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.

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Use this worksheet to help students make a prediction about a characters’ actions.

Let's make some nonsense! Using "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, a poem famous for its otherworldly wacky words, your child makes his own nonsense.

We all know the classic fairy tale, and now you have a chance to put your own spin on the story of Cinderella! Your kids can let their imaginations take flight as they add their own plot twists and illustrations to the beloved story.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

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

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

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

As students write stories, encourage them to add dialogue to their writing with this fun worksheet. Students practice both correctly punctuating dialogue and adding details to make their writing pop!

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

Use this resource to help your students create questions about their fiction text.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

Help inspire your little writer with a fun prompt! They'll use their favorite song as fuel for beginning poetry analysis.

Use this resource to help your students formulate who, what, when, where, why, and how questions when reading fiction texts.

Guide students in learning about supporting their ideas with textual evidence.

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

Does your child know where their toys come from before they're in the toy store? Get your student ready to research with this fun worksheet and activity.

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.