Directions for Assembly

Print the sentence frames and glue to a file folder. Laminate the file folder if desired. Print
out the picture cards, laminate and cut out. Put on a binder ring or clip together.

How to use this resource

Use the sentence frames with any picture scene, real photos, or videos. Real photos are
included to use with the frames. Start by teaching your students to look for “clues” in the
picture. Have them share what they “see” in the photo while using the sentence frame to
guide their answers. You can also write down what the students “see” on paper to help with
remembering all the details.

Then, target “I know”. This is the part where students access their background knowledge
about what they “see”. If you see a person filling up a bucket with soapy water by a tire,
you know that they may be washing a car because that is what you have seen people on TV
do. Or maybe the students have washed a car or helped a parent.

Use the “I can infer” sentence frame to help them make a “smart guess” about the photo.

There are other options for sharing an inference listed to allow students to practice the
academic vocabulary to signal or mean “making an inference”.

Some suggestions for students to infer about the photos:

-What the people could be thinking?

-Where might the person be or what might they do next?
-When could this be happening?
-What could the person be feeling? How do you know?

If you are needing more real photos or social situations that target non-verbal cues and
inferencing, you can find more photos just like the ones included in my Social Skills
Breaks Curriculum. 3
I guess……… I hope………

I infer……….. I predict………..

I believe……….. I feel………

I suppose………. I conclude……….

I think………….. I suspect……….

I assume………. I realize…………
I see _______________________________

I know______________________________

I can infer _________________________

 Inferencing Questions

1. How are the girls

feeling?
2. Why are the girls
hugging?
3. How are these
girls related?
4. What might they
do next?

What could the girls be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

Inferencing Questions

1. Why are the children

wearing similar outfits?
2. Why are they all raising
their hands?
3. Where are the
children?
4. What might the children
do next?

What could the children be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

 Inferencing Questions

1. Where is the boy?

2. How do you know?
3. What is the boy
about to do?
4. What might the
boy do next?

What could the boy be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

Inferencing Questions

1. What activity to you

think the boy is doing?
2. Who do you think is
holding the bowl?
3. How is the boy feeling?
4. What might the boy do
next?

What could the boy be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

 Inferencing Questions

1. How is the girl

feeling? What
clues tell you her
emotion?
2. How old do you
think the girl is in
this photo?
3. Where is the girl?
4. What might the
girl do next?

What could the girl be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

Inferencing Questions

1. What time of year is it

in this photo?
2. How do you know?
3. Where might the boy
be?
4. Why is the boy wearing
a jacket and hat?

What could the boy be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

 Inferencing Questions

1. Why are the girls

wearing bathing
suits?
2. When could this be
happening?
3. Where are the
girls?
4. What might the
girls do next?

What could the girls be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

Inferencing Questions

1. Where might this group

of kids be?
2. Why are they sitting so
close together?
3. What time of year
could this be happening?
4. What might the kids do
next?

What could the kids be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

 Inferencing Questions

1. Why do the people

have laptops?
2. Why is the man
staring at the girl’s
laptop?
3. How are both
people feeling?
4. Why do you think
they are sitting
outside?

What could the man be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

Inferencing Questions

1. What activity to you

think the boys are
doing?
2. How do you know?
3. How are the boys
related?
4. What might the boys do
next?

What could the boys be thinking? ©The Dabbling Speechie

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