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!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Inference Making.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

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

Use this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

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

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

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

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

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.