MAP 5th Grade Reading helps students build strong reading skills, understand complex texts, and apply reading strategies for success in school and life.
Sometimes, authors don’t tell us everything directly. Making inferences means using clues in the text and your own knowledge to figure out what’s not said.
Inferences help you understand characters, predict what might happen, and solve mysteries in what you read.
Try reading a story where a character is shivering and putting on a coat. Even if it doesn’t say so, you can infer that it’s cold!
A character's stomach growls and they look at the clock—you infer they’re hungry and it’s almost lunchtime.
Someone brings an umbrella inside while their clothes are wet—you infer it’s raining outside.
Making inferences means figuring out what’s not directly stated.