Pathfinder

** PATHFINDER **
= INTRODUCTION = The purpose of my pathfinder is to help teachers find lessons and or activities they can use to help students improve their inferencing skills. Some lessons/activities may be taught or facilitated by the teacher and some may be used as centers once they have been introduced to the students. = KEY TERMS = = SEARCH STRATEGY = I found the sites below by going to http:www.google.com/help/features.html, going to query reference and typing in “reading + fluency.” - [] - What a fantastic site! It is a complete 30 day unit which includes lessons and activities on inferencing character, motive, plot, theme, etc. It has downloadable lesson plans, the names of the books needed to do the lessons, graphic organizers, downloadable games complete with game board and the accompanying cards, and even links to mare amazing websites. - [] - This is a great lesson on inferencing for grade 1-3. - [] - This site has some excellent inferring activities that kids would really enjoy. - __ [] __ - This site has some free mystery pictures that can be downloaded and put on an interactive whiteboard. This would be a fun way to practice inferring with pictures.
 * Inferencing ** – Inferencing is a reading skill which enables the student to deeply comprehend a passage, story, or article. The student must be able to put his/her own background knowledge together with clues given in the story to correctly perceive any feelings, actions, or events implied by the author. The student must be able to draw the conclusions implied by the author if they are to truly understand a story.
 * Character, plot, theme, graphic organizer **

I went to [|www.boolify.org] and searched for //reading AND fluency// and then searched // fluency AND reading. Both searches yielded the same results as the first search above. // I found the following sites by going to [|http://www.bing.com], [|http://www.google.com], and [|http://www.yahoo.com] and searching for //inferencing activities//.

- [] - This site has great inferencing activities, for students ages 8-11 that are to be used on interactive whiteboards.

- [] - This site has some great downloadable inferencing worksheets suitable for grades 1-3.

- [] - This has a great inferencing worksheet to do interactively with a class. It is suitable for grades 2-3.

- [] –cited a book of inferencing lessons suitable for grade 1-2 that could be purchased for under $7.00.

- [] - I went to Ask.com and searched for inferencing activities. That led me to //LESSONPLANET// and this website which has numerous inferencing lessons and activities,

- [] - I also found this site which has a good inferencing lesson.