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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

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.

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

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.