Make an Inference: Josh’s Saturday Outing
Read about Josh and his dad, use the clues to infer their destination, then write and draw your idea.

- Grades
- Grades 1–2
- Pages
- 1
- File type
- Subject
- Reading, ELA
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Ontario expectations
- C3.2 — make simple inferences using stated
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About this resource
This worksheet will help your students practice making inferences while they read. It includes a short story and one written question and a drawing prompt for students to complete based on their reading. This is a great way to help your students improve their reading comprehension skills.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Infer an unstated event or destination from situational and dialogue clues in a short text
- State a text-based prediction in a complete written response
- Translate a textual inference into a visual representation through drawing
Teaching tips
- Read the story aloud first and ask students to name the two clues (the heat, the towel) before they write, since the whole task depends on noticing both details.
- Have students share their drawings and compare predictions, since the passage supports more than one reasonable inference.
Skills covered
- Reading inference — students use situational and dialogue clues in the Josh story to determine an event the text never states directly.
- Evidence-based prediction — students write a short response naming where they think the pair is headed.
- Visual comprehension — students draw the destination they inferred, translating a textual conclusion into an image.
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Ontario curriculum
Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
- C3.2 — make simple inferences using stated and implied information and ideas to understand simple texts
Core concepts
- Inference
- Context clues
- Reading comprehension
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