Grade 3 · Reading · Lesson 14

Make Predictions and Inferences

Good readers do not just read the words — they think ahead and read between the lines. Predicting means using clues to guess what will happen next. Inferring means figuring out something the author does not say directly.

What this lesson teaches

1Use clues from the text and prior knowledge to predict what happens next
2Make inferences about character feelings and motives based on story details
3Distinguish between a prediction and an inference

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