Hot cup of coffee brewed and an apple danish acquired from my local bakery, my mission this morning is to surf the web in search of ways to help my students with inferencing. The amount of materials available through a simple web search never ceases to amaze me, and I love when I have a few moments to discover new ideas to incorporate into my lesson planning.
My first discovery was a blog called Technology up to Speed (add this one to your favorites). I have included the link for the post dated August 6, 2013, so you don't have to search out the materials I am about to discuss. Once you find yourself on the post, you will find a link to animated short videos and a link to free graphic organizers to use in conjunction with the videos to teach various reading skills. The materials offered on the post are organized by the skill you are interested in teaching, which makes it very user friendly. You are also able to download the materials for future use. The video shorts are also accessible via YouTube. Of course, my focus was on finding materials to teach inferencing skills, so I spent most of my time perusing those videos and organizers, but there were other topics covered. You will find links to help you teach cause and effect, compare and contrast, questioning, predicting, and many others. If your looking for a way to engage your students and teach reading skills, this is a great place to start.
Next, I found myself on site called Haiku Deck. This site offers educators an alternative to using Powerpoint and/or a Google presentation. It allows you and/or your students to combine text and images to share information in a user friendly format without being overwhelmed by having to make too many formatting decisions. The site offers both an iPad app or web app as a free download. The Haiku Deck also offers educators plenty of information and inspiration to get you started--click here for more information/help.
After creating my Haiku Deck account and exploring the site a bit, I came up with the idea of using it to make Inference Riddles. Feel free to take a look at my example, and use it in your own classroom. My plan is to show students my riddle, and then they will work on creating their own riddles. I think this is a great way to help students to understand the importance of using textual clues as well as using imagery to help their peers guess the answer to their own riddle. They will be practicing their abilities to make inferences and not even know it!
Danish gone as well as two cups of coffee!
on their abilities to use implicit and explicit evidence inference making skills
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