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What’s Under the Slide? Making Inferences Using Microscopes
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Minilesson |
| Estimated Time | 50 minutes |
| Lesson Author |
Lindsay Hunter, B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies Van Alstyne, Texas |
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OVERVIEW
This lesson uses science to engage students in the process of making inferences. First, students work through a series of activities about making inferences. Then they read a booklet of descriptions of a series of mystery objects that are placed under a microscope. Finally, they look through each microscope and use the formula of schema + text clues = inference to make their own inferences about the identity of each mystery object.
FEATURED RESOURCES
Making Inferences Case File booklet: Written from the point of view of a mystery object, this sample booklet gives text clues so that students can infer the mystery object’s identity.
Detective Recording Sheet: This sheet is where students record all inferences about the mystery objects’ identities.
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Zwiers, J. (2010). Making inferences and predictions. In Building Reading Comprehension Habits in Grades 6–12: A Toolkit of Classroom Activities (pp. 99–121). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
This chapter discusses how students can learn to make inferences with their teacher’s help, as well as different hands-on projects that help students develop their inferring skills.