a clear night sky.
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Details seem to suggest . . . Clues Inference
The air must get thinner as elevation increases.
Air must obstruct a telescope’s visibility.
The skies above Mauna Kea are cloudy about 65 days per year.
Mauna Kea is one of Hawaii’s tallest mountains.
Hawaii’s 13,796-foot Mauna Kea is ideal for the Keck telescopes because the air at its summit is crisp and thin, providing maximum visibility. Also, the skies are clear 300 days a year.
Logic
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Details seem to suggest . . . Clues Inference
Before the 1870’s no trains traveled to the Western U.S.
It must have been easier to travel by train than by wagon.
During the 1800’s, many settlers traveled to Oregon.
Many settlers traveled west on the Oregon Trail. The trail was used until the 1870’s, when railroads took the place of wagon trains.
Logic
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Details seem to suggest . . . Clues Inference
Even though bats have wings and fly, they aren’t birds.
Bats probably like warmer temperatures more than cold.
Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly. Their wings are more flexible than those of birds. Bats are all over the world, except for the North and South Pole.
Logic
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Details seem to suggest . . . Clues Inference
It was completed in 1883.
Before 1883, all bridges were shorter than 6,016 feet.
Work on the Brooklyn Bridge began in 1870. When it was completed 13 years later, it was the biggest of its kind in the world. It was 6,016 feet long.
Logic
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The Egyptian pyramids are stonestructures. Most were built as tombs forthe pharaohs, and they were the largestman-made creations in the ancient world.The largest Egyptian pyramid is the tombof Khufu at Giza, which is the only one ofthe Seven Wonders of the Ancient Worldthat is still standing.
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From the passage, the reader can infer
that(A) Egypt is larger than Saudi Arabia.(B) 6 Wonders of the Ancient World have been destroyed.(C) Slaves built the pyramids.(D) Everybody likes pyramids.
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Why do you think the pyramids were
built out of stone?(A) Because stone is easy to work with.(B) Because the pharaohs couldn’t afford anything else.(C) So they could be seen from space.(D) So they would stand for a long time.
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There is enough information in thispassage to tell that(A) Pharaohs were buried inside the pyramids.(B) Nobody has been inside of a
pyramid.(C) Pyramids are only located in Egypt.(D) The pyramids aren’t very big.
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From the selection, the reader canconclude that(A) the Egyptians had a powerful army.(B) King Tut was the most famous pharaoh.(C) Moses was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter.(D) the Egyptians built multiple pyramids.