4th - 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

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

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

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

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

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

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

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.

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

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

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

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.

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.

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.