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!










Kristy Carter –
Great resource. Used as review for some and remediation for others.
Christy Whitehair –
Wonderful resource! Engaging and the students truly understood the concept. Love!
Sherry W. –
So anxious to use these! Love the idea of working backwards. Thank you!
Anne Marie C. –
Love the idea of having them work backwards – very engaging activity and allowed for a lot of student creativity. Reference materials were great too.
Amy D. –
Love this packet!
Latasha M. –
Love this product! Thank you!
Diane K. –
This is an amazing product! Every activity is so well thought out. A million thanks!
Beverly D. –
Did this yesterday and today with my 5th graders and they really liked it! Thank you!
Jill H. –
Great product. I can’ trait to try it out. Thanks.
Cool Teaching Tools –
I can’t wait to use this in my classroom. 🙂
kathy H. –
These will help make teaching about making inferences more engaging. Thanks for a great resource.
Alyssa O. –
Looks great! Can’t wait to try it!
Learning Stripes –
Wonderful product, thanks so much!
Hailey Wiggs –
I love your stuff! I am your newest follower 🙂
Jennifer S. –
Very helpful practice!
Brace 4 Impact –
This was AWESOME! I could actually SEE the lightbulbs going off in my students’ minds as they completed these activities!
Catherine –
Oh goodness! That is SO exciting. Thank you so much for sharing, Samantha. 🙂