Making Inferences 6 th Grade ReadingLanguage Arts Inference

Making Inferences 6 th Grade Reading/Language Arts

Inference • Take what you know and make a guess! • Draw personal meaning from text (words) or pictures. • You use clues to come to your own conclusion.

Make an Inference! • What does this image tell me?

Question… • What did I already know that helped me make that inference? • Did I use picture or written clues?

Help Me Make an Inference!

More Questions… • Did you use words, graphs, or picture clues to help you make a guess about what that cartoon meant?

Try Again! • Can he draw more than tigers? • Look up words you don’t know!

Make 1 more Inference

How Do Good Readers Make Inferences? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Word/text clues Picture clues Define unknown words Look for emotion (feelings) Use what they already know Look for explanations for events ASK themselves questions!

Make Another Inference • Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school. • What can you infer from this passage? • What are the “clues” in this passage?

Make Another Inference • Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school.

Authors vs. Readers • Authors Imply, Readers Infer. • Authors make implications that readers have to infer.

So, what am I saying? Good Readers are Detectives who are always looking out for clues to help them better understand stories and pictures.

Detective Time! • Let’s determine just how good we are at making inferences:

If your best friend is not in school one day, you can infer that: They are out sick or on vacation.

If a house says, "FOR RENT" outside, you can infer that: The house needs new occupants.

If you see a fire engine on your street, you can infer that: Someone had a type of an emergency.

If you get fired from your job, you can infer that: You did something wrong.

If you forget to return your library book, you can infer that: You will have to pay a fine.

If you see someone with a cast on their leg, you can infer that: They broke their leg.

If you see someone fall off of their bike, you can infer that: They lost their balance.

If you go to a Mexican restaurant, you can infer that: They will specialize in Mexican food.

If your cat is standing by its food bowl, you can infer that: Your cat is hungry.

If you forget to study for a test, you can infer that: You might not do well.

LITERARY VOCABULARY

inference a determination you make based on evidence in a text and from our own experiences

prior knowledge what you already know

detail supports your idea

fact information that can be proved true

clue a piece of evidence that leads someone towards a solution of a problem

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

adjust to change something so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

battle an effort to reach a goal or objective

cast to cause to move or send forth by throwing

colossal unusually large

firm securely fixed in place

gingerly showing a close cautiousness to avoid danger or trouble

judge to decide the size, amount, number, or distance without actual measurement

pointer a piece of advice or useful information given by an expert