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!










Allie McCutch –
Looks Great! Excited to use this 🙂
Megan H. –
Great!
Benjamin L. –
Great resource.
Mandy M. –
I love this and can’t wait to use it.
Marcie S. –
Catherine ~ I LOVE all your products but having the students work backwards is a genius way to help them get the concept! Even my kids who were totally lost were having light bulb moments when working with this. Thanks for a GREAT resource! I will definitely be pulling this out again before testing in April. Thanks 🙂 Marcie
Catherine –
You are SO welcome, Marcie! I appreciate your continued support and am so glad everything ‘clicked’ with your friends! 🙂
Jennifer Findley –
I can’t wait to use this!
ELA Everyday –
I loved this product. It will be a fun review before our big test in April. Thanks so much for your hard work!
Ashley Lafleur –
I’m using this next week. Thanks!