Students who struggle with text have difficulty getting a complete “picture” of what’s going on. One way to simplify instruction is to teach inferences using only picture clues. Pictures can be decoded more quickly and are accessible to all readers.

Once students understand how to find evidence, apply schema, and make reasonable inferences using these bridging activities, the skill can more easily be transferred to written selections.

This download provides step-by-step instruction. Each lesson builds on the one before it. There are fourteen (14) worksheets. Suggested pacing allows for six (6) lessons. In addition, there are (2) easy-to-grade assessments. Images print well in both color and B&W.

This product relates to the following CCSS standard(s). Please note that this list may represent only a partial list of all standards and/or strands that apply.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1 - 5.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7 - 5.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

MAKING INFERENCES USING PICTURES includes the following:
A) Introductory Lesson Worksheets & Answer Keys (4)
1. What is evidence?
2. What is schema?
3. What is inference?
4. Evidence + Schema = Inference
B) Inference Worksheet & Answer Key (1)
C) Inference Practice & Answer Key (3)
1. What is an inference?
2. What do you know about the evidence?
3. What can I infer about what’s happening?
D) Practice Making Inferences & Answer Key (3)
1. Practice Making Inferences 1
2. Practice Making Inferences 2
3. Practice Making Inferences 3
E) Inference Skills Sheets & Answer Keys (3)
1. Inference Skill Sheet 1
2. Inference Skill Sheet 2
3. Inference Skill Sheet 3
F) Inference Assessments & Answer Keys (2)
1. Evidence, Schema, and Inference: Assessment 1
2. Evidence, Schema, and Inference: Assessment 1

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IMPORTANT NOTE: This resource has been saved in a format that allows for printing in high resolution. However, file contents may NOT be changed, copied, or extracted. This file is NOT editable.

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