INFERENCE

INFERENCE =USING THE CLUES TO DRAW A CONCLUSION

WHEN AND HOW DO YOU MAKE AN INFERENCE?

• While you are reading
• Ask yourself questions using the clues that the text gives you
• Inferences may help you determine how someone is feeling in a situation
• Inferences may help you picture a character in your mind
• Inferences may help you predict what will happen next

LET'S MAKE SOME INFERENCES...

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT HAPPENED?

• What do we know about what a child normally looks like
• What clues tell us something out of the ordinary happened?

HOW IS HE FEELING?

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW A CHILD TYPICALLY FEELS WHEN HE LOOKS LIKE THIS?

LET'S KEEP PRACTICING

What can you infer Cynthia looks like?

HOW CLOSE WERE YOU?

Review

INFERENCE =USING THE CLUES TO DRAW A CONCLUSION

LET'S PLAY WHAT IS IN "MS. STULL'S BAG"

LESSON PLANS

• Subject - Reading
• Topic - Inference
• Grade - 2nd
• PA Core Standard: CC.1.3.3.B

Primary Objective

• Students will understand and practice inferencing
• Given visual and oral clues, students will use background knowledge and text to make inferences

Materials

• Inferencing slideshow
• I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll
• Clipboard, paper and pencil
• Bag of items to use as inferencing clues

Technology and Literature Integration

• Used Hiaku Deck on ipad to integrate technology
• Literature - I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll

Lesson Presentation

• Set - review definition of inferencing
• Teacher Instruction - using photos describe how to use background information and clues to make inferences
• Guided Student Practice: While reading story, demonstrate how to make inferences of what monsters may look like
• Independent Student Practice: Students will use inferencing to make a drawing of Cynthia
• Closure: Review definition of inferencing and practice again with "What's in Ms. Stull's Bag"