Inferencing

Hunting for Clues to Solve a Puzzle

What is Inferencing?

• Finding clues• Putting them together• Solving the problem• Like a jigsaw puzzle

Here are some Synonyms

• deduce

• figure out

• guess

• interpretation

• read between the lines

• understand

• reason

• drawing conclusions

Daily Inferencing

• Jigsaw puzzles• Answering Riddles• Problem Solving

(backtracking)• Answering questions• Reading • Math word problems• Conversing with people

Finding CluesWhat Should We Look For?• PLACES• TIME• COLORS • TEXTURES • BODY LANGUAGE• ACTIONS • SITUATIONS OR

CONTEXT

Visual Clues

• What clues do you see?

• What do we know about the product?

• What do we know about the company?

• What do we know about the person who drank the drink?

Situational Clues

• What do we know about this picture?

• What clues do you see?

• What can we infer from the clues?

Location Clues

• What do we know about the event in the photo?

• What is the mood of the event?

• What other activities may be occurring at the same time or later?

Word Clues

• It’s clear• It’s round• It’s made of glass,

metal and plastic• It has a handle• It makes things look

bigger• What is it?

Body Language Clues

Are they having the same conversation? How do you know?

Let’s Practice

• What clues do you notice?

• Who are the people in the commercial and what do they represent?

• What emotions are you seeing from the people in the commercial?

• What can we infer from this commercial?

Putting the Clues Together

• When we infer meaning we put together clues like a jigsaw puzzle.

For example: Look at our clues!

The Captain traveled down the rough muddy road in his Jeep.

• What clues are presented ?• What can we infer about

The Captain? Insp6.exe

You be the Detective

• You will be receiving 5 sets of clues in just a few minutes. Follow the clues to see if you can infer the answers. You will find the clues on your computers in the jigsaw puzzle program.

Let’s Practice Some More!

• What word clues can you find to help you solve this puzzle?

• Listen to the word clues to see if you can guess who the mystery person is.

Shortcut (2) to Puzzle Pals.lnk

Let’s Solve a Mystery

• On your computers go to the following web site: http://kids.mysterynet.com/solveit/

• Read the story and let’s discuss the clues you found before you solve the mystery

Let’s Recap...

• Inferencing means:• Finding clues• Putting them together• Solving the problem• It is just like a jigsaw

puzzle.

Instructions for our Project• Choose a picture from our database that shows the end

of a possible story.• Create a short story that tells what led up to this

ending.• Present your story to the class.