Making Inferences: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 4 & 5 ♥ BUNDLE

Develop and sharpen student inferencing skills while saving $$ ♥ This 4th & 5th grade inference bundle combines 2 mini-packs and consists of 8 skills-focused worksheets with 32+ questions, split evenly between fiction and non-fiction (informational) text. ♥

THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES: 

• 8 inference worksheets, split evenly between fiction & informational text
• 32+ questions, simulated after common standardized test questions 
• Mix of multiple choice and open/short response questions
• Unassisted version without tips 
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) versions to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS

SKILLS COVERED:

• Making inferences based on text evidence and using common sense  
• Finding text evidence to support inferences 
• Drawing and supporting conclusions 

INFORMATIONAL TEXT TOPICS ARE: 

Science (Ecosystems)

• Honeybees: Their Role in Pollinating Plants & How They're Disappearing
• Trees:  Using Carbon Dioxide to Create Oxygen For Us to Breathe    

Social Studies (American History)

• The Boston Tea Party
• The American Revolution 

COMMON CORE DESIGNED, SIMULATED AFTER:

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS 
• Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)  
• New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
• Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
• Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
• Ohio’s State Tests 
• North Carolina Ready End-of-Grade Assessment: ELA/Reading (NC Ready EOG)
• Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
• New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
• Virginia Standards of Learning (VA SOL)
• Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)

USEFUL IN MANY WAYS

All drills take 5 to 10 minutes to complete, and can be used for:

• Literacy lessons 
• Guided or independent practice  
• ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
• Small group work / literacy circles / partner work 
• Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
• Independent work / early finishers work
• Literacy center activities
• Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
• Progress monitoring/checks
• Exit slips or tickets
• Homework
• Inference review/reteach
• Tutoring (targeted reading skill work) 
• After-school programs / extended school days
• Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
• Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets 
• Summer school programs / summer bridge activities 
• Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities 
• Homeschool lessons 
• Absent student make up work
• *including (but not limited to) reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Minnesota MCA, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, Missouri MAP, Wisconsin Forward, PARCC and more

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ALIGNED WITH COMMON CORE ELA READING STANDARDS

4TH, 5TH GRADE LITERATURE

RL.4.1:  Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RL.5.1:  Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

4TH, 5TH GRADE INFORMATIONAL TEXT

RI.4.1:  Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RI.5.1:  Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

GRADE 4 & 5 COMMON CORE READING RESOURCES

Each reading comprehension unit can be purchased individually, or within a savings bundle.

✏ denotes the level of savings

READING! GRADE 4 & 5 BUNDLE ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

Reading Comprehension I:  Core ELA Value Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Main Idea & Supporting Details - Literature & Informational Text

♥ Analyzing Characters - Literature

♥ Context Clues - Literature & Informational Text

♥ Main Idea & Details Task Card Center - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension II:  Key Ideas & Details Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Making Inferences Bundle ✏ ✏  

• Making Inferences - Literature
• Making Inferences - Informational Text

♥ Cause & Effect Bundle ✏ ✏  

• Cause & Effect - Literature
• Cause & Effect - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension III:  Craft & Structure Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Structure of Stories & Informational Text Bundle ✏ ✏

• Story & Poem Structure - Literature
• Text Structure - Informational Text

♥ Point of View Bundle ✏ ✏ 

• Point of View & Perspective of Narrators/Speakers - Literature
• Compare, Contrast & Analyze First and Secondhand Accounts - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension IV: Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Illustrations & Visuals in Reading Bundle ✏ ✏

• Illustrations in Stories - Literature
• Visuals in Non-Fiction Text - Informational Text

♥ Reasons & Evidence to Support Particular Points - Informational Text

♥ Compare & Contrast Bundle ✏ ✏

• Compare & Contrast Stories - Literature
• Compare & Contrast Non-Fiction Text - Informational Text