Inference vs. Prediction – What’s the Difference?

As your students are starting to learn about different reading strategies, they will learn about making inferences as well as making predictions. Let’s take a quick look at the differences between these two terms!

Inferring is when a reader uses their own knowledge and experiences to help them understand new ideas. Predicting is when a reader uses information from a text and their own personal experiences to anticipate what is about to happen.

Encourage Deeper Thinking With Our Inference and Prediction Template

Teach Starter has created an open-ended template that your students can use with any piece of text. Use this teacher-created resource with your students before, during, and after reading a piece of text independently. Questions your students will answer include:

• What clues to the title, key words, and pictures give you about this text?
• What do you know about these ideas? Where have you seen them before?
• What do you think the text will be about?
• What would you like to find out while reading this text?

This reading response template comes with a version that includes writing lines and one that does not.

How to Get Your Reading Response Organizer 

If you are ready for your students to use this template in your classroom, novel study or book club setting, head on over to the green download button! Here, you will find the quick-print PDF file and the editable Google Slides document. If selecting the Google Slides file, please note that you will first be prompted to make a copy of the resource to your personal drive before accessing it.

More Inference Resources for Your Classroom

Don’t stop there! We’ve got more activities to shorten your lesson planning time:  

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