Description

Ages: 6 and up

Grades: 1st and up

Author: Rachele Ellsworth, M.S., CCC-SLP

Spot On! Inferences

Master the art of inferencing with instant feedback!

Take your students’ reasoning skills to the next level with Spot On! Inferences, an interactive and engaging tool designed to make higher-level language practice feel like a game. This resource focuses on the “detective work” of language—helping students look for clues and “get the hint” even when a speaker doesn’t say exactly what they mean.

Interactive learning made simple and fun!

Students love the immediate gratification of the Spot On! Pen (sold separately). By providing instant visual and auditory feedback, this system encourages independent learning and keeps students motivated to solve each “inference mystery.”

Covers a wide range of inferencing targets:

• Detecting Implicit Meaning: Moving beyond literal facts to understand what is being suggested.

• Contextual Clues: Using setting, character traits, and events to draw logical conclusions.

• Social Inferences: Understanding the “hidden messages” in social interactions and conversations.

• Critical Thinking: Encouraging students to pause and analyze information to reach an accurate conclusion.

How to Use:

1. The Investigation: Read the scenario on the card and look for the “hidden hints.”

2. The Choice: Select the answer that best explains what is being inferred.

3. The Feedback: Touch the Spot On! Pen (sold separately) to the corresponding dot.

   • Green Light/Happy Phrase: You solved it!

   • Red Light/Correction: Look back at the clues and try again!

4. The Discussion: Ask the student, “What specific clue in the story told you that was the answer?” to reinforce the logic.

Includes:

 50 Double-Sided Cards (7″ x 3.75″)

 100 Total Activities

 Self-Correcting Technology (Requires Spot On! Pen, sold separately)