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Inference or Prediction? Worksheet

In Comprehension Skills English Language Arts and Reading Metacognitive Skills Reading

PDF | 2 pages|Grades: 2 - 6

A worksheet to use when teaching your students the difference between an inference and a prediction.

Inferring and predicting are valuable skills for students to apply when engaging with and responding to texts. However, it can sometimes be difficult distinguishing the difference between the two.

This worksheet provides a list of different scenarios and a list of ‘I think’ statements. The students must then decide which statements are predictions and which are inferences.

An answer sheet for teachers in provided.

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
In Anchor Standards College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Key Ideas and Details

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