Inference Memory Game or Comprehension Activity in Print and Digital

This is a fun, cooperative game that will provide opportunities for your students to make inferences while they read. This engaging, educational game includes 36 game pieces (18 matches) and directions! Simply print and cut the game pieces (1 set for each pair or small group). Students turn all of the game pieces over, and then follow the directions to play Concentration!

To make this game a bit more challenging, each topic has three related matches. For example, there are three matches related to a boy drawing a picture. One match requires the reader to infer that the boy is drawing a lion. Another matching pair requires the reader to infer that the boy is drawing a jellyfish. A third match requires the reader to infer that the boy is drawing a kangaroo.

It comes in two formats: print and digital. Choose the format that is best for your students!

1. Teachers who choose the traditional print format will print a set of cards for each small group. Students will cut apart the cards, turn them facedown, and then take turns trying to uncover matches. When all of the cards have been matched, students count their cards to determine the winner.
2. The newer digital format is an Easel Activity. It is set up to be a game that students can play individually or with a partner. Students are presented with the reading passage and inference question, and they must uncover the card that answers the question.

CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW to view both versions! It also includes a title page and answer key.

If you would like to explore how the digital version of this activity is played, I invite you to check out one of these free contraction concentration games: Basic Contractions Memory and Advanced Contractions Memory. (Just click on the links.)

Here's what teachers like you had to say about using this genre game in their classroom:

⭐️DeShandra M. said, "OMG! This activity was so much fun! My students were engaged and wanted to complete this over and over again."

⭐️Stacie C. said, "I used this activity for one of my centers on making inferences and students enjoyed this activity thoroughly. It is a great resource that can help them with the skill even more."

⭐️Tori K. said, "The kids loved it in the game station and I have seen so much improvement in my students with inferring!"

⭐️Totally Texas Teacher said, "I used this resource the way it was created, and also tweaked it and used it in ways we created on our own. They BEGGED to do it again! Fun little resource."

Listed below are some of my other inference products:

Making Inferences PowerPoint

Inference Task Cards: Be a Reading Rock Star! (28 task cards)

Making Inferences: Targeted Tri-folds

Inference Worksheets

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