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Making Inferences WorksheetMaking Inferences Worksheet
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Pearson
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4th - 8th
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Making Inferences

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The ability to make inferences is an important skill. Provide your class with some practice. This resource includes several different passages with which learners are required to practice inferring. They read each passage and respond to the questions, noting down textual evidence when asked.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

inferences, context clues, reading comprehension

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Differentiate the material by giving the shorter and simpler passages to younger or struggling students, and the longer and more complex passages to older or more advanced pupils
  • Since some of the passages and questions are short and quick, you can use these exercises for warm-ups, homework assignments, or assessments
  • Use these exercises as preparation for making inferences in a more complex or more extended text, either literary or informational

Pros

  • Includes an answer key with plenty of explanation
  • Provides a variety of passages to examine for inferences

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.4.1 RI.5.1 RI.6.1 RI.7.1 RI.8.1

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