Making Inferences
Infer (and support with evidence). Authors don’t always tell you everything they want you to know. Have you ever read a story and figured out what the author was saying, even though he or she did not come right out and tell you? We make inferences using background knowledge and clues from the story, or evidence. In order to comprehend what they are reading, children must learn to be detectives and look for evidence in the text to understand the meaning of the story.
You can help your children with this strategy at home:
* Show your thinking as you read to your children. (I think that ___ will ____ because on this page it says____.)
·* Have your child “read” a wordless picture book. Using pictures to tell stories helps to develop this skill.
·* When you read with your child, ask questions such as-
-What do you think is going to happen? What tells you that?
-Why do you think the character said that, or acted this way?
- This is a tricky word. What word would make sense here?
You can help your children with this strategy at home:
* Show your thinking as you read to your children. (I think that ___ will ____ because on this page it says____.)
·* Have your child “read” a wordless picture book. Using pictures to tell stories helps to develop this skill.
·* When you read with your child, ask questions such as-
-What do you think is going to happen? What tells you that?
-Why do you think the character said that, or acted this way?
- This is a tricky word. What word would make sense here?