Today I did a neat activity with my students. I called it the "Inference Bag" activity. I thought this was a neat activity that would allow my students ownership.
Step One: I handed out paper sandwich bags to each of my students
Step Two: I handed out a name tag and glued it on their bag
Step Three: I let the students place anything that would fit in their bag. I had rubber animals, stuffed animals, unit cubes, paper decorations, anything they could find that wasn't actually living they could put in their bag. It was their job to make sure they put it in their bag secretly.
Step Four: Staple the bags closed.
Step Five: Hand out one index card to each student.
Step Six: Have students write out 6 clues about their mystery object in the bag. They don't want to make the clues obvious, but they do have to be factual.
Step Seven: Place the bags in a corner of the room with their clues and a sheets of paper with all of the students names on them. When the students go to the corner or center, they read the clues and work together to determine what they think is in each student's inference bag. After all station rotations are over whether it be two days or a week, the children can reveal their items and the other students can check and see if they were correct.
A close-up of one of the bags and the student's clue card.
10 comments:
This is a great idea! I can't wait to try it. How did you get the clothes pins on the wall?
Our school has concrete block walls and the only thing that will really stick to them is hot glue from a glue gun. I use the glue gun to hang up EVERYTHING in my room. It's cordless and lasts about 10 minutes away from the plug. They are about 12.00 or so on Amazon. The longer the items stay on the wall, the easier they are to pull off, but I bought one of those scrapers and just put the scraper behind the posters, clothespins, etc, and they come off pretty easy. Laminating the items first is the best. This is one of those things that you beg for forgiveness rather than ask permission....lol
I really like this idea; thank you for sharing!
What a fun idea! The kids will love to make the clues! Thanks for sharing!
What grade did you do this with. I love the idea! (And I love the glue gun idea too!!)
I have done this activity with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade classes and it has worked very well with each of them. The picture is from last year when I taught 3rd grade.
LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I do believe I will use it in my center rotation this year!
I love this idea! And genius about the hot glue on cinder block. But, does it take the paint off also? Or leave a mark?
I think I will have my students choose an object at home to put in the bag, seal it, and then write the clues as a homework assignment. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing. We'll be using this in our practicum this week. Just pinned it too!
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