An inference is using clues from a text along with your own background knowledge to determine information not directly stated. When reading, you picture the story in your head and use details and your life experiences to infer things like the season, why objects are mentioned, and what characters may be doing. Making inferences helps you understand and engage with a story more fully.

1. Making Inferences

2. What is an
inference
anyway?

3. • To infer is to

4. While we read, we
are picturing the
story in our head

5. We find clues in the story and
make decisions based on what
we know in our own lives.

7. • What is the season in the story?
• Why do you think they need two
sticks?
• What are the children doing?