5th - 7th 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.

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.

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

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

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.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

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

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

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.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

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

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

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.

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

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.