Inferencing Idea

Inferencing

Making Detective Bags

One objective I teach every year is inferencing. 

A few collegues and I have put together Detective Bags.  I use 6 seperate bags.  Each bag contains items from a particular place. Students have to make educated guesses as to where each event happened. Students use personal experience and discuss potential answers for each place.

One of my favorite bags is The Camping trip.   In this bag, I have included evidence that you could find on a camping trip.  I also include some evidence that is unrelated.  This throws them off and makes for good discussion in student groups.

Students record findings on a Detective sheet.