Parents: We have been working on the difference between predicting and inferencing all year. In order to help your child learn the difference, you can ask them questions about what they are reading, or what is happening on a T.V. show or in a movie. If you ask them to predict, they should be able to tell you what is going to happen in the future of the story. If you ask them to make an inference, they should be able to tell you why something is currently happening in the story.
A good way to remember the definitions is to make them equations.
Inferencing : what you know + what you read = being able to tell why something is
happening in the story
Predicitng : what you know + what you read = being able to make an educated guess
about what will happen in the story
in the future
Please, talk to your child about what we are studying in class! :)
Mrs. Short
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