Description
Making Inferences Reading Passages and Activities:
These making inferences activities include reading passages and inferencing riddles for 3rd-5th grade.
These no-prep, print-and-go activities give students practice searching for clues to make inferences. Creating riddles to be “on the other end” of inferencing takes students to a deeper level.
This inferencing product contains:
- Two instructional pages with examples and explanations (anchor charts) of making inferences
- Ten worksheets with passages and related questions designed to show students how inferencing works (these pages also incorporate the inferencing equation with the puzzle pieces)
- Ten pages of riddles where students use inferencing skills to solve the riddle as well as space on each page to create their own riddle (using the same category as the riddle that they solved)
Creating riddles helps students use inferencing skills at a deeper level.
NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!
This product includes a digital option (as well as the no-prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.
This file contains 31 pages + Google Slides.








Jessica O –
Great resource for my students
Lisa W –
I used with 2 kids for their IEP Goal. They especially loved the riddles.
Michal H –
good inferencing materials for kids.
Amanda P –
wonderful!
Melissa D –
Great resource
Denise B –
Loved the resource!
Kristina J –
Great resource for practicing inferencing!
I struggle to find short passages to practice different reading skills, and these passages were great!
Emily M –
These are really great. The visual helped my students and I felt like the grasped the concept after practicing with these.
Nerdy Bird Teacher –
Love this-thank you!!!
Holley’s Printables –
My students loved using this resource, thanks!
Julie Sherfick –
My students have trouble with inference every year, using this is helping them understand and hopefully transfer to their state test.
Brynn T –
THIS RESOURCE DOESNT MAKE SENSE!
Jennifer K –
Great resource for extra practice! Thanks!
Gigi’s English Cottage –
An excellent resource for my ESL students.
Jennifer Emmons –
My students are great at making inferences in life, but when it is put on paper, they tend to freeze. This was a WONDERFUL resource to help them see that they can be good at it in writing as well. Thanks for an amazing product!
Nicole S –
Great for review. Thank you!
Dawn C –
Great way to work with inferencing.
Monica Karabinis –
Great to use as an individual activity to asses their knowledge or as a small group activity.
Tamra M –
Great resource! My class really enjoyed it!
Alyssa B –
A great resource kids really enjoyed filling out the puzzle pieces!