Makinig Inferences

An inference is a prediction. Sometimes when you're reading a chapter book, you stop reading at a chapter and you want to know what happens next. Inferences help you with this. Based on what you already know about the text/story, you can try to figure out what will happen. Also, when you're reading a story that ends suddendly, not telling you what's ging to happen next, you could inferences too. Inferences are very important. To make an inference use

• Hints in the text
• What you already know
• What the story is about