Use the Text to Make Inferences Activity

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How to teach Inference

Are you teaching making inferences from a text with your students? If your kids are learning about inferences, this Use the Text to Make Inferences Activity is exactly what you need! This activity can be a great way to help them explore how to infer based on the text and what they already know.

Using this Use the Text to Make Inferences Activity, your students will read “Pumpkin Pies” and use the graphic organizer to make inferences and to show what the text says explicitly.

Teaching inferences is an important skill when learning Reading and drawing conclusions about a text. Use this resource to help your students to take into account information that they have read and their background knowledge when making an inference.

Other resources to use with this Use the Text to Make Inferences Activity

If you are teaching inferences, be sure to use our Inference Worksheets and Inference Activities. Teaching inferences can be a fun and engaging experience for your children!

Introduce this activity by putting an image from a well-known children’s book on the screen. Have the students discuss what they can infer about the characters and what is going on in the image. Remind students that when we make an inference about a text, we are drawing conclusions using provided information.