Making inferences - animal homes

Another thing my kids were finding tricky was making inferences. It was more the understanding that their prior knowledge (schema) helps them make the inferences. I've made these cards which show different animal homes. They have to say what animal they think lives in that home and how they know.

e.g. A spider lives in a web because it uses a web to catch flies.

Fact and Opinion

My kids have been finding fact and opinion really difficult. I made these farm animal themed cards to go alongside Charlotte's Web. There are 24 cards with facts and opinions about cows, pigs, horses, sheep and chickens.

Charlotte's Web Inference Cards

I'm having a weekly reading focus. This week was fact and opinion. It worked really well as did some linked to our topic of Charlotte's Web. We made a fab display together showing facts and opinions about spiders and pigs (photo to follow). My next focus is going to be making inferences. As it is something we have not formally done before I decided to make some fun cards which will be the introduction to making inferences from pictures. This will then lead onto making inferences from texts. They are linked to Charlotte's Web by involving the characters but could easily be used out with this topic. Click on the picture to be taken to TPT.