The word INFER is one that many of us use and struggle to define. It is critical that teachers have a solid understanding of how to define this word because we raise our readers to the highest reading strategy: Inference or the ability to infer the meaning of the story, actions of the character, purpose of the setting, etc.
Our school wide definition: deduce, conclude, use information to make educated guesses based on prior knowledge: Text + What I Know= Infer (Inference)
Song to help learn the word: infer