Creating a fun activity that helps students understand inference proved to be tricky. However, this creative center idea engaged students while challenging their ability to support their inference. A few shoes, clothes pins, and a little time were all that was needed. Allowing the kids to help each other with support or challenges of their inference allowed for even more expansion on their understanding. {freebie, reading, center}

Making inferences is such a challenge for some of my students.  Better yet, many students can make an inference, but they struggle to support their inference with details, facts, or background knowledge.  Today, we did a fun activity to begin making inferences and supporting them with evidence.

Creating a fun activity that helps students understand inference proved to be tricky. However, this creative center idea engaged students while challenging their ability to support their inference. A few shoes, clothes pins, and a little time were all that was needed. Allowing the kids to help each other with support or challenges of their inference allowed for even more expansion on their understanding. {freebie, reading, center}

While my students were at special, I hid twelve shoes around my classroom.  They each had a number assigned to them, and they ranged from nice, new shoes to old, yucky shoes.

Creating a fun activity that helps students understand inference proved to be tricky. However, this creative center idea engaged students while challenging their ability to support their inference. A few shoes, clothes pins, and a little time were all that was needed. Allowing the kids to help each other with support or challenges of their inference allowed for even more expansion on their understanding. {freebie, reading, center}

After explaining their task, my students moved throughout the room to scope out each shoe.

Creating a fun activity that helps students understand inference proved to be tricky. However, this creative center idea engaged students while challenging their ability to support their inference. A few shoes, clothes pins, and a little time were all that was needed. Allowing the kids to help each other with support or challenges of their inference allowed for even more expansion on their understanding. {freebie, reading, center}

They wrote down their inferences, but most importantly, they recorded the evidence that led them to that conclusion.

After a few minutes of inferring and exploring, we came together as a class.  We shared their inferences and worked to support (or not!) each inference.  Many of their inferences were on point, while others were a little off.  Either way, they had a great time and are ready to take supporting their inferences to the next level tomorrow!

Creating a fun activity that helps students understand inference proved to be tricky. However, this creative center idea engaged students while challenging their ability to support their inference. A few shoes, clothes pins, and a little time were all that was needed. Allowing the kids to help each other with support or challenges of their inference allowed for even more expansion on their understanding. {freebie, reading, center}

If you want to try this out in your classroom, you can download the shoe numbers and recording page for free, just click the image above! 🙂

Creating a fun activity that helps students understand inference proved to be tricky. However, this creative center idea engaged students while challenging their ability to support their inference. A few shoes, clothes pins, and a little time were all that was needed. Allowing the kids to help each other with support or challenges of their inference allowed for even more expansion on their understanding. {freebie, reading, center}