This worksheet is an instructive tool for understanding the role of inference in reading comprehension. It starts with an illustrative example comprising a quote, clues, and an inference. The next section is a graphic organizer that prompts students to use the text they are reading and write the title, quotation from the text, clues, and an inference-just like in the example.

When you read a book or any story, making an inference is like being a detective! You look for clues in the words and pictures and then use what you already know to figure out something the author didn't say directly. If you read about a character wearing a coat, boots, and scarf, you might infer that it's cold outside even if the story doesn't say, "It's cold." So, you combine what you read with your knowledge about the world to make intelligent guesses about the story. It's a fun way to think deeper and understand more about what's happening!