years 3 & 4 session 15 whiteboard resource concept © 2007, d thomson, think2read. text © 2012,...

Years 3 & 4

Session 15

Whiteboard Resource

Concept © 2007, D Thomson, Think2Read. Text © 2012, D Thomson, Drawstring Partnerships Ltd.

Whiteboard ResourceReading Comprehension SkillsModule 3 – Inference

Session 15 - Searching for Evidence

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SPECtacular EnquiryMission Check (team points)

To make their writing or pictures more interesting.

To get you thinking and more involved in the story.

Why do authors and illustrators plant clues in text and pictures?

How do you make meaning from clues as you read?

You think and search for links between key words, pictures and your own knowledge to make meaning.

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SPECtacular EnquiryDetective Clooze

When detectives infer from these clues and make deductions….they must also be able to provide evidence to prove how they know something.

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SPECtacular EnquiryActivity 1 – Meaning from Clues

Mum. Mum. Fluffy has been eating the cake!

Teams or pairs of children…

Look carefully at the picture and read the text.

Search for key who, what, where information.

Highlight or circle any clues that you can find in the picture and in the text.

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Link word clues with picture clues by drawing lines between them.

Can you explain why these clues are linked?


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1. What has the girl been doing in the kitchen? How do you know that?


2. Is she being truthful about Fluffy eating the cake? What evidence is there for saying this?

Use these clues to help you answer the following questions.

Try asking your own detective question.

Highlight the word clues in the questions.

Link these key words to clues in the picture and text.

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SPECtacular EnquiryActivity 1 - Meaning from Clues

• Discuss the questions you have answered and your own detective question with the class.

• Did circling the clues help you to make the links between the questions and the information to form answers?

Did this help you to ask your own question?


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SPECtacular EnquiryActivity 2A – Looking for Evidence

Silkworms (1)Look at the picture carefully and read the text.

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SPECtacular EnquiryActivity 2B – Looking for Evidence

Silkworms (2)Look at the picture carefully and read the text.

These caterpillars are usually called silkworms. They love mulberry leaf. It is the only thing they eat.

They eat so much and so fast they have to shed their skins. Then they grow newer, bigger skins. They do this four times

before they are grown up.

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SPECtacular EnquiryActivity 2: Comprehension Options 1 or 2

Highlight the clues in the questions before answering them.

Link these key words to clues in the picture and text.

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SPECtacular EnquiryPlenary

Did you find the evidence more easily – once you had highlighted the clue words in the questions?

Talk about any difficulties you may have about answering the inference questions.

Any problem areas will be sorted out over the next couple of sessions.

Discuss your answers to the questions to Options 1 & 2

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