Can a frog really swallow quail shot? Explore exaggeration with this reading exercise on Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Practice making inferences about stories with the help of this writing organizer.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Learn about the climate, fauna, and flora of these high-altitude biomes, then review what you've learned with a quick sentence-matching activity.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Inference Making.

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

Use this graphic organizer to help guide your students through the process of drawing inferences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

Look at the evidence and practice making inferences with the help of this handy graphic organizer.

Practice making story comparisons and inferences with the help of this useful organizer.

In what literary genre does Alice in Wonderland lie? Read this passage and see if you can use the clues in it to decide for yourself.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

Learn about one of the world's most mysterious pieces of written text, the Voynich manuscript, which has never been deciphered.

Ever wonder about those mysterious crop circles that show up in fields across the world? Engage in a fun conversation about this interesting type of geoglyph.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

Guide students in learning about supporting their ideas with textual evidence.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Steps to Make an Inference.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.

Use this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.