Make Inferences Resources : Page 2

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

This reading comprehension worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," an origin story that offers a whimsical explanation for the elephant's long trunk.

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Your child will love learning all about the exploits of the famous European explorer Marco Polo with this attractively illustrated worksheet.

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

Children use their logic skills to look at the images and decide which of two statements describes each one best in this second grade literacy worksheet.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

A key component of reading comprehension is being able to draw conclusions—or make inferences—about what we read. Use this resource to give your students extra practice making their own inferences based on simple sentences.

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Your students will use their imaginations and context clues to gain understanding of inference, evidence, and schema with this activity. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the vocabulary in the Inferring With Pictures lesson plan.

Children learn key vocabulary related to the executive branch of the U.S. government in this spelling worksheet.

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Use this worksheet to help your students understand patriotic songs, like an older national anthem.