Text Evidence & Inferences 6th Grade

Choosing correct evidence

Read the statement you are trying to prove carefully.

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Choose an answer that fully proves that statement and has the most similar ideas to the original statement.

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Ask yourself, if someone said this to me, would it PROVE the statement above?​ THiNK LIKE a JUDGE.

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Multiple Choice

The water felt so good on such a hot day! I heard the other children laughing and yelling across the way. The concrete was wet from a group of teenagers splashing each other in the corner. The lifeguard watched closely to keep children from running.

This is at a public pool: what detail from the text best proves this?

• a group of teenagers splashing each other...

• I heard the children laughing...

• The lifeguard watched closely...

Multiple Choice

Video games are key elements in friendships for many boys.

Which piece of evidence BEST supports the statement above?

• 72% of all teens play video games on a computer, game console or portable device like a cellphone

• 84% of boys say they feel more connected to existing friends they play games with.

• The flip side is that playing games also can provoke feelings of anger or frustration in those who play games with others online.

​Closer Look

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

​Video games are key elements in friendships for many boys.

​72% of all teens play video games on a computer, game console or portable device like a cellphone

​84% of boys say they feel more connected to existing friends they play games with.

​The flip side is that playing games also can provoke feelings of anger or frustration in those who play games with others online.

Multiple Choice

What does "inference" mean

• A fancy pizza

• hypothesis

• educated guess BASED on evidence

• educated mess

Multiple Choice

What is another word for inference?

• evaluate

• conclude

• suppose

• analyze

Multiple Choice

What is the equation for making an inference?

• text clues + main idea

• schema + prior knowledge

• text clues (EVIDENCE!) + prior knowledge

• your best guess

Multiple Choice

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What is happening?

• Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.

• Tim is taking a trip to visit people he doesn't know.

• Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.

• Tim is moving to California with his family.

Multiple Select

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California."

Which TWO pieces of evidence support the idea that Tim is moving to California?

• "Tim looked out the window"

• "Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car."

• "Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling"

• "Dad says we will like California."

​You INFER based on EVIDENCE

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California."

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1. Based on what I know, you pack your stuff in suitcases

   1. so I infer that their stuff must be in there.

2. It says "last suitcase" and I know that means that it's time to go!

   1. so, I can infer that they are on their way to leave to California.

Open Ended

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California."

​Based on the evidence in yellow, what can you infer???

Type your answer below using my stem.

Based on the evidence I can infer __________ because I know ______________________.

​What is the relationship between Inferences and Text Evidence?

Subject | Subject

• You MAKE an inference based off of text evidence + your background knowledge

• You USE text evidence to prove/support a statement or inference