MAP 2nd Grade Reading

MAP 2nd Grade Reading helps second graders develop essential reading skills, comprehension, and vocabulary to become confident readers.

Advanced Topics

Making Inferences

Reading Between the Lines

Sometimes, stories don’t tell you everything directly. Making inferences means using clues from the story and what you know to figure things out.

Steps to Making Inferences

  • Look for hints in the text and pictures
  • Think about your own experiences
  • Combine clues and knowledge to make a smart guess

Why Inferences Are Important

  • Helps you understand characters’ feelings
  • Lets you guess what might happen next
  • Makes reading more fun and interesting

Practice making inferences to become a super detective reader!

Examples

  • Guessing a character is scared because they are hiding under the bed.

  • Figuring out it’s winter in a story because everyone is wearing coats.

In a Nutshell

Making inferences is using clues to understand more than what is written.

Key Terms

Inference
A conclusion you make using hints and your own knowledge.