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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. the Lincoln Memorial honors our 16th president.

Little brothers and sisters can be annoying sometimes, but that's never an excuse to waste a perfectly good cupcake.

Kids who are just starting to read longer texts may need some extra practice making mental pictures of text they read. Use this fun, short passage to help them practice visualizing and illustrating a scene.

A key component of reading comprehension is being able to draw conclusions—or make inferences—about what we read. Use this resource to give your students extra practice making their own inferences based on simple sentences.

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

Your students will use their imaginations and context clues to gain understanding of inference, evidence, and schema with this activity. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the vocabulary in the Inferring With Pictures lesson plan.

Have you ever wondered what keeps the moon in orbit? Newton's first law gets a quick introduction, too, in this worksheet for kids. Check it out!

Young historians will practice writing essays and get a great reading comprehension workout with this worksheet about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He.

Explore characters in literature by getting inside of the most famous Alice in Wonderland character's head: Alice herself.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Read this shortened version of the Momotaro story, then think about what makes a true hero, both in a fairytale and in real life.

Can a frog really swallow quail shot? Explore exaggeration with this reading exercise on Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Inferences About Feelings.

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

Read through this version of The Crane Wife and answer comprehension questions along the way.

Learn about one of the most famous composers (and one of the first musicians to be known by only one name), Ludwig van Beethoven, in this biography of his life.

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

Your students will use their imaginations to gain understanding of inference, evidence, and schema with this activity. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the vocabulary in the Inferring With Pictures lesson plan.

Have your child read these Peter Pan passages and decide what she knows about the Peter Pan character.

This reading resource gives your students practice using text clues and background knowledge to make inferences about characters.

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