Skill library: Inference

Welcome to the Storyworks 3 Skill Library! Help your students develop their inferencing skills with the resources below.

 

First, introduce inference to your students with our engaging video. Follow up by having them practice the skill on a Storyworks 3 story of their choosing. We offer two formats for skills practice: a guided interactive activity and a downloadable skill builder.

 

Essential Question: How can making inferences help you better understand what you read?

What is an Inference?

Learn how to make an inference in this fun animated video.

Two Ways to Practice the Skill

Online: Guided Interactive Activity

This interactive slide deck walks your students through what an inference is. It also provides an opportunity for students to practice making inferences in a Storyworks 3 story they've chosen.

Offline: Printable PDF

This downloadable activity sheet lets your students practice making inferences in any story.

Top stories for teaching inference:

FICTION Enemy Pie What can you do about a kid you don’t like? Here’s a tasty idea.
FICTION A Recipe for Disaster How can Liz choose just one delicious dish to sum up who she is?
PLAY The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving is one of the most famous authors in American history. He wrote this ghost story 200 years ago. Does it scare you today?
FICTION Home Aleena’s new brother has turned her life into a major mess, and things will never be the same.
PLAY Chicken Little A little chicken learns a big lesson.