Students correctly answer questions to reach the top of the mountain. With each step, the scenery changes—from grassy fields to rocky cliffs and snowy peaks—motivating players to keep going. At the end, a polaroid snapshot captures how far they made it up the trail and the score they earned!

In this version, students read short sentences and make inferences about how the person in the sentence must be feeling. This encourages students to read between the lines, use context clues, and build empathy as they interpret the implied emotions of different characters and scenarios.

Let’s Hike – Making Inferences: Feelings is ideal for reading comprehension lessons, SEL integration, or building emotional literacy. Students can play as a team on the whiteboard or independently via the QR code while working toward the shared goal of reaching the summit together.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Make inferences based on sentence context and clues
• ✅ Identify emotional responses based on implied meaning
• ✅ Strengthen comprehension and interpretation skills
• ✅ Build empathy and emotional awareness through reading
• ✅ Engage in collaborative gameplay to support literacy development

How to Play:

1. Students are shown a sentence and must infer how the person in the scenario is likely feeling.
2. Each correct answer moves the group further up the mountain.
3. The game can be played solo or cooperatively, with all players climbing the same path.
4. The journey continues until all questions are answered.
5. At the end, students receive a polaroid showing how far they climbed and their final score.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during reading comprehension or social-emotional learning lessons
• 💡 Great for Year 2–5 students practising inference and emotional vocabulary
• 💡 Add to rotations for small-group reading tasks or shared literacy sessions
• 💡 Pair with a follow-up writing activity where students describe different feelings and their causes

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play
• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task

Let’s Hike – Making Inferences: Feelings builds emotional understanding and comprehension skills as students climb toward success—together!