To work on the reading comprehension strategy of inferring, the
Connected Ones became investigators this week. To infer in reading, you
have to use your schema (your background knowledge) and the clues the
author gives you to infer things that might not be written on the page.
We read a story about Tim and his grandma. Tim and his grandma were
spending a snowy day together while Tim's mom went to work. When she
came home at 4 o'clock, Tim and Grandma were no where to be found.
However, they left many clues about what they had been up to during
their "snow day."
As inference investigators, each group of students got an envelope
with some of the evidence Tim's mom collected. As a group, the
investigators went through their envelopes. They would write down the
piece of evidence and then infer what Tim and his grandma might have
been doing. For example, one group had a McDonald's french fry
container, so they inferred that Tim and Grandma had McDonald's for
lunch.
Some of the evidence was tricky. The investigators really had to
think. For example, one group had a wrapper and some of the group
members inferred that Tim and Grandma had a cupcake for snack while the
other investigators in the group thought maybe they ate muffins for
breakfast. Great ideas, both could be correct. Later, the group found a
recipe for muffins and decided the wrapper was in fact from blueberry
muffins! The groups did a nice job collaborating before they wrote down
their inferences. Teamwork!
The investigators used the evidence to figure out many of the activities
that Tim and his grandma did all day. They still had a question to
answer, where were Tim and grandma at 4 o'clock when his mom came home.
The groups all got together and discussed all their findings. They
were able to make a timeline of the day. One group had a movie schedule
with the 4 o'clock showtime for frozen circled. That was it! Great
job inference investigators!
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