Inferences

Inference Curriculum At -A- Glance Inference is a key component of comprehension and the focus of this week. Students are often making inferences and do not even realize it. An **inference** is a conclusion that you draw about something by using information that you already have about it. A student must thoughtfully think things through. Information on the subject that a student is making inference on is supported by prior knowledge and the information they gained from reading a story or text. As a reader you must use observations, knowledge and experiences in addition to details from the text to come up with ideas.

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!

Home link Inference can be worked on from home!! Try out the two activities below. A student can practice making inferences in many ways, not just by reading a book. Work on the activities Revisiting the past and Rewriting. Also Have the students look at the cartoon below and make a list of inferences you can come up with together by just looking at the picture. Try out the game links for further practice. The more repition a student has on inference the easier it will be when they are reading a text on their own!

Revisiting the past. Materials: Family photo album or photographs

Activity. Look through old family photo albums, scrapbook, or photos together. Explain that saying " a picture is worth a thousand words" meaning all that you need is a picture and you can talk for hours. A picture is priceless, you can so many things by just looking at one picture. Have your child observe what a person is doing in the photo. Have them look at facial expression and body language to infer how the person in the photo felt at that particular moment in time. The have your child write or act out a short story based on the photograph.

Rewriting Materials: Pick a book, magazine or newspaper of your choice.

Activity: Pick a story together that you both like. Find a paragraph that talks about how a character feels. Have your child rewrite the paragraph stating the feelings directly. You could also have them simply retell you the paragraph directly stating the feelings of the character. Ask how are the two paragraphs different? Why might an author show how a character acts rather than directly telling how a character feels? Point out that details bring stories to life, engage readers, and spark imaginations.

Make an inference !!

Look at the picture and make an inference!



Games !

Try out these games for extra practice!! Inference is fun !

[|Inference Game 1]

[|What can you infer?]

Nightly Reading Choose one paragraph from your assigned book club book. Write three sentences and draw a picture to support the inference you made on the paragraph.

Aligned to PA Assessment anchor and eligible content R6.A.1.3.1