An interactive powerpoint used during an inferring lesson

1. Inferring Review
Created by:
Collette Knight

2. What is inferring?
• Inferring is when the reader combines clues
from the story with what he or she already
knows to infer an answer.

3. Why do readers have to infer?
• Sometimes the author doesn’t state things
directly.
• The author wants the reader to use clues from
the story to get answers.

4. What makes a good inference?
• A good inference is based on evidence. It isn’t
just a wild guess.

5. How does a reader infer an answer?
• Readers should take clues from the story,
combine the clues with what they already
know to infer the answers.
• Whenever you read, use what you already
know from your own experiences to help you
make inferences.

6. Inferring Formula
Clues What you
My
from the already
Inference
story know

7. Terms related to Inferring
• Infer
• Conclude
• Suggest
• Imply
• Predict
• Probably

8. What does an inferring question look
like on the TAKS test?
• What can you infer about…?
• What are some clues from the story that tell
you this?
• From the character’s thoughts and actions,
the reader can infer that he/she…
• What can the reader conclude about…?

9. One Inference Strategy:
Inference “It Says” “I Say” “And So”
Question What does the Using prior Based on…I
text say… knowledge, can infer…
what you say..
Combine
Write the List clues clues from
What do you
question. from the the story
already know
story. from your with what
you already
experiences?
know to
answer the
question.

10. Practice Paragraph #1
Pedro wanted to get out of bed, but he couldn’t.
His entire body felt weak and it hurt to move. His
head was on fire, but he felt like chunks of ice. He
reached for a glass of orange juice and carefully
swallowed it. He wished mom would come back
from the kitchen with his soup and crackers.
What can you infer about Pedro?
a. Pedro was sick at home.
b. Pedro was a school waiting for mom.
c. Pedro was in the Dr’s office.

11. Let’s use the strategy chart!
What can you Pedro wanted to I felt sick one
get out of bed, Pedro must be
infer about morning and had
but he couldn’t. sick at home
Pedro? to stay in bed all since he is in
day. bed and his
His entire body
mom was in the
felt weak and it
hurt to move. My dad made kitchen.
me eat soup too!
He wished mom
would come back
from the kitchen
with his soup and
crackers.

12. Looking for Details
• The author won’t always tell you everything
in a passage.
• Look for details that help you understand the
plot, the characters, and the setting of the
story.
• Ask yourself, “What do these details tell
me?”
“What doesn’t the author tell me with these
details?”

13. Inference Review Quiz

14. Directions
• Read the question carefully.
• Click on the correct answer.
• If you don’t get it right the first time, Click the
back arrow, and try again.

15. Question #1
• What does the author want readers to use to
find answers?
a. The dictionary
b. Clues from the story
c. A guess

16. Your Right!
• B is the correct answer. Readers should use
clues from the story to help them find
answers.

17. Sorry, Try Again.

18. Question #2
• Is a good inference based on guesses or
evidence?
a. Guesses
b. Evidence

19. Your Right!
• B is the correct answer. Good inferences are
based on evidence from the story.

20. Sorry, Try Again.

21. Question #3
The reader should use what he or she knows to
infer the answer?
1. True
2. False

22. Your Right!
• True. The reader should use what he or she
already knows to infer the answer.

23. Sorry, Try Again.

24. Question #4
What is missing from the formula?
What you
My
? already
Inference
know
a. A wild guess
b. The author’s purpose
c. Clues from the story

25. Your Right!
• C is the correct answer. Clues from the story
is missing from the formula.

26. Sorry, Try Again.

27. Question #5
Each word below may appear in an inferring
question except:
a. Predict
b. Conclude
c. Infer
d. Symbolizes

28. Your Right!
• D is the correct answer. The word symbolize
will not appear in an inferring question.

29. Sorry, Try Again.

30. Question #6
Which of the following TAKS questions is an
example of inferring?
a. What can the reader conclude about…?
b. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
c. Which of these best summarizes the
passage?

31. Your Right!
• A is the correct answer. What can the reader
conclude about…? is an inferring question.

32. Sorry, Try Again.

33. Question #7
What does the phrase, “It Says…” refer to in the
Inference Strategy Chart?
a. What the character says.
b. What the author says.
c. The evidence from the story.

34. Your Right!
• C is the correct Answer. “It Says…” refers to
the evidence from the story.

35. Sorry, Try Again.

36. Question #8
Looking for details helps the reader
understand:
a. How many words are in the story.
b. Where the author wrote the story.
c. The plot, the characters, and the setting of
the story.

37. Your Right!
• C is the correct answer. Looking for details in
the story helps the reader understand the
plot, the characters, and the setting of the
story.

38. Sorry, Try Again.

39. Question #9
When making an inference, the reader should
ask himself/herself:
“What do these details tell me?”
True or False

40. Your Right!
• True is correct. The reader should ask
himself, “What do the details in the story tell
me?”

41. Sorry, Try Again.

42. Question #10
In 1938, a woman found a very strange looking fish. It had blue
spots and was about five feet long. It looked like a drawing of a
fish that had lived million of years ago. Everyone thought it
was extinct. The woman was very excited to have found it!
What might you be able to infer from the paragraph?
a. Not many people have seen this type of fish.
b. No one else would be interested in this fish.
c. Many people have seen this type of fish before.

43. Your Right!
• A is the correct answer.
Clues in the story:
It looked like a drawing of a fish that had lived millions of years
ago.
Everyone thought it was extinct.
The woman was very excited to have found it!
+
My own knowledge:
I know the word extinct means an animal that no longer exists.
=
My inference:
A. Not many people have seen this type of fish.

44. Sorry, Try Again.

46. Acknowledgements
• This interactive PowerPoint was created by
Collette Knight.
• Clipart buttons and sounds are found in Office
2010 and are the property of Microsoft.
• Image resources:
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47. Resources
• Comprehension Skill Cards. (2006). Remedia Publications:
www.rempub.com
• DiPino, J. & Thresher, C. (2002). Best practices in reading.
Merrimack, NH: Options Publishing.
• McFadden, S. (2007). Summary and inference. Huntington
Beach, CA: Creative Teaching Press.
• Texas Treasures, Grade 4, Unit 4. (2011). Student Practice
Book. Page 93. New York, NY.
• Wallis, K. (2006). Understanding making inferences. New
Jersey: The Peoples Publishing Group, Inc.