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Does anyone have any suggestions for teaching 8th graders about inferences?
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Maril I have students list what they have in their lockers. Then I tell them people from the future are looking in your lockers. Based on what is in their, what are they going to think about you or students from today? Then I tell them this is what you do when you make an inference, you use the clues in the story or in the pyramid (I taught this in socia...See More
Jul 10, 2009
EllenG59 You can always bring in a garbage bag.... Tell the students that your next door neighbors have been acting strange and you wanted to find out some more about them... so you decided to go through their garbage! What can the students tell you about your next door neighbor from the trash? (you bring in a brown garbage bag with what seems like trash......See More
Jul 10, 2009
bet Thank you so much! What a super idea. I appreciate you sharing what is a brilliantly simple idea!

On 7/10/09, Maril wrote: > I have students list what they have in their lockers. Then I > tell them people from the future are looking in your lockers. > Based on what is in their, what are they going to think about > you or stude...See More
Jul 11, 2009
bet Thank YOU! These are terrific suggestions. I do plot with a cardboard box, but it never occurred to me to do inference this way. On 7/10/09, EllenG59 wrote: > You can always bring in a garbage bag.... Tell the students that > your next door neighbors have been acting strange and you wanted > to find out some more about them... so you decid...See More
Jul 11, 2009
bet Fantastic! Thank you so much. I have a whole bag full of great ideas now.On 7/08/09, txteacher586 wrote: > I've found that using riddles and Password are great ways to > teach both vocabulary and inferencing. Using the weather is a > great way to show how inferencing applies to their own lives > and schema... "You know, as I was walking...See More
Jul 11, 2009


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