5th - 8th Grade 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 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.

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

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

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

Use this worksheet to help your students understand patriotic songs, like an older national anthem.

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

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

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.