Inferences

What does Inference mean?

• finding details in a story

• Use clues and what you already know to come up with an idea

• Giving a reason for your answer

• Using what I know

To make an inference, we use evidence from the text, and our prior knowledge. 

• True

• False

Bill and Sid collect cans. They sell the cans to a recycling center. Lately business has been so good that they have divided their work in half. Bill's area includes a park where teams play baseball every day. Sid collects cans from the office buildings and stores.

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?
Many people drink canned drinks.

• Fact

• Inference

Bill and Sid collect cans. They sell the cans to a recycling center. Lately business has been so good that they have divided their work in half. Bill's area includes a park where teams play baseball every day. Sid collects cans from the office buildings and stores.

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Bill and Sid earn more money now than when they started.

• Fact

• Inference

Using context clues, infer the meaning of the word "murky" in the sentence: "The river was so murky that you couldn't see the bottom."

• Clear

• Dirty and unclear

• Shallow

• Deep

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Using context clues, infer the meaning of the word "devise" in the sentence: "The engineers had to devise a new plan to solve the problem."

• Ignore

• Create or invent

• Destroy

• Delay

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Consider the following: "The neglected garden was overgrown with weeds." What can you infer about the condition of the garden?

• It was well-maintained

• It was ignored and uncared for

• It was recently planted

• It was flourishing

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Frank loved to play tennis, and he was on the tennis court every day. Frank could hit the ball very hard. He was a good player. One day he met his friend Jim for a game of tennis. Jim had just started playing tennis. After the game Frank said, "I will help you with your shots, Jim."

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Frank won the game.

• Fact

• Inference

Frank loved to play tennis, and he was on the tennis court every day. Frank could hit the ball very hard. He was a good player. One day he met his friend Jim for a game of tennis. Jim had just started playing tennis. After the game Frank said, "I will help you with your shots, Jim."

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Jim was not a good tennis player.

• Fact

• Inference

Each year during the last week in April, the old man began his garden. He planted tomatoes during the second week in May. He weeded the garden as the plants grew. By the middle of summer, the tomatoes were ready to sell. Many people bought them. They liked his red, ripe tomatoes. By labor Day it was time for the old man to pull up all his tomato plants.

Is the following sentence a fact or an inference?
The old man worked hard to grow tomatoes.

• Fact

• Inference