Lesson video

Hello there, I'm Mrs Howley and I think my friend Cedric will be along any minute now.

I can use my senses to tell when he's on his way.

Can you remember the five sense? Which ones can I use? I can see the slithery track that he's left on the ground.

I can hear a slithering sound as he comes into the room.

I can smell, well he's got quite bad breath.

I didn't mean it Cedric! Here he is.

I wonder how you've been using your senses.

We're going to do some reading today and use our detective skills and we might find some evidence that uses the senses.

In this lesson we're going to make inferences based on what is said and done.

Want to look for evidence in the text.

We're going to start with some spelling.

Then we're going to have a think about what inferences is.

Then we're going to read the text and then we're going to to explore the text and answer some questions.

In this lesson you will need an exercise book or some paper, a pencil or a pen and your brilliant brain.

Pause the video now if you need to collect any of those things and then press play when you're ready.

When we're reading today we might find some evidence in the text based on what the writer has described using their five senses.

Yes Cedric we'll sing what our senses song one more time to remind us.

So it goes: Seeing, hearing, touching things, smelling, tasting too.

Are you ready? Seeing, hearing, touching things, smelling, tasting too.

I can use my senses, use my senses.

You can use them too.

I wonder how you're getting on with what we've been looking at in spelling in this unit.

The E-A-R Letter string.

Let's have a look at our words.

I wonder if you could do a mime or read each one with me.

Pear.

Bear.

Wear.

Fear, oh could you spot that that one sounded different? Fear.

Tear.

Clear.

Well done.

What I'd like you to try now is looking at each of those words really carefully.

You know they all end in E-A-R.

Say the word in a sentence then write it down without peeking and then check the spelling.

Pause the video now and have a go at that task.

Press play when you're ready.

So in this lesson we're going to make inferences.

Cedric wants to know what is an inference? What is inference? Inference is where you look for clues in the text about what a character says or does and we use those clues to work out exactly what's going on.

You need to get your detective magnifying glasses out there ready and get looking for clues.

When we're reading we're also going to use our reading strategies of looking carefully at the letters, making the sounds and then blending them together.

If we get to the end of a sentence Cedric and it doesn't make sense, we just go back and we read it again.

When we're using inference we have to ask questions as we read like super detectives.

We need to find those clues in the text.

What are the characters saying? What are they doing? And you might need to use your won experiences to put yourself in the characters shoes.

I think you'll be good at that Cedric.

Let's have a look at our text using those strategies now.

The first word is one of our tricky words, The.

The, hmm this next word looks very tricky, but I'm going to break it down.

A-N-I-M-A-L-S.

Animals! The animals S-A-T, sat.

the animals sat in silence.

The animals sat in silence.

Wait, wait, waiting.

I know that suffix Cedric.

The animals sat in silence waiting as the H-O-T, hot S-U-N, sun.

as the hot sun burned their skin.

The animals sat in silence as the hot sun burned their skin.

I think you're right Cedric.

I think this text is from our story Awongalema.

Suddenly, suddenly they, that's one of our tricky words.

Suddenly they could H-E-A-R, hear.

That's one of our spellings.

Suddenly they could hear, now the next word, I know it's a characters name because it begins with a capital letter or it could be Lion.

Suddenly they could hear Lion racing B-A-C-K back.

Suddenly they could hear Lion racing back on the D-U-S-T-Y dusty.

Suddenly they could hear Lion racing back on the dusty P-A-T-H path.

Suddenly they could hear Lion racing back on the dusty path.

They S-A-T sat U-P.

They sat up.

Excited and eager.

Can you sit up excited and eager? They sat up excited and eager.

T-E-L-L tell U-S us the, ooh this is a split diagraph, N-A-M-E.

"Tell us the name!" Shouted Owl.

Got to read that again Cedric.

The animals sat in silence waiting as the hot sun burned their skin.

Suddenly, they could her Lion racing back on the dusty path.

They sat up, excited and eager.

"Tell us the name!" shouted Owl.

Let's look at the next section.

Everyone, everyone B-E-A-M-E-D and then we've got that past tense E-D.

Beamed.

Everyone beamed A-T at their P-R-O-U-D proud L-E-A-D-E-R leader.

Everyone beamed at their proud leader.

Can you beam for me? Beamed.

I, that's one of our tricky words.

I F-O-R-G-O-T forgot I forgot mumbled Lion.

I forgot mumbled Lion.

He, that's one of our tricky words.

He H-U-N-G.

He hung his head and he hung his head and, this next one look tricky Cedric will you help me? Okay, let's break it down.

S-L-U-M-P, slumped.

E-D on the end well done Cedric.

He hung his head and slumped under a T-R-E-E.

He hung his head and slumped under a tree.

The animals G-R-O-A-N-E-D groaned, the animals groaned and S-A-T sat B-A-C-K back down.

The animals groaned and sat back down on the D-U-S-T-Y dusty earth.

The animals groaned and sat back down on the dusty earth.

Their M-O-U-T-H-S mouths were D-R-Y dry.

Their mouths were dry and their stomachs ached.

Their mouths were dry and their stomachs ached.

Well done.

I'm going to have a go now at answering an inference question.

When we were reading that did you manage to ask some questions about what was going on? That really helps.

Let's have a look at this question, it says: Suddenly, they could hear Lion racing back on the dusty path.

I remember this bit.

They sat up excited and eager.

So this is my turn Cedric, but you can help.

Why do they st up? Let's see, they could hear Lion on the dusty path and then they sit up.

So I think they want to know what Lion has got to say.

They're excited to hear what Lion has got to say.

Can you see I used the clues in the sentence before then to help me answer that question.

Let's have another try.

The animals sat in silence waiting as the hot sun burned their skin.

This one is a bit tricky Cedric it says: Why are they sitting in silence? Let's see, I'm going to use my own experiences to help with this one.

If it's very hot and the sun is burning your skin, do you feel like talking? No, you don't Cedric and they're all waiting.

I wonder what they're waiting for.

But I think the fact that the sun is burning their skin, I think they're sitting in silence because their feeling fed up.

What do you think Cedric? Can you see how we're having to put ourselves in the shoes of the characters in the story? Now it's your turn.

True or false? The animals are pleased to see Lion.

Have a look in the text what do they do when they can hear Lion coming back on the path.

The animals are please to see Lion, True of false? Pause the video and write down your answer then press play when you're ready.

What do you think Cedric? Cedric thinks it's true.

Let's see if he's right.

Everyone beamed at their proud leader.

They smiled at him, they must have been pleased to see him.

So the answer was true.

Well done! Your next question.

He hung his head and slumped under a tree.

What does this tell us about how he was feeling? You might need to use your own experiences for this one.

He hung his head and slumped under a tree.

What does this tell us about how he was feeling? Pause the video and write down your answer.

It tells us that and then press play when you're ready.

What do you think Cedric? He hung his head and he slumped under a tree.

How do you think he was feeling? He could be feeling sad, but if you hang your head like that, I think he might be feeling embarrassed.

What did you think? Cedric's got an inference challenge for you now.

Using all of the information from the text, could you draw a thought bubble and write down the thoughts of an animal at the tree using the text.

What does it say about what the animals are saying and doing? What do you think they might be thinking? Pause the video now and have a go at Cedric's challenge.

Super detectives.

To be good detectives you have to use all of your senses and we'll be carrying on with our senses work in the next lesson.

But we've been so impressed today.

I think we all deserve a jungle cheer.

Are you ready? Amazing! Well done! Keep your eyes open and using all of your senses and we'll see you soon.

Bye!.