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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: 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.

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

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

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Steps to Make an Inference.

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

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

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

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

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

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!