Making Inferences

Making Inferences

InferenceText evidence + personal knowledge = educated

guess

InferenceText evidence + personal knowledge = educated

guess • Examine facts from the text.• Draw personal meaning from text

(words) or pictures, and add your own knowledge.

• Use clues to fill in gaps and come to your own conclusion.

• Examine facts from the text.• Draw personal meaning from text

(words) or pictures, and add your own knowledge.

• Use clues to fill in gaps and come to your own conclusion.

Make an Inference:Make an Inference:

What does this image tell me? What does this image tell me?

ASK YOURSELF:ASK YOURSELF:

1. What facts from the image did I consider?

2. What did I already know that helped me make that inference?

1. What facts from the image did I consider?

2. What did I already know that helped me make that inference?

What is happening here?Make an inference and discuss!

What is happening here?Make an inference and discuss!

How Do Good Readers Make Inferences?

How Do Good Readers Make Inferences?

1. Word/text clues2. Picture clues3. Define unknown words (CONTEXT CLUES)4. Look for emotion (feelings)5. Use personal experience and knowledge6. Look for explanations for events (cause

and effect relationships)7. ASK questions while investigating text

1. Word/text clues2. Picture clues3. Define unknown words (CONTEXT CLUES)4. Look for emotion (feelings)5. Use personal experience and knowledge6. Look for explanations for events (cause

and effect relationships)7. ASK questions while investigating text

Authors vs. ReadersAuthors vs. Readers• Authors IMPLY while readers INFER.• Authors make implications that readers

have to infer to make connections. • 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 while readers INFER.• Authors make implications that readers

have to infer to make connections. • 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.

Practice Practice     The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact,

Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!     The turkey's popularity comes from the American people's love of eating the bird for special occasions like Thanksgiving and Christmas.     The wild turkey we usually see in photos or pictures is not the same as the domestic turkey that many Americans serve at Thanksgiving.     Domestic or tame turkeys weigh twice what a wild turkey does and are raised on farms for profit. Most domestic turkeys are so heavy they are unable to fly.     Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) live in woods in parts of North America and are the largest game birds found in this part of the world. They spend their days foraging for food like acorns, seeds, small insects and wild berries. They spend their nights in low branches of trees.adapted from http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/turkey.htm

     The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!     The turkey's popularity comes from the American people's love of eating the bird for special occasions like Thanksgiving and Christmas.     The wild turkey we usually see in photos or pictures is not the same as the domestic turkey that many Americans serve at Thanksgiving.     Domestic or tame turkeys weigh twice what a wild turkey does and are raised on farms for profit. Most domestic turkeys are so heavy they are unable to fly.     Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) live in woods in parts of North America and are the largest game birds found in this part of the world. They spend their days foraging for food like acorns, seeds, small insects and wild berries. They spend their nights in low branches of trees.adapted from http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/turkey.htm

What can the reader infer about domestic turkey farms?What can the reader infer about domestic turkey farms?A. They provide the turkeys with a lot of food. B. They must protect the turkeys from hunters. C. They are covered with acorns. D. They can only be located in the woods.

A. They provide the turkeys with a lot of food. B. They must protect the turkeys from hunters. C. They are covered with acorns. D. They can only be located in the woods.

What can the reader infer about Benjamin Franklin?What can the reader infer about Benjamin Franklin?

A. He had great respect for the wild turkey. B. He was a vegetarian (someone who

doesn't eat meat). C. His favorite food was turkey sandwiches. D. He raised turkeys for profit.

A. He had great respect for the wild turkey. B. He was a vegetarian (someone who

doesn't eat meat). C. His favorite food was turkey sandwiches. D. He raised turkeys for profit.

What can the reader infer about wild turkeys?What can the reader infer about wild turkeys?

A. They are a danger to humans. B. They hurt the environment by eating

acorns. C. They are able to fly. D. They weigh more than domestic turkeys.

A. They are a danger to humans. B. They hurt the environment by eating

acorns. C. They are able to fly. D. They weigh more than domestic turkeys.