Good readers use reading strategies when they read. This means they are using reading strategies to really think about what they are reading. Making an inference while you read is one reading strategy a good reader might use.
You might not even realize you are making inferences as you read, but there are really so many things to infer while you are reading that you might be doing it without even knowing it! You infer when you stop and think about what the author has said and are able to make a statement about what you read. You might infer how a character feels. You might infer where a character is. You might infer what the author is describing. Any time you read something and can use what the author has given you to create your own ideas or understanding, you are making an inference.
Inferring can be tricky because sometimes kids confuse it with making a prediction. When you make a prediction, you use what they author tells you to guess what happens next. Making an inference is using the clues that author tells you to make a statement about what is happening in the story and what you know now.
If you can come to school and tell me which good reading strategy this post is about, you can earn one sticker towards a reading reward!
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