Grow Inferencing Skills With this Engaging Inferencing Detective Board Game - Perfect for Small Group or Stations
From my experience, inferencing is one of those comprehension strategies that is hard to grasp and can sometimes be difficult to teach. That’s why I came up with this Inferencing Detective board game, so my students can practice this skill in a fun way! You can use it for tutoring, small groups, guided reading, stations/centers, or even for a game day with your whole class.
All you need is a printer and some sort of tokens for game pieces, and you’re all set!
Keep reading to learn more about it!
Why should I download this resource?
🔎It’s easy to set up
Print, cut, laminate (if desired - though I would recommend), and you’re good to go!
No tokens? Use different-colored pencil caps or even cute little erasers. I purchased my tokens from Amazon, but that is totally up to you. No brads for the spinner? Put a paperclip around the tip of a pencil and spin it that way! I did this with my students and it worked perfectly fine.
🔎It’s engaging
My students LOVED playing this game during tutoring. It had been a long day at school and I could sense they were unwilling to be there that day. Lucky me, we were scheduled to talk about inferencing that day so I just used this resource!
🔎It will help students articulate their thinking
One of my lower babies played this game with me and WOW was I impressed! They had never really understood inferencing very well before, but using the cards and their mixture of pictures and paragraphs, as well as great conversation between the group we were playing with had him making amazing inferences in no time.
🔎Teaches process of elimination
If you teach your students to get rid of the silly answers first, you can take this as a great opportunity to build these question-answering skills.
🔎Builds classroom community
This game will get students laughing and having fun with some friendly competition. If you set solid expectations on behavior, it will be a great experience to have fun with their peers.
🔎Helps students justify answers
As long as you teach your students to explain WHY they think what they think, they will be practicing this super important skill. I tell my students, “If you don’t know WHY you chose the answer, then maybe you need to come back to this one later.”
What's Included:
Tips for Use page
How to Play page
Board game (8 1/2 inches x 11 inches)
Spinner and arrow print out
12 Uh-Oh cards (students move backward)
12 Yes! cards (students move forward)
40 paragraph-form inference question cards
40 picture inference question cards
Answer sheet
How to Play:
You are a detective-in-training. You must prove your inferencing skills to fulfill your dreams and become the best detective ever! Play this game to practice your skills. Just don’t blow your cover!
Everyone place their pawn on the START CIRCLE.
The oldest player goes first. Find the oldest player.
Shuffle the cards and place them in a pile face-down.
The first player draws a card. Read the question and decide what the answer is.
If you draw an UH-OH card, you must move back however many spaces it says.
If you draw a YES card, you may move forward however many spaces it says.
6. A DIFFERENT player will look at the answer sheet to figure out if they answered correctly or not. Look at the number on the bottom of the card and match it to the number on the answer sheet.
7. If they answered CORRECTLY, they will spin the wheel to see how many spaces they can move forward. If they answered INCORRECTLY, they do nothing, and the next player goes.7. If you land on a spot with a star, move to where the arrow points to.
8. The first person to reach the FINISH CIRCLE wins!
Have fun!
If you use this for your classroom, I would ✨LOVE✨ to see pictures of you and your kids in action! Tag me on TikTok or Instagram! My handle is @teachandachieve on both platforms.
Questions, comments, or concerns? Drop any of those below and I’ll get back to you as quickly as possible.
Until next time!
-Aimee ♡
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