A comprehensive course designed to build and assess reading comprehension, analysis, and interpretation skills for 6th graders, preparing them for the MAP Reading test and real-world literacy.
Sometimes, authors don't tell you everything directly. You have to use clues from the text, plus what you already know, to figure things out. This is called making inferences.
After gathering clues and making inferences, you can draw a conclusion—a decision about what the text means overall.
The more you practice, the better you’ll get at understanding hidden meanings and reading between the lines!
A character is shivering and wearing a coat, so you infer that it's cold outside.
If a story says a student is looking at their feet and mumbling, you conclude they might be nervous.
Making inferences means figuring out what the author doesn't say directly.