What is an Inference?
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English, Education
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4th - 5th Grade
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Laurie Foss
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8 Slides • 9 Questions
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What is an Inference?
5th Grade Inference Lesson
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Poll
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What is an Inference?
An EDUCATED guess
Using CLUES the author gives you
Using what you already know (Schema)
Figuring out what the author WANTS you to know, but doesn't tell you
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Read closely and look for clues to match your SCHEMA!
What do the characters say?
What are the characters doing?
What are the character thinking?
What happens to the characters?
What hints does the narrator give?
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Inference NOT Observation
The house is in the water.
There has been a natural disaster.
This is an unsafe place to be.
Three men are running.
The ocean waves are coming on shore.
This may be a hurricane.
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Let's use OBSERVATION to look for CLUES, match it to our SCHEMA, and make an INFERENCE about the boy.
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Now it's your turn
Read the picture or the text closely and look for CLUES (Observation)
Match it to your SCHEMA
Make and INFERENCE
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Multiple Select
Check the observations you can make of this picture.
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Multiple Choice
I can infer that this man....
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Multiple Choice
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Open Ended
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Open Ended
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Poll
What is an Inference?
5th Grade Inference Lesson
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