2nd - 4th Grade Make Inferences Worksheets

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

This reading comprehension worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," an origin story that offers a whimsical explanation for the elephant's long trunk.

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

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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 can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

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

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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