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.

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

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

Bring a fun camping mystery to life for second- and third-grade students with an engaging reading comprehension activity!

Children use their logic skills to look at the images and decide which of two statements describes each one best in this second grade literacy worksheet.

Kids hunt for clues about a character's traits with this worksheet.

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

Practice making story comparisons and inferences with the help of this useful organizer.

Practice making inferences about stories with the help of this writing organizer.

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Look at the evidence and practice making inferences with the help of this handy graphic organizer.

Use this graphic organizer to help guide your students through the process of drawing inferences.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

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

Guide your students through the process of looking for text evidence and making inferences about the setting in this excerpt from The Secret Garden.

Time to play detective! Can you describe what happened int his scene, just by looking at the picture? Practice making inferences by looking at context.

Not all reading comprehension questions are created equal: some are easily answered by reading the text, while others require looking beyond the text to make inferences. This worksheet teaches students how to ask both kinds of questions as they read.

Learn the importance of natural adaptations with this inquisitive activity!

Check students’ understanding and analysis of chapters 13 through 28 of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this discussion guide!