Picture Inferencing with a Festive Twist

Bring a festive spark to your ELA lessons this holiday season with this engaging picture inferencing resource! 

The resource features an illustration of Santa sitting by the fireplace, surrounded by symbols of the Christmas season. Students are required to examine the scene closely, then answer inferencing questions, ensuring they support their ideas with evidence from the picture. 

Here are some example questions from this picture inferencing resource:

• Why do you think Santa is yawning?
• What do you think the elf is thinking? Why?
• Why do you think Santa’s sleigh is flying in the sky without him?

 The resource includes:

• Picture inferencing image
• Picture inferencing image with labels
• 13 x inference questions

This Christmas-themed reading comprehension activity makes a fantastic low-prep way to review inferencing and observation skills before the holidays.

Use This Inferencing with Pictures Resource for Writing

While this resource has been designed to help your students practice inference with pictures, it makes a great writing stimulus, too! Here are some fun and meaningful writing activities your students can complete using the Santa by the fire image:

• Write a conversation for Santa – Have students write a conversation between Santa and the elf in the picture. What might they be talking about? This activity encourages creativity while practicing punctuation and dialogue conventions.
• Describe the festive scene – Ask students to write descriptive sentences or paragraphs that paint a vivid picture of the setting. They can focus on sensory details such as the glow of the fire, the smell of Christmas treats or the sound of sleigh bells.
• Create a narrative – Challenge students to write a short story about what’s happening outside. Why is the sleigh already in the sky without Santa? This activity allows students to expand on their inferences in creative ways.

These writing extensions turn picture inferencing into a rich storytelling opportunity, helping students strengthen their narrative and descriptive writing skills.

Download and Print These Inferential Pictures

These inferential pictures download as a full-color or black-and-white PDF file. Use the dropdown menu to select your preferred version.

Whether you use this resource for a whole-class review, literacy rotations or independent work, you can choose the best file format to meet your classroom needs.

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