Inference #1
Splat! "Oh rats!" thought Katie as she stooped to clean up the mess. "I hope we have another one." She looked in the fridge and pulled out the carton. One left! Breakfast wasn't ruined after all.
What did Katie clean up? How do you know?
Katie cleaned up a broken egg. I know this because the text mentions a "carton." I know eggs come in cartons and are very messy to clean up. I also know you eat eggs for breakfast.
Dad and Krystal were finishing up a project in the garage together. "Can we paint the roof red?" asked Krystal? "Sure," said Dad, "then when the paint dries, we can find a place to hang it in the backyard."
What are Krystal and her dad making? How do you know?
Krystal and her dad are making a bird house. I know this Krystal mentions a roof and her dad talks about finding a place for it to hang. I know bird feeders have roofs and hang outside.
What is the main idea of this passage?
There are many different kinds of bears in the world. Black bears live in North America. Grizzly bears also live in North America. They are very dangerous. The white Polar bear lives in the Arctic. The biggest bear is the Kodiak bear that is found in Alaska.
There are many kinds of bears in the world.
"Ooh!" Lucy had fallen again! She shivered and picked herself back up. Then she spotted her older sister, Sarah, gliding backwards. She was so graceful. Sarah made everything look easy.
What is Lucy doing? What evidence supports it?
Lucy is ice-skating. I know this because it uses the words "gliding" and Lucy shivers. You glide when you ice skate and it is cold on an ice skating rink because of the ice.
Maggie was getting ready to walk to school. She put on her coat and grabbed her backpack. As she opened the door to head out, her mother said, “I love you. Be careful.”
What inference can you make? What evidence supports it?
Maggie lives close to school. She would have to be close to school if she is walking to school.
What is the main idea of the paragraph.
Bats are fascinating animals. They are not birds, but instead are flying mammals. Some bats eat fruit, others eat insects. Bats are experts at flying. They use a system called echolocation to fly quickly in the dark. They are able to use the sounds bouncing off the of the cave walls to fly without using their eyes.
Bats have a unique way of flying.
Cody knew he was in big trouble. He looked glumly at the Math test on the desk in front of him. The door opened and Mr. Anderson came into the office. "I've called your parents and they are on their way," he said.
Why is Cody in trouble? What evidence supports this?
Cody is in trouble because he cheated on his Math test. I know this because Mr. Anderson called Cody's parents. He wouldn't be in trouble with the teacher if he had just done poorly on a test.
Avery watched as her new next-door neighbors moved in. She observed a tall man carrying a bicycle and a kayak into the garage. She also saw a young woman carrying a surfboard through the front door.
What inference can you make? What evidence supports this?
Her new neighbors like to spend time outdoors. They have multiple items that you would use outside.
What would be a good title for this passage?
Many types of bacteria are helpful. For example, some are able to take nitrogen from the air. They then put it into the soil. This makes the soil better for growing plants. Some bacteria are helpful in making cheese. Other bacteria are helpful in making vinegar.
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-Types of Bacteria
-Helpful Bacteria
Mr. Jones stood on his front porch watching the boys run away down the street. He walked slowly to the sidewalk and picked up the bat that was laying there. Then he looked at the broken window on his house and sighed.
Why were the boys running away? What evidence supports this?
The boys were running away because they had hit a baseball into Mr. Jones' house and broke his window. I know this because the text says there was a bat and a broken window.
Alexander arrived at his grandmother's house at ten o'clock at night. He saw her car in the driveway and the front door was unlocked. The living room window was lit up with a flickering light.
What inference can you make about what his grandmother is doing? What evidence supports this?
His grandmother was watching television.
What would be a good title for this passage?
Our solar system is very large. It includes the eight planets that turn around the sun. These planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There are also hundreds of thousands of smaller planets in this system. They are called asteroids. Each asteroid is much smaller than any of the eight large planets.
Answers will vary
-All About the Solar System
Ana and Sophie sat in their chairs staring straight ahead for nearly two hours. They did not talk or hardly even move, but they were not bored at all.
What were they doing? What evidence supports it?
Ana and Sophie were watching a movie at the movie theater. I know this because movies are about 2 hours long and you're sitting the entire time, but you're still entertained.
As the train pulled into the station, we finally met eyes. We had been avoiding this moment, but it was here now. Tears welled. Words choked. We hugged each other awkwardly before I grabbed my bags and jumped on the train.
What inference can you make? What evidence supports it?
One of the characters is moving away. They are at a train station, they are crying, and one character has bags and goes on the train.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Honeybees form large hives. There are thousands of bees in a hive. One bee is the queen. She lays the eggs. Some bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers to make honey. Other bees protect the hive. Some bees keep the hive clean. Still other bees help the queen. Each bee has a special job to do in the bee hive.
Each bee has a specific job to do in a beehive.