4th - 8th 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."

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

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

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

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.

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

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.

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.

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

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

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.

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!

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.