This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

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.

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

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

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.

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Inference Making.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

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.

Read this shortened version of the Momotaro story, then think about what makes a true hero, both in a fairytale and in real life.

With this reading worksheet, your students will read about basketball player Steph Curry and then write three inferences.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Inferences About Feelings.

Young readers will pick a book and join a band of pirates as they guide them to find hidden treasure through the secrets of inference.

Learn about one of the most famous composers (and one of the first musicians to be known by only one name), Ludwig van Beethoven, in this biography of his life.

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.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Read through this version of The Crane Wife and answer comprehension questions along the way.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

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

With this language arts exercise, students will find textual evidence and use it to support an inference.

Located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. the Lincoln Memorial honors our 16th president.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.