Description
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:
✍️ PRINT:
- 24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)
- Black-line
- Color
- Recording Sheets
- Answer Keys
- Reference Poster
DIGITAL:
- 2 Google Slides Versions (Regular & Self-checking)
- ***Easel Activity (only available if you purchase on TPT)
DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:
- Digital or Print
- Challenge Card to extend the lesson
- Audio Support
- Self-Checking Options
- Multiple versions of the recording sheet included
Great for 4th, 5th, or 6th grade!
CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE!
This resource is part of a money-saving bundle!
This bundle includes these resources:
- Main Idea Task Cards
- Theme Task Cards
- Informational Text Structure Task Cards
- Summarizing Task Cards
- Cause and Effect Task Cards
- Compare and Contrast Task Cards
- Author’s Purpose Task Cards
- Making Inferences Set 1 Task Cards
- Making Informational Inferences Task Cards
- Sequencing Task Cards
- Character Traits Inferencing Task Cards
- Drawing Conclusions Task Cards
- Generalizations Task Cards
- Genre Task Cards
- Making Connections Task Cards
- Point of View Set 1 Task Cards
- Point of View Set 2 Task Cards
- Making Predictions Task Cards
- Questioning Task Cards
- Setting Task Cards
- Visualizing Text Task Cards
NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable.
Teacher Tip
- Download our FREE Task Card Handbook to learn 31 different ways you can use this resource!
Here’s what teachers are saying:
✏️ “I have used this now in person and remotely. In person, I used this as a partner/station activity. It was a perfect combination of skill, discussion, and movement. Remotely, I used these examples as slides and students responded via discussion and chat. Great examples and interesting discussion starters.” – Johanna O.
✏️ “These were great as a quick way to practice the skill of inferencing using short passages. Having the cards printed and laminated made for many opportunities for games with the cards.” – Amanda P.
✏️ “I use these for my speech sessions often. Love any of Rachel’s task cards, they are great. These are amazing to use with students targeting abstract reasoning and inferencing. They’re short passages but target exactly what you need to for this goal. Highly recommend!” – Maria R.
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Common Core Standards:
- CCSSRL.4.1 – Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSSRL.5.1 – Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSSRL.6.1 – Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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About the Author
Rachel Lynette is a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. She has written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. This resource reflects 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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This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom
SKU: 497877
Gayle T. –
The resource is an easy was to practice and assess these skills.
Samantha Dilley –
These task cards are awesome for use in center work or for skill review games. Making inferences is a skill that my students always need more practice with, and these are awesome for that. They’re also great to leave with a sub or for tier 2 small group work!
Kara Mowery –
These task cards worked great for a review activity. I love that the students have to go back into the story to cite text evidence.
A Willing Pencil –
These task cards were perfect for reviewing and practicing making inferences! Putting the task cards around the classroom is such a simple way to add instant engagement. Thank you for a great resource!
Sunny U. –
Is an amazing resource for review with my students. I have my students pair/share thoughts and ideas. The stories were fun!
Kelli H. –
These are perfect if you have 5ish minutes left and need a filler or as an exit ticket task! I even use them as task boxes for students while I’m assessing another student. Love all of them!
Jessica S. –
This was a great resource for reviewing inferencing!!! My 5th graders loved it, and I plan on using it with 3rd this year as well.
Lots of Practice –
My students FOCUS on these short passages and this specific skills. They are really engaged and I use these in my centers! Thank you!!!
The Bookworm in Fifth –
This is a great resource to go along with our study of making inferences! I am using it as a center activity for my students. Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Michele K. –
This is a great resource for my students to practice making inferences.