Speech Time Fun: Speech and Language Activities

Sharing the fun from one speech room to another!

Tips and Tricks for Working on Inferencing in Speech!

Leave a Comment

Although inferencing can be difficult for students, it doesn't have to be difficult for SLPs to come up with fun activities that will help our students!

Tips and tricks for working on inferencing in speech therapy

How do I teach inferencing differently than a teacher/reading teacher:

I teach the language of inferencing! What should students say while they are thinking, what key words in questions will help them know they need to infer, and what key words should they include in their answers to show they understand.

Working on inferencing in speech therapy is different than how reading teachers teach students to make inferences. This post describes how to teach inferences in speech and language therapy to help your students be successful. Plus, I share fun activities to make practicing inferences more fun! Click through to read the full post.

I use visuals like the one above to make students aware of their thinking and what they should be saying to themselves.  Also, model model model!

They also need to know, what is an inference and what is not? Literal vs. inferential

Working on inferencing in speech therapy is different than how reading teachers teach students to make inferences. This post describes how to teach inferences in speech and language therapy to help your students be successful. Plus, I share fun activities to make practicing inferences more fun! Click through to read the full post.

I use my Text Evidence worksheets to help practice recognizing the different types of questions.  Above, I am using the free app, Doodle Buddy, to make this worksheet more fun!  I also use my Inferencing Detectives part 1 and part 2 packs to help recognize the different types of questions/answers!

Working on inferencing in speech therapy is different than how reading teachers teach students to make inferences. This post describes how to teach inferences in speech and language therapy to help your students be successful. Plus, I share fun activities to make practicing inferences more fun! Click through to read the full post.

Social inferences: inferring body language, interpreting actions of others.

It is important for our students to know how to make social inferencing.  This is a skill they need every day, not just in school and while reading a text.  I like to use my QR Code activity  and my body language activity from my no prep social skills pack.

Working on inferencing in speech therapy is different than how reading teachers teach students to make inferences. This post describes how to teach inferences in speech and language therapy to help your students be successful. Plus, I share fun activities to make practicing inferences more fun! Click through to read the full post.

How else can you work on inferencing?  Start at the picture level!

Working on inferencing in speech therapy is different than how reading teachers teach students to make inferences. This post describes how to teach inferences in speech and language therapy to help your students be successful. Plus, I share fun activities to make practicing inferences more fun! Click through to read the full post.

Above, I took a card from my Inferencing Pictures activity.  I made a quick graphic organizer on a piece of paper that says “what do I see?”  “what do I know?”  This helps students think about their thinking.  What do they know for sure?!  What can they see specifically!?  What do they  know about it?  What have they seen before?  Have students document all of these things.  Use WH question forms to help prompt your students: who is in the picture, what is in the picture, where does the picture take place, when was this picture taken?

I also love using this book which allows students to select from an array of pictures to answer basic inferencing questions.

Working on inferencing in speech therapy is different than how reading teachers teach students to make inferences. This post describes how to teach inferences in speech and language therapy to help your students be successful. Plus, I share fun activities to make practicing inferences more fun! Click through to read the full post.

As you can see, there are TONS of ways that I like to work on inferencing in my speech room.  The students are expected to know how use to do this skill by 3rd grade according to the common core state standards.  Even earlier than that, they are expected to have the fundamental skills such as being able to guess when given descriptions.  Want to learn more about the inferencing activities I have in my TpT store that can help you address this skill…click HERE.

Want to learn how I work on background knowledge/schema?  Click HERE!

Want to learn how I use commercials to work on inferencing?  Click HERE!

Want to learn how I use Norman Rockwell art to work on inferencing?  Click HERE!

Did you catch my free webinar on critical thinking skills for older students?!  Click HERE to check it out!

Want to try out one of my inferencing activities?!

Click here to get a this freebie sample!

Want free inferencing games?!  4 in 1!

Where To Start When Working On Inferencing In Speech

SaveSave

We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time.
signature

Latest on Pinterest

  • Looking for more ways to build understanding of literal and inferential questions in speech and language therapy? These no print, no prep, digital task cards are fun, interactive, and perfect for working on critical thinking and comprehension skills at the story level! Your students will be begging for more!
  • How have you brought technology into your speech room? Check out these tips to make it easier!
  • Want a way to work on main idea at the story level? Want more main idea activities without the prep?! Use this print and go pack throughout the entire year! Help your speech and language students grasp this skill and build confidence!
  • It can be a challenge to find age-appropriate materials for older speech students, which is why I created this social skills packet specifically for students in upper elementary and older! NO PREP REQUIRED!
  • To The woman who is sitting there at a desk eating lunch by herself
  • Want a way to work on summarizing fiction and nonfiction stories without the prep? Want more activities for your older speech and language students?! Use this print and go pack throughout the entire year! Help your speech and language students grasp summarizing and build confidence!