3rd - 5th Grade Make Inferences Resources

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

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

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

Read up on the real-life Saint Nicholas, a man who did some good deeds way back in the day, and see what similarities he shares with Santa.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

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

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

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

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.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Help young readers make inferences using context clues with this worksheet.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

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!

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

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

This reading comprehension worksheet features Kipling's "The Elephant's Child," an origin story that offers a whimsical explanation for the elephant's long trunk.

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

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

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

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