5th 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. 

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.

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.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

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.

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.

Your child will love learning all about the exploits of the famous European explorer Marco Polo with this attractively illustrated worksheet.

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.

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

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

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

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

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

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 draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

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.

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

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

Introduce young learners to Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and all of the Seven Summits, with this worksheet.

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