English ReadingYears 4–6Inferential Comprehension

Justify inferences with evidence

Justify inferences with evidence directly from the text using PEE (Point-Evidence-Explanation)

What you'll learn

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    Imagine you find a muddy footprint 🐾 on the kitchen floor. How do you know someone walked through here? You use CLUES to make a smart guess — that's called an inference!

  2. 2

    What do you use to make an inference?

  3. 3

    Look at this picture: a boy holding an umbrella ☂️ but it's not raining. What can you INFER?

  4. 4

    Let's do one together with a story! 📖

  5. 5

    Which sentence is the BEST evidence that it was raining?

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    Read this: 'The girl shivered and pulled her scarf tighter. Her teeth chattered.' Tap the clue that helps you infer she is cold.

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    What can you infer from: 'The girl shivered and pulled her scarf tighter'?

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