Description
Strengthen reading comprehension and critical thinking skills with this Drawing Inferences from a Text and Quoting Accurately resource.
Designed for upper elementary students, this engaging, hands-on lesson helps students learn how to draw logical inferences and support their ideas with text evidence—a key skill in understanding both fiction and nonfiction texts.
Students practice working backward from an inference to build a story or scenario that could support it, then test their thinking in pairs or groups. This approach encourages close reading, deep analysis, and collaborative learning—all while making inference practice meaningful and fun.
What’s Included:
- Anchor Charts
- Inference
- Supporting My Inference
- Guided Notes
- Making Inferences note sheet
- Graphic Organizers & Practice Activities
- “How Do We Know?” Organizer
- “Working Backwards – I Can Infer…” Activity
- “I Can Infer…” Cards
- Recording Log
- Assessment Tools
- 2 Exit Slips:
- What is an inference?
- What can I infer?
- 2 Exit Slips:
- Teacher Materials
- Detailed teaching notes
- Student examples for modeling
Perfect for whole-group instruction, literacy centers, or reading intervention, this resource helps students gain confidence in using text clues to support their thinking—an essential ELA standard across grade levels.
✅ Download the preview to get a closer look at these templates and examples from my classroom!
For other hands-on ELA resources, check out my Main Idea: It’s in the Bag, my 30 Prefix Puzzles, and my Greek and Latin Root Word Puzzles!










King P. –
Can’t wait to use this!
Jill S. –
Great for my centers! I can’t wait to use it this week!
Candace S. –
Love this for teaching inference! Thanks so much!
Melissa Pitarresi –
Good product!
My fault for not looking through, but thought for the price it may include a few more pieces and interactive activities
Peggy H. –
Love it!!!
Marie D –
This is so versatile and can be used with many levels and ages!!! Love it!
Carmen Horvath –
Awesome product!
Mara Jean W. –
I am really looking forward to using this in my resource room to drive home this concept.
Linda W. –
I like it a lot
Mary K. –
Looking forward to using these in our interactive notebooks. Thanks!
Casey Moore –
Worth every penny! My kiddos loved everything out of this pack!
Marissa L. –
Love the exit slips and game!
Tried and True Teaching Tools –
My kids looooved this!! Inference is such a difficult concept for some of my students & this was wonderful practice. Thanks!!
1Teacher2Another –
What a great resource! Thank you!!
Deanna G. –
Love this resource! Thank you
Katharine D. –
many thanks!