Making an Inference!

Today started out with a lot of fun! Mrs. Cole, Constande and Sani all performed their own skit and we had to infer what had happened to them!

Mrs. Constande was sleeping when the alarm went off. She checked the alarm and started to yell, "Sarah hurry up! Get ready! We need to call Mrs. Cole and Mrs. Sani! Hurry! Get dressed!" All of the students inferred that Mrs. Constande overslept because she set her alarm clock to the wrong time. They also inferred that she was late for work.

Mrs. Sani came out holding a dog leash and yelling, "Hayden! Ferris! Did you leave the door open again? Oh no! Georgia! Georgia! Oh no!" and she began to cry. The students inferred that Mrs. Sani's dog had ran out of the house because her children left the door open. They also inferred that Mrs. Sani loves her dog because she was crying when she found out that Georgia was missing.

Finally, Mrs. Cole came out with a map and looked so confused! She was looking everywhere. She said, "Ok, I am at the Statue and Liberty and I need to get to the Empire State building....oh no....um?" The students inferred that Mrs. Cole was lost in New York City. They also inferred that she did not live there, she was visiting because she would know where those places were if she lived there.

After we went over the definition of and inference, the students read the passage below at their seats and answered the question by making an inference.

Their final inference was that the pot was on a shelf by a window. They used the the clues from the story and their own background knowledge to infer where the flowerpot was kept.

Have you made any more inferences with your reading at home? Leave a comment and let us know!