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2nd and 3rd Grade Make Inferences Worksheets

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

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History of Fireworks

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&#39;s message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

make your own inferences

Make Your Own Inferences

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

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Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions

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.

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Beethoven Biography

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character&rsquo;s actions with their emotions.

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Character Emotion Match Cards

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1&ndash;38 of The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

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.

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Make Your Own Inferences 2

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

making inferences graphic organizer

Making Inferences Graphic Organizer

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

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Inference Task Cards

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

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Can You Make an Inference?

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.

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Making Inferences with Pictures

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

text dependent questions for independent reading

Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading

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.

adding up inferences

Adding Up Inferences

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

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Introducing Mae Jemison, the Star

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

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Making Inferences: Where Are They?

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #3

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4

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

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Lincoln Memorial Facts

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Analyze the Characters

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

origin of the chinese zodiac reading comprehension

Origin of the Chinese Zodiac Reading Comprehension

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.

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Inferring with Quotes

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

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Visualize and Summarize

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.

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Learning About Amelia Boynton Robinson

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Ivan’s Homes

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.

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Visualize the Scene

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

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Glossary: Inference Making

Your students will use their imaginations 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.

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Schema, Evidence, and Inference

After reading Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Fact vs. Fiction

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.

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2nd and 3rd Grade Make Inferences Worksheets