Inference Activities Ideas, Freebie and Workbook Link

Inferences are often tricky to teach and challenging for students to learn.  They are abstract notions or concepts that are implied through language or images.  Therefore, concrete ways of learning have to be placed aside and students have to learn to uncover hidden messages.  Personally, I like to use advertisements for my lessons.

Here are a number of strategies that can help you to teach this skill:

    1)   Magazine advertisements often have hidden messages to help entice buyers.  Look at magazine ads and discuss the inferences.  Consider the colors, backgrounds, expressions, layouts and more.

    2)   Likewise, billboards offer inferences.   Look at all the details in the image and discuss what the billboards are trying to sell and what in the images makes you want to buy that product. 

    3)   Similarly, television commercials can offer some wonderful opportunities for students to practice their inference skills.  Again, ask yourself what they are wanting you to buy and what strategies they use to tempt possible customers.

If you would like to purchase a product that has already compiled images for you as well as other inference activities and a game, you can come learn more about my product, Making Inferences: The Fun and Easy Way.  You can even download a freebie sampling of the activities!  http://goodsensorylearning.com/making-inferences.html

Cheers,

Teaching Inference Skills Can Be Fun

 

Teaching students about how to make inferences can be challenging.  Unlike most of the concrete learning that they encounter, this is an abstract notion.  However, most students love the idea of finding or uncovering a hidden message.  So, explaining that, like a detective, they can solve the secret code, students will find this both appealing and exciting. Here are four activities that you can do to help even the youngest of learners find joy in searching for inferences. 

1.    Look through magazine images and see if you can uncover any hidden messages.
2.    When traveling look at billboards and see if you can point out any inferences.
3.    Look at the images on book covers and see what kind of hidden messages they might include that tell you a little bit about the story.
4.    When watching TV pay attention to the advertisements.  What kinds of secret messages are implied?

If you would prefer to use a 60 page workbook, with images, activities and games, you can always purchase Making Inferences, The Fun and Easy Way to Understand and Practice Implied Meaning.  I also offer a free downloadable sample @  CLICK HERE

 

Dr. Erica Warren is a Learning Specialist and Educational Therapist that shares her unique multi-sensory and fun activities through her many publications.  Products are available as downloads and print at her websites to view all her products at www.goodsensorylearning.com & www.dyslexiamaterials.com

Here is a freebie that I hope you enjoy!  Inferences can be difficult to teach, but this will give you a sampling of some great ideas!


http://goodsensorylearning.com/math-powerpoints.html