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.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.

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.

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences and Introductory Phrases.

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

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

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

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

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.

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.

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

Use this graphic organizer to help guide your students through the process of drawing inferences.

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.

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

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.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

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!

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.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

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

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

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

Discover the iconic Roman tale of Echo and Narcissus in this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.