These inferencing task cards and digital activities are essential for developing reading skills. They include short passages with text-dependent questions, options for differentiation, and are suitable for 4th-6th grade. Teachers can use them for test prep, small groups, or whole class activities.
For some great inferencing teacher tips, check our blog post about making inferences!
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Making Inferences is an important reading skill, and these inferencing task cards and digital activities can help!
Each card/slide features a short passage with a text-dependent question plus a follow-up question asking students to explain their reasoning. Students will need to use clues within the text to infer their answers.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
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DIGITAL:
DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:
Great for 4th, or 5th, or 6th grade!
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NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable.
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These making inferences task cards are perfect for test prep! Use orally in small groups, or individually as a writing assignment at a literacy center. Another option is to use one card at a time with the entire class. Students can answer on notebook paper and track the cards they have completed on the included recording sheet. An answer key is also included. In addition, there is an inference poster, a cover/label card, and a challenge card that can be used with any other card in the set to extend the activity.
Teacher Tip
Here’s what teachers are saying:
✏️ “I have had such a hard time finding inference activities for small groups or individual students…this is perfect! The students can discuss, they have to justify their reasoning, and their ability to make inferences is strengthened through this practice. Thank you!!!!” -Rebecca G.
✏️ “Absolutely love these! Taught using a few each day when teaching inferences skill then used one or two occasionally to review as “bell” work as the kids entered my classroom each day. Interesting to see/hear what the kids inferred on some – more than one inference possible on some which encouraged debate using text details to support inference.” -Christina L.
✏️ “The rigor of these cards is perfect for where my kiddos are right now. They “get” just enough on their own to feel successful, but there is certainly enough meat to really make most of my students think.” -Wendy L.
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About the Author
These passages were written by me, Rachel Lynette. I am a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. I have written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. These passages reflect more than a decade of professional writing experience.
Terms of Use
This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
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Learn to Love Reading with Miss Mendoza –
Whoa!!! This is a must-buy. This is my first year teaching RSP, and I have struggled to make my previous worksheets more accessible to students. This worksheet not only helped me with inferences but also set the tone for how to make the rest of my materials accessible to all students.
Sarah P. –
Thank you for making an engaging, low-prep, comprehensive resource that I can easily use to differentiate ELA instruction for my students! This resource was perfect to use last month in my RTI groups.
Christina T. –
Getting my students up and moving is essential for me in regards to a good lesson. This broke down the task of inferencing into smaller pieces that help my students understand it better.
Erika B. –
Just what I needed to use with my small groups. Students also use these for independent practice. Love that it is also digital.
Amy M. –
I love Rachel Lynette task cards! I used this set as the cards for playing Scoot. My students enjoyed being able to move around the room while working.
Lourdes S. –
I loved this resources because it made inference so easy to understand conceptually. They loved working in rotations around the classroom and solving the inference challenges.
Hebs in the Middle –
My students struggle (and have IEP Goals to infer after reading a passage) THESE ARE EXACTLY WHAT I need – what THEY need! Thank you!
Amy S. –
These task cards were great to use in my ELD classroom. They gave my students quick examples to practice with and really strengthened their understanding of inferences.
Caroline K. –
my students love using the computers so having this fun activity for them was a blast. I enjoyed the fact there was a text to speech option for my ESL students.
Kirsten M. –
Great resource! I had my students work on the digital version with a sub. They did a great job and the sub said that they were engaged with the activity.