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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.

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

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

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.

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

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Inference Making.

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

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 these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

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

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

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

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

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

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

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

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

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Steps to Make an Inference.