One of the most important strategies good readers use is making inferences. Making an inference is just like an addition problem. Take what you know + What the pictures or text tell you = Your Inference
For example:
The girl finished her cereal and turned off the T.V. She grabbed her backpack and put on her jacket. Before she left to catch the bus, she grabbed her umbrella from the garage.
What I know: People eat cereal for breakfast.
People watch shows or the news on tv.
Backpacks and buses remind me of school.
Umbrellas are used on rainy days.
What the Text Told Me: cereal, tv, backpack, jacket, bus, umbrella
My Inference: The girl watched the weather report on tv while eating her breakfast before school. She decided to bring her unbrella because rain was in the forecast.
Think of an inference as a reader's lightbulb shining brightly when their knowledge and the text join to make a realization.
Check out this site for more practice....http://havefunteaching.com/worksheets/reading-worksheets/inferences-worksheets/
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