3rd - 8th Grade Common Core Make Inferences Resources

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.

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

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

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

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.

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Read up on the real-life Saint Nicholas, a man who did some good deeds way back in the day, and see what similarities he shares with Santa.

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

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own 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.

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

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

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

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.

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

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

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