A Birthday A Birthday MysteryMystery

Mystery box!Mystery box!

Wait a minute…Wait a minute…

•Holes!•Heavy!•Moving!•Scratching!•Whimpering!•A small bark?

It’s a birthday puppy!It’s a birthday puppy!

What did you just do to solve What did you just do to solve the mystery of my birthday the mystery of my birthday

gift?gift?

MAKING INFERENCESMAKING INFERENCES meansmeans

• Reading between the lines• Schema + Text Clues = Inference

You may hear it calledYou may hear it called• Infer

– What can you infer about…

• Inferring– By saying the gift was a new puppy, you

were inferring.

• Inference – Make an inference about…

It is not guessing!

When will I When will I EVEREVER make an make an inference?inference?

You remember seeing a note go home to your mom in your take-home folder. The note was a reminder that picture day is tomorrow.

Cluing in…Cluing in…

You wake up early for school. As you sit at the kitchen table eating breakfast, you hear your mom rummaging through your closet.

What can you infer from What can you infer from this?this?

Finally ready to get dressed for your school day, you walk into your room and find your nicest shirt and slacks neatly pressed and laid out on your bed.

Let’s try these practices Let’s try these practices with a partner.with a partner.

I see bubbles rising. I hear my own breathing. There are fish swimming above me. I feel the seaweed swaying.

Can you infer where I am and what I am doing?

Scuba diving in the sea!Scuba diving in the sea!

I hear screaming. My stomach feels funny. Can you see my hair blowing? I’m feeling excited!

Can you infer where I am and what I am doing?

I’m on a roller coaster ride!I’m on a roller coaster ride!

CCan you infer what is shown an you infer what is shown in these mysterious pictures?in these mysterious pictures?

Be a reading detective!Be a reading detective!•With your assigned group, rotate through the stations of microscopes.•First, read each Making Inferences Case File booklet.•Then take a look through the microscope lens.•Use your schema, add it to the text clues given to you in the booklet, and make an inference about what is under the slide.•Record your thinking and your inferences on your Detective Recording sheet.

MAKING INFERENCESMAKING INFERENCES meansmeans

• Reading between the lines• Schema + Text Clues = Inference

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