Welcome back- I hope everyone had a great break and were able to spend time with their loved ones! I would like to take a moment to brag about share with you what the kiddos did today. J I thought it would be a slow morning seeing as it was our first day back but boy was I wrong! The kids welcomed the morning routine with open arms and even surprised me by taking lesson ideas one step further; they are so awesome. While engaging in our “Zap” game of HFW’s two of the little ones decided to add another level of challenge and require that you not only read the word on the popsicle stick correctly but also use it accurately in a sentence... they then took out their individualized spelling cards and spelling folders to crosscheck the words, just in case they should already know how to read the word. Are you kidding me?!? It was one of those moments when you feel great because you know that they not only can do the task at hand but also understand how to reference related materials, make important connections, ask the right questions, and are intrinsically motivated to challenge themselves and others.
While on the topic of motivation I was looking through some super teacher blogs over break and came across a lesson on making inferences on a blog called The Inspired Apple; it parallels a concept introduced in the book Comprehension Connections- Bridges to Strategic Reading by Tanny McGregor and decided to try it today with the kiddos. It went so great I wanted to share some photos from it!
First, we dumped out my trashcan and examined the items...
We listed each item and made an inference based on the item.
Here is our completed chart.
Some of the responses read:
Item: To-Do List "I infer that she has stuff to do every day."
Item: Breakfast Bar Wrapper "I infer that Mrs. Wilson likes fast breakfasts!" (this is more of a necessity than a like, but great inference! haha)
Item: A Tag From a New Puppet "In infer that she bought us a new puppet."
Item: Little Broken Pencil "I infer that she doesn't want us to hurt ourselves."
What a great job at an otherwise complicated concept. Happy Monday!
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