Introduction to Making Inferences

Today we began to learn about making inferences.  To start with, we went around the room and looked at multiple pictures.  We attempted to write down what we thought was happening in the picture by what we already know or what we've experienced.  The goal was to not write down the things that were obvious, but rather try to use clues to guess what could have been happening.

Next we looked at the different thoughts that people had about what was going on in the picture.  Here are a few pictures and some thoughts.

*She has a cold and is watching TV.

*She is watching a romance movie.

*She is crying because it's a sad movie.

*She is crying about a sad or love movie.

*The sports team is having a winning pizza.

*They are celebrating winning a cricket game by having pizza.

*Some boys are having a picnic because they won a trophy.

*They are celebrating because they won the cricket match and they are having pizza and celebrating.

*She is late for work.

*She is late for the bus and for work.

*She's going to catch the bus.

*The women is crossing the road (scared).

Next we learnt that we had been making inferences the entire time because we had been combining what was in the picture with what we already know.  We practiced this skill in our reading groups during Daily 5 today.