Teaching inferencing

In this post, I am sharing how to teach inferencing with a Mystery Box! It is an excellent way to encourage kids to think whil having fun!

Making inferences is a skill that comes naturally to most students and they don’t even realize how or why it helps them. Kids can look at someone crying with a dropped ice cream cone on the ground next to them and know they are sad because their ice cream cone fell. Kids are naturally great...

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This making inference activity and lesson plan will help all of your readers succeed at making inferences and inferring as they independently read in your upper elementary and middle school classrooms. Making inference mentor text included.

Teaching students the difference between literal and inferential thinking is one of my must-do lessons of every single school year

My friends, teaching students to make inferences is one of the hardest concepts out there! Can I get an Amen?! Students are trained to see what is right in front of them, so when they have to take that and read between the lines it is difficult! It is pulling hair out difficult! This is why I started our unit off with an investigation! This activity taught them what inferencing was and stuck it into their brains forever. It has been months since our investigation and they still talk about…

Hands-On Inference lesson where students become inference detectives to solve the Case of the Missing Cape! Engaging and SO MUCH FUN for K-1!

Improving inference skills is simple with these engaging and unique activities that go beyond just simply reading and answering inference questions.

Use this no prep making inferences freebie as a center activity or extra inferencing practice for your 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade class. Students read short paragraphs and must use the clues in the paragraphs to determine whether the setting is occurring during the day or at night. This is a cut and paste activity. Have students highlight the clues that helped them for additional inferencing practice. #inferencing #makinginferences #noprep

Teaching students to make inferences can be TOUGH. These little birdies are super fun to help them practice! Use this full-page format over and over again with any text! The bookmark format is a great way to do a quick check with students! My students have loved sharing their inferences as they read. They especially