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Inference Skills for Young Readers

Making an inference means using clues or prior knowledge to understand more than what is directly stated. An inference combines a reader's thoughts with evidence from a text to determine deeper meaning. The document provides examples of inferences about weather, characters, and situations that are suggested but not explicitly stated in given scenarios.

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Inference Skills for Young Readers

Making an inference means using clues or prior knowledge to understand more than what is directly stated. An inference combines a reader's thoughts with evidence from a text to determine deeper meaning. The document provides examples of inferences about weather, characters, and situations that are suggested but not explicitly stated in given scenarios.

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Inferring

What does it mean to infer or make an inference?


- Making an inference means that you are using clues or what you already know from your
reading to figure out more of what the author is trying to say.

[your thoughts] + [evidence from the story] = a great inference!

Sentence Starters for Making an Inference:


My guess isbecause
Maybe.because
Perhaps because
I infer because
It could be that because
This could mean that because
I predict that because

Examples of Making an Inference:


I infer that it is raining in the story because it says that the character is holding
an umbrella.
Maybe the girl is a princess because it says that she is wearing a gown and a tiara.
My guess is that the boy does not have shoes because it says that he has blisters
on his feet.

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