6.ELAR.5.F
Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
Grade 6 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
Standard Unwrapping
AI-generated as a starting point — sign in to edit.Vocabulary
inferenceevidenceunderstandingtextsupport
Skills
- make (inferences from text) #dok2
- use (evidence from text) #dok2
- support (understanding with evidence) #dok3
- connect (inferences and evidence to understanding) #dok3
- justify (interpretations of text) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can identify pieces of evidence from a text. #dok1
- I can define what it means to make an inference. #dok1
- I can make inferences about a text based on clues and details. #dok2
- I can use evidence from the text to support my inferences. #dok2
- I can explain how my inference connects to my understanding of the text. #dok3
- I can justify my interpretation of a text using appropriate evidence. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Readers make deeper meaning by combining their own thinking with evidence from the text.
- Supporting inferences with textual evidence strengthens understanding and interpretation.
Essential Questions
- What is an inference and why is it important to reading comprehension?
- How do I find evidence in a text to support my inferences?
- What strategies help me connect evidence to my understanding of a text?
- How does providing evidence change or strengthen the explanations I give about a text?
- How can I be sure my inferences are supported by the text?