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

Students will make inferences and support them using text evidence in an informational text. This includes referring to details and quoting accurately from a text when drawing inferences and supporting them (RI.4.1/RI.5.1).

These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson on inferencing (or drawing conclusions) at the top, followed by a non-fiction passage and several questions. Tips are included next to some commonly asked inference questions to mentor students on how to best answer them. Use as test prep, or to teach and practice the fundamentals of making inferences-- a key reading comprehension skill.

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THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• 4 inference worksheets* with informational text covering science and social studies-related topics. *The 4th worksheet focuses on drawing conclusions & supporting them 
• 17 questions (22 tasks), simulated after common standardized test questions for 4th & 5th grade 
• Mix of multiple choice, short response (e.g. filling in graphic organizers), and written response activities
• Unassisted version without tips
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) version to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS

INFORMATIONAL TEXT TOPICS: 

Science

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

Social Studies

• 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 GRADE

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.

5TH GRADE

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