Inference Training

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Inference Training
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Inference a subjective process where the reader
determines what the author is suggesting, using
background knowledge and prior experience. Leicest
er LEA, draft reading document
Inference means reading all the clues and making
your best guess! http//www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sit
es/elementary/palmasola/rcinf1.htm
Inference! Whats that?
Inference conclusion reached by reasoning from
data or premises speculation. http//www.english
-test.net/toefl/vocabulary/meanings/015/toefl-word
s.phpinference
Inference to reach an opinion from available
information or facts. Cambridge Dictionary of
American English
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Early Inference
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,The
cow jumped over the moon.The little dog laughed
to see such funAnd the dish ran away with the
spoon!
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Cross-curricular - History
www.emsource.org.uk
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Inference training
Some factors contributing to poor reading
comprehension.
EAL issues
Decoding issues
Poor background knowledge
Recognising the key words
Difficulties inferring meaning from text
Vocabulary
Linking information together
Poor knowledge of story structure
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Inference Training 6 Steps

• Prior knowledge.
• 2a. Word definitions.
• b. Elaboration.
• Ask a question.
• Missing sentence.
• Get visual.
• Summarise

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Step 1Prior Knowledge
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Teddi crept along to Grandmas room. It was all
in darkness. She edged the door open and peeped
inside the empty room. On the bedside table
stood the package, covered with strange
stamps. Teddi held her breath and tiptoed to the
table. The package was like a magnet. It seemed
to draw her in. Her fingers itched. She just had
to know what was inside.
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Step 2a. Word definitionsb. Elaboration
held her breath
edged
strange stamps
was like a magnet
package
peeped
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Step 3Ask a question
?
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Step 4Missing sentence

• Teddi crept along to Grandmas room. It was all
  in darkness. She edged the door open and peeped
  inside the empty room. On the bedside table
  stood the package, covered with strange
  stamps. Teddi held her breath and tiptoed to the
  table. The package was like a magnet. It seemed
  to draw her in. Her fingers itched. She just
  had to know what was inside.The paper at the
  edge of the packet was loose.

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Step 5Get visual
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Step 6Summarise
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Practicalities
Specific intervention - guided reading group -
TA support
Guided/shared reading
Independent work
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Guided Reading 2nd Edition

• A handbook for teaching guided reading at
• Key Stage 2
• By Angela Hobsbaum, Nikki Gamble and David Reedy