Inferring (Thoughts and Emotions) | For the Birds

L.I: To infer thoughts and emotions.
This week for reading we watched a short film from Pixar called For the Birds and inferred emotions and thoughts that we spotted in situations of the clip. This was an interesting and funny video to watch for the whole class. The whole class first did a few examples on a D.L.O, before we then had to go away in our reading groups and make one inference to start ourselves off. The inference my group and I made was "Confusion" because the looks on the birds faces. The layout of our slides on the presentation had to be the time stamp included, the emotion, a photo of the time, and your inference with proof. In total on my own, I made 5 inferences.

Inferring | What can you tell?

L.I: To infer information.
This week for reading we have been working on inferring pictures with a partner. Inferring is using information to make an inference, because the author or such hasn't exactly pointed it out or said it. First we tried making an inference on an example photo to get a better idea. Then we got into partners and each made our own copy's of a google presentation of "What can you tell?". The google presentation had 4 photos for us to complete and one example photo. If we had an inference, we could right it in one of the boxes and then show our evidence of it, using arrows to also point them out. We had to talk with our partner so we could share our inferences and write them down. My partner was Florence, and she and I were able to get in at least two inferences for each photo.

Inference | Looking for clues

L.I: To infer information from a text.
This week for Reading we are learning about one of the reading strategies, inferring. Inferring is reading between the lines. To infer, you take clues and hints from the words of the author and make something up out of it. You need to be able to use your prior knowledge when inferring. First we practiced inferring in our reading groups. Mr Wong read out a sentence then the groups had write some infers that we made on a white board with a whiteboard marker. Then for the task we had to make a copy of a google document that had 3 short texts and an empty box below for each one. We had to read the text and make a list of bullet points for each inference we mad. We had to think about - who the character might be, What type of person the character is, how the character feels, and where or when the event is happening. I was able to make at least 3 or 4 inferences in each box for the texts.

Inferring Modelling book update

L.I: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a text.
This week for reading we had to change or add some things to our modelling books we made on a reading strategies. This time Mr Ogilvie wanted us to get the viewers to actually do something that helps them learn how to do the strategy, our modelling books were good so far but only some people actually showed the steps of the process of the reading strategy or got the viewers to do something. I made the changes to mine and I created a description about a character for you to infer. I wanted to get you to answer the inferring questions for a character before going to the next slide, because I the next slide I showed you MY conclusion and MY information I found. You might have got the similar or the same answers, if you did - Great Work! I also added an image of "Fin" but I made up the name and found the image online (it was labelled for reuse). I thought inferring a bully would be fun and quite easy. Hopefully my inferring modelling book helps you.

Inferring poster & updated version of modelling book

L.I: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a text.
This week for reading, we had to carry on with our reading strategy modelling book. I looked through it and changed a few things around so you are now looking at the updated version of my inferring modelling book. I alo added another slide to my google presentation and made it was a steps poster. I added my own character that I made using shapes and I inserted an image of my inferring steps poster and made it a link so that it will take you took the actual google doc I made it on so you can take a closer look at it. For my poster I put some things you need to find if you are inferring a character and things you need to find if you are inferring a setting. I also added an image to go with the poster that I made. Then after I finished my poster I took a screen shot of it and just put it in into my modelling book.

Inferring Modelling Book/Presentation

L.I: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper in to a text.
This week for reading we had to create modelling book on a google slides presentation based of the different reading strategies we learnt through out the terms. I made a modelling book about inferring. In the modelling I told told you - What is inferring? and What information you need to find when inferring a character or place? I also gave you 2 examples of inferring a character and place from a junior and senior books. They were each nonfiction and fiction books. The junior book was the tortoise and the hare, I was inferring one of the characters - the hare. The junior book was the non fiction book. The senior book was Penguins, I was inferring the setting for that book. The senior book was the nonfiction book.