Daily Mind BuildersTM
Inferential Reasoning and Deduction
name that city
Read the true story below, then make an inference
based on the evidence in the story.
Many place names in North America began as Native American words for places European
settlers decided to occupy. 2The capital city of the province of Manitoba and one of the
largest cities in Canada took its name from the Cree Indian words for “muddy water.”
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These words are win nipee. 4The Europeans who settled in this area of muddy water
decided to combine these two words, add a letter or two, and name their settlement pretty
much according to the Cree Indian description of the location. Can you name this large
Canadian city?
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Your conclusion: _______________________________________________________
Which sentences have the best evidence to support your conclusion? ______ ______
presidential name game
George Washington was the first president of the United States and his wife, Martha, was
the first, “First Lady.”
Using the letters in the names of the first president and his wife, write smaller
words that match the clues on the lines below. The letters will always be in order
either from left to right or right to left, and may be separated by other letters.
GEORGE & MARTHA WASHINGTON
1. _________________________
clean with soap and water
2. _________________________ a brief written message
3. _________________________ a wood-cutting tool
4. _________________________ a precious stone
5. _________________________ wheat, barley, oats, and others
6. _________________________
part of leg below the knee
7. _________________________ something done to potatoes or bugs
8. _________________________ a bird needs this to fly
9. _________________________
10. _________________________ a male sheep, storage on a computer
a too-hasty skin irritation
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Daily Mind BuildersTM
Inferential Reasoning and Deduction
name that city
Read the true story below, then make an inference
based on the evidence in the story.
Many place names in North America began as Native American words for places European
settlers decided to occupy. 2The capital city of the province of Manitoba and one of the
largest cities in Canada took its name from the Cree Indian words for “muddy water.”
3
These words are win nipee. 4The Europeans who settled in this area of muddy water
decided to combine these two words, add a letter or two, and name their settlement pretty
much according to the Cree Indian description of the location. Can you name this large
Canadian city?
1
Winnipeg, the capital of the province of Manitoba
Your conclusion: _______________________________________________________
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Which sentences have the best evidence to support your conclusion? ______
______
presidential name game
George Washington was the first president of the United States and his wife, Martha, was
the first, “First Lady.”
Using the letters in the names of the first president and his wife, write smaller
words that match the clues on the lines below. The letters will always be in order
either from left to right or right to left, and may be separated by other letters.
GEORGE & MARTHA WASHINGTON
WASH
1. _________________________
clean with soap and water
NOTE
2. _________________________
a brief written message
SAW
3. _________________________
a wood-cutting tool
GEM
4. _________________________
a precious stone
GRAIN
5. _________________________
wheat, barley, oats, and others
SHIN
6. _________________________
part of leg below the knee
MASH
7. _________________________
something done to potatoes or bugs
WING
8. _________________________
a bird needs this to fly
RAM
9. _________________________
RASH
10. _________________________
a male sheep, storage on a computer
a too-hasty skin irritation
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