Making Inferences

What is an inference?

Inferring is when a reader uses what they already know
and the clues from a text or the world around them
to help them figure our what the author is saying.

We did just that this week in Reader's Workshop.
We begin by using Mrs. Shelby's bag to practice our inferring skills.

We used different pictures of animals to make inferences
about what we see and think.
We wrote our thoughts on sticky notes.

What's in Mrs. Shelby's Bag???

The kids loved making inferences about my stuff! :) 

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Inferring Investigation
On Thursday, we read a story called Snow Day.

We used our schemas and experiences to come up with 

different snow day activities. This would later help 

us on our inferring investigation.

Next, we read a story about a little boy named Tim and his

Grandmother Sue. Tim woke up one morning and saw snow on the ground.

He listened to the TV and found out that there will be no school!

Every kid's dream...right! :)

So, he spent the day with his Grandma Sue while his mother

went to work. When his mother returned home that afternoon,

she did not see Tim or his grandma. She did find some "clues" into

what they did during the day though. She wrote use a letter to ask us for help.

We put on our investigating hats and away we went...

Tim and Grandma's clues...

We worked with partners to create maps of
what we thought they did on the snowy day.

Here are some maps.