Making Inferences from Print Text

Name: ______________________________________________
Learning Goal: We are learning to make and explain inferences so we can more
deeply understand what we read.
Reminders: An inference is an educated guess made by the reader based on the
evidence in the text and the readers own experience.
Success Criteria:
I can identify specific evidence from the text to base my inferences upon
I can pull in specific knowledge of my own to connect to how I interpret a
text
I can explain the connection between the evidence in the text and my own
knowledge so that someone understands my inferences
Rubric:
Learning Goal: We are learning to make and explain inferences so we can more deeply understand what we
read.
Success Criteria Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Further
Work
needed

I can identify
specific
evidence from
the text to
base my
inferences
upon

I use a wide
variety of
relevant
evidence from
the text to
support my
inferences

I use a variety
of relevant
evidence from
the text to
support my
inference

I use
evidence
from the text
to support my
inference

I use very
little
evidence
from the text
to support my
inference

I dont use
evidence
from the
text.

I can pull in
specific
knowledge of
my own to
influence how
I interpret a
text

I clearly
connect the
evidence from
the text to
relevant
knowledge of
my own.

I connect the
evidence from
the text to
relevant
knowledge of
my own

I connect
evidence
from the text
to my own
knowledge

I mention
evidence
from the text
and I mention
my own
knowledge

I dont
mention my
own
knowledge
when
inferring

I can clearly
and logically
explain my
inference by
connecting
the evidence
in the text and
my own
knowledge

I clearly and
logically
explain my
inference
making
connections
between the
text and my
own
knowledge

I clearly
explain my
inference
making
connections
between the
text and my
own
knowledge

I explain the
inference
using
evidence
from the text

I explain my
inference

My inference
is not an
inference

Graphic Organizer to explain inference skills

Heres what I read/see My own experience
in the text (evidence)
gives me this message
Example:
In the poem it says, The man stood
facing the lady with the dog / behind
his back/ a dozen red roses.

Example:
Red roses are given to people on
special occasions to symbolize love.

What I infer from the

evidence in the text
Example:
I infer that the man is married to the
woman he is approaching and that he
loves her because he is carrying red
roses. It could be a special day like her
birthday or Valentines Day.