I have a picture of a little boy who is sitting on the sidewalk holding his knee, crying. His tricycle is on the ground beside him upside down. They take turns telling me exactly what they see in the picture and I record it. We discuss each thing and whether or not we can actually see that in the picture. Then I tell them that when we see ___, ___ and ____, we can INFER that the boy fell off of his tricycle and hurt his knee. I have 2-3 other pictures that we use to do this same activity. We then extend that to how we infer things when we read books. Kinderjane/SC :-) In a message dated 5/15/2010 5:51:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, borch...@vcn.com writes:
Does anyone have a great lesson on teaching inference to kindergarten/first grade students. I would suggest using the book Dear Juno by Soyung Pak. It is in our third grade Treasures (McMillan/McGraw reading series) and also available through Amazon. It is about an little boy that has a grandmother living in Korea. His grandmother sends him a letter written in Korean which he can't read. He asks his mother to read it to him, but she is too busy so he tries to figure out what his grandmother wrote him. Luckily grandma drew a few pictures and sent him a picture. Based on these clues he is able to figure out the content of the letter. When his mother finally reads the letter to him, his inferences are confirmed. It is a very effective and transparent book to teach inferring. Barb _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
