The topic, the most important information, the big idea.
100
What is an inference?
An inference is a prediction, generalization, or conclusion that readers come up with about a text when they use clues from the text and their background knowledge
100
What is cause and what is effect?
Cause is the event, and the effect is what happens because of that event.
100
What is a prediction?
A guess or a hypothesis about what will happen.
100
What is a sequence?
A series of events, a certain order
200
What is the main idea?
A backswimmer has a rounded back and its
underside is flat. When it floats on its back
it looks like a little boat. It rows itself along
in the water using its two hind legs like oars.
The backswimmer spends most of its time
upside down.
A backswimmer has a rounded back and its underside
is flat.
200
If I brought in a softball trophy, what kind of inference could you make about me?
I won the championship
200
Select the cause for the following effect. Corn and beans grow. A) the farmer does not water them. B) the cows eat them all. C) the farmer plants the seeds and waters them.
C) the farmer plants the seeds and waters them.
200
Latoya decided to bake some brownies. She put them in the oven and went outside and jumped in the pool. She swam for a long time. She forgot all about the brownies. What will happen next?
What was the main idea?
Ray got up early to work on his painting. He opened the jars of paint and cleaned his brushes. Ray was painting a picture of his family for his mother’s birthday. This would be a very special gift. Ray worked hard to paint the gift for his mother.
Ray worked very hard to paint the gift for his mother.
300
If the first little pig built a house out of straw because he thought it would be "easy", what can you infer about him?
He was lazy!
300
Matt studied for 3 hours for his math test and got an A on it! What is the cause and what is the effect?
Cause - He studied for 3 hours.
Effecet - He got an A on the test.
300
Mrs. Lopez ran over a big nail. It stuck in the tire. Air began to seep out. What do you predict will happen next?
Mrs. Lopez will get a flat tire.
300
Carla took steps to do well on her test. First, she met with her teacher to get help. Then, her father helped her study. She looked over her notes and went to bed on time. The next morning, she made sure she got to class on time.
After she got help from her father she….
She looked over her notes and went to bed.
400
What is the main idea?
Next time you see lightning, count the number of seconds
that pass until you hear thunder. The lightning is a mile away for every five seconds that you count. In this way, you can “measure” how far the lightning is from you. Scientists know that the speed of light is faster than the speed of sound. So calculating the difference between the two speeds, they have developed this easy five-second formula.
You can figure out how far away lightning is.
400
What can we infer about Patti from the following paragraph? "Achoo!" Patti sneezed. She sneezed again and then a third time. She felt very warm and her head hurt. She dragged herself out of bed and called her boss. She told her boss she wouldn't be going to work.
Patti is sick/flu
400
Select the cause for the following effect. The dog started barking loudly. A) when a stranger came to the door. B) when it went to bed. C) when it ate dinner.
A) a stranger came to the door?
400
Make a prediction about what might happen next: "Trina and her mom drove to the electronic store. Trina had her money she had received for Christmas and the money she had saved. She waited a long time for this day. Finally, she would be able to look up all the things she needed for school on the internet and email her friends."
Trina will buy a computer.
400
Which one would come first?
went to bed,
get home from school,
do homework,
ate dinner
Get home from school
500
What is the main idea?
Have you ever seen groups of birds flying in the fall? If you have, you’ve likely seen birds migrate. When birds fly to a far-off place, we say they are migrating. They are leaving home or “flying the coop”.
Why do they migrate? Birds do not just take a trip when they migrate. They fly south so that they can survive.
What is the main idea?
Bird Migration
500
When I woke up, there were branches and leaves all over the yard.
There was a big storm the night before.
500
Kids were playing hockey in the house and knocked a lamp off a table and it crashed to the floor. What was the cause and what was the effect?
Cause - Kids were playing hockey and hit the lamp.
Effect - The lamp fell and broke.
500
Make a prediction of what might happen next: "The storm began suddenly. The lightening lit up the sky and the thunder roared loudly. The electricity was blinking on and off quickly."
They will lose power in the storm.
500
Which term is not used for sequential order?
finally,
then,
next ,
and