By: Emily and Kylee
Do you want to know about inferences?
Making inferences is making a guess using clues like what the author is telling you or what you already know.
1. Firstly, you can infer how people feel based on how they look.
For example, Mr. Henry our teacher looks angry when we talk in class and we think this because his eyebrows face inward. We don’t know FORSURE if Mr. Henry is angry but we are inferring using clues.
2. Secondly, you can infer things by looking at a picture or title in a book.
For example, the title of the book The Red Riding Hood suggests that it will be about a girl wearing red. We don’t know FORSURE if the book will be about a girl wearing red, we’re inferring using clues.
3. Thirdly, in The Wild Robot, Roz is sad, and we can infer that because her eyes are sprinting.
Even though she doesn’t have a mouth or tears because she’s a robot, you can see it in her eyes by how she’s squinting. We don’t know FORSURE if she is sad but we are inferring using clues.
In conclusion, this is all we know about inferences.
Our classmate Michael interviewed Mrs. Perez, who is a family talk therapist, about how she makes inferences.
You can watch to interview below to understand more about how to make inferences and why it’s important.
If you still don’t understand inferences, you can watch the videos we found on YouTube:
If you STILL do not understand inferences, you can read the article we found about it:
