: Where is the boy? Why do you think that? Pages 18-19: What do you think the boy is going to eat? How can you tell? How did the boy get the fish? How do you know? Is the fish hot or cold? How do you know? What do you think happened before he was cooking? How do you know? : Where are the characters now? How can you tell? What is the uncle trying to do? How can you tell? 15: Who are these monsters? How can you tell? : What do you think is going to happen? How do you know? : Where are the characters now? How can you tell? : Are the characters up high or down low? How can you tell? How might the dog be feeling? GEHC LEARNING FACTORY FOR INFERENCING MOVIEPages 8-9: Why did the boy think they had traveled back in time? How can you tell that this is actually a movie set? How do you think the boy feels? How can you tell? : What do you think the captain likes to do? How can you tell? : How can you tell that the crew are pirates? How do you think the pirates feel? How can you tell? : Who do you think will be on the ship? How can you tell? : Where is the boy? How can you tell? What is the weather like? How can you tell? : Who do you think is talking to the boy? How can you tell? Most students will guess that it is the boy’s mom, which provides an opportunity to ask, “Why wouldn’t it be his mom?” “How do we know that it’s probably his teacher?” GEHC LEARNING FACTORY FOR INFERENCING PDFIf using Zoom, you can use Annotate to type directly into the sentence frame (or have the student type as they respond!) If your teletherapy platform does not provide an annotate feature, you can also open the file in a PDF viewer that allows for annotation such as PDFelement on an iPad (it’s free to download). GEHC LEARNING FACTORY FOR INFERENCING DOWNLOADTo improve formulation of their responses, they can be given a sentence frame such as: “I think _ because I see _ and I know that _.” Click here to download a free sentence frame resource to use with elementary students. When working on answering inferencing questions, students may benefit from being taught that an inference = what you see/hear/read + what you already know. Predictions or past events: What do you think might happen next? Why do you think that? (as making predictions often involves inferencing) What do you think happened BEFORE this? Why do you think that?Ĭharacter traits or likes/dislikes: What words describe this character? Are they hardworking or lazy? How can you tell? What does this character like or not like? How can you tell?Īdjectives or basic concepts (e.g., locations): Is the character hungry or full? How can you tell? Is the character inside or outside? How can you tell?Īctivity One: Teaching the Skill to Younger Students Places: What place do you think this is? How can you tell? People/Occupations: Who might this person be or what job might they have? How can you tell? Time of Day: What time of day is it? How can you tell?įeelings/Emotions: How might this character be feeling? How can you tell or why do you think that? Weather: What is the weather like? How can you tell? Holidays: What holiday do you think it is? How can you tell? Seasons: What season do you think it is? How can you tell (i.e., from what you see or what you heard)? Examples of inferencing questions to practice include questions about: One of the easiest ways to work on basic inferencing skills with younger elementary students is by using picture books, and the same is true during teletherapy sessions! While reading a story (either using the lower-tech option of holding up a book you have at home or screen sharing from your computer or iPad), you can require the student to answer inferencing questions about 1) what they see in the pictures or 2) what they heard you read aloud. We hope these lessons are helpful as you continue to plan your sessions amongst the chaos! For those of you who are not doing live sessions but are still assigning work via Google Classroom or other similar platforms, several resources and activities are included at the end of this post! Also please note, this post may include Amazon affiliate links. This post includes example lesson plans that can be used for distance learning or teletherapy sessions with all school-age students. Also be sure to visit and bookmark this Teletherapy Resources: The ULTIMATE Master List for SLPs- and scroll to the bottom for tons of links to teletherapy games and websites! GEHC LEARNING FACTORY FOR INFERENCING SERIESHappy Wednesday! Holly Rosensweig of Spiffy Speech and I are so excited to bring the fourth installment of our Distance Learning Lessons Series to those of you who haven’t yet been set free for the summer! In case you missed them, check out our previous posts covering reading comprehension, articulation, and syntax lesson plans for teletherapy.
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