Making Inferences Wrap Up

We have now completed our making inferences unit. We read many books in class to help build our inferring skills. Some favourites were "Duck, Rabbit", "7 Blind Mice", and "Little Green". In each of these books, I read the story without allowing the children to see the pictures. Students had to make guesses on what animal they thought was being described through the story. We discussed how there were no wrong answers as long as they were able to support their inferences using clues left by the author. If you're curious about what animals ended up being described, I won't ruin the surprise and you'll have to ask you child! Children also worked independently on "Inference Task Cards". The task cards were simply pictures of a variety of situations. Children were asked to choose a card that interested them, write what they saw in the card, and then use that information to make an inference about what was actually happening in the picture. I saw a lot of growth in their ability to infer over the past couple of weeks, and I think we are ready to move on to our next unit which will be the reading comprehension skill of visualization.