These useful task cards have been designed to support students to make inferences using visual texts. There are 2 sets of cards, one without questions and one with. The questions are prompts, to assist students to make accurate inferences. These cards can be copied and used with the “I Can Infer” worksheet, where students show the clues and prior knowledge they used to make their inference.
Perfect for literacy and reading groups, as well as whole class learning activity. They can be used for oral discussions or written work. To use the worksheet, cut and distribute individual cards for students to paste onto the sheet.
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning when listening, viewing and reading to build literal and inferred meaning by drawing on vocabulary and growing knowledge of context and text structures
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures
Use the cards with picture prompts only. Use as a verbal activity.
Use the 2nd set of cards that have the question prompts also to encourage deeper thinking. Use with “I Can Infer” Worksheet.