Inferences, take 2

I can make an inference without reading the text.

• True

• False

"Text Evidence" is

• my best guess.

• what I can learn from reading the text.

• what I know from experiences that I have had in life.

• a test.

"Background Knowledge" is...

• what I know from experiences that I have had in life.

• my best guess.

• a test.

• what I can learn from reading the text.

Can you infer what has happened in this picture?

• airing out stinky feet
• foot fungus
• ant bite
• sunburn and blister

What is wrong with Carol?

• She is upset because she has been waiting on hold for a long time.
• She is sick and calling in to work.
• She hit her head.
• Her coffee is too hot!

Nicole came out of the elevator in her apartment building. She ran to the curb and held up her arm to hail a taxi. When she hopped in, she said, “Please take me to 345 45th Street.”

What can you infer about Nicole?

• Nicole's car is broken.

• Nicole is going on vacation.

• Nicole is going shopping.

• Nicole lives in a large city.

Mia stamps her feet and crosses her arms. What can you infer about how she feels?

• Joyful

• Angry

• Lonely

• Tearful

1. Jackie Robinson did something nobody had ever done before. He was the first African-American to play on a Major League Baseball team---the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson had to deal with racism all over the country. But, whenever things got difficult, his courage and determination kept him going.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Jackie Robinson is a great figure in history.

• Jackie Robinson played many different sports.

• Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

• Jackie Robinson was very old.

The night was very dark. Charlie and Ted were sitting by the fire and toasting marshmallows. They had set-up their tent that afternoon. Suddenly, Ted heard a noise. Charlie heard it, too. It said, "Hoot, hoot!" It was coming from the tree over the tent. The boys threw down their marshmallows and ran all the way home.
Why did the boys run home?

• They needed to get more marshmallows.
• It was going to rain and they didn't want to get wet.
• They needed to get a flashlight.
• The boys were afraid of the noise they heard.

When Kyle came home from school, he was noticeably distraught. He balled up his report card and placed it inside of a soup can in the garbage. He then flipped the soup can upside down and arranged garbage over the soup can. Why is Kyle distraught?

• He doesn't want to take the trash out.

• There isn't any soup left for him.

• He made a bad grade on his report card.

• His parents asked him to cook dinner.