1st - 8th Grade Make Inferences Resources : Page 2

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

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

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 this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

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

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

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

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.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

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

Have you ever wondered what keeps the moon in orbit? Newton's first law gets a quick introduction, too, in this worksheet for kids. Check it out!

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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.

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

Little brothers and sisters can be annoying sometimes, but that's never an excuse to waste a perfectly good cupcake.

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

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.

Young historians will practice writing essays and get a great reading comprehension workout with this worksheet about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He.

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

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

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

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

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.

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

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

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.