Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Making Inferences: Reading Between the Lines WorksheetMaking Inferences: Reading Between the Lines Worksheet
Publisher
City College of San Francisco
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
3 more...
Resource Types
Worksheets
3 more...
Audiences
For Teacher Use
1 more...
Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Worksheet

Making Inferences: Reading Between the Lines

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

Have you ever read part of a story and had to figure out what the rest was about? Practice making inferences with several short passages and multiple choice questions.

704 Views 874 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

making inferences, critical reading, reading comprehension strategies

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Add to a reading assessment after discussing context clues and inferences
  • Have class members write their own short passages, and encourage their peers to make inferences about what each person in the passage is talking about
  • Helpful for a unit on informational text

Classroom Considerations

  • Each activity is on its own page, making it easy to hand out in different lessons or as different versions during an assessment
  • Font is a little small, which may make it hard for some learners to read 

Pros

  • Provides an answer key for simple assessment
  • Contains both fictional and informational text in the passage to help kids with their reading comprehension

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1

See similar resources:

Worksheet

Fluency Passages, 4th Grade

Curated OER
Support your fourth graders on the long and difficult journey to fluent reading with this collection of reading passages. Designed as fluency assessments, these short texts help students of varying abilities improve their...
3rd - 5th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Handout

Reading Activity: Circle the Right

Nosapo
Fables can teach us about life's morals, but they are also helpful for reviewing verb tense, spelling, and word choice. Three reading passages feature well-known fables, each with several opportunities for students to circle the correct...
4th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Worksheet

Fluency Passages, 5th Grade

Curated OER
Assess reading fluency with a variety of reading passages. Each passage is a few paragraphs long and focuses on a particular topic. A couple of comprehension questions are paired with each passage.
5th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Assessment

Performance-Based Assessment Practice Test (Grade 5 ELA/Literacy)

Curated OER
Check in on the development of your fifth graders' reading and writing skills with this Common Core-designed assessment. Given a series of six reading passages ranging from narrative stories to informational texts, young...
5th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Assessment

Performance-Based Assessment Practice Test (Grade 6 ELA/Literacy)

Curated OER
Keep an eye on the growth of your sixth graders' reading and writing skills with the help of this practice Common Core assessment. Working their way through the six included fiction and nonfiction reading passages, learners answer a...
6th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Instructional Video

Inferences

Townsend Press
A picture is worth a thousand words. Help your class out with some of those words with a video about drawing inferences from reading passages, images, and other media. The resource focuses on the supporting details of each passage...
5 mins 4th - 6th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Interactive

Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—Childhood

Mr. Nussbaum
Who wants to learn about Honest Abe? The reading passage highlights the early life of Abraham Lincoln, detailing his experience as a young boy growing up in Kentucky. Readers read the brief passage and then answer 10 comprehension...
5th - 7th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Interactive

Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Middle Years (Part 2)

Mr. Nussbaum
Abraham Lincoln's face may only be worth one cent, but the online reading passage and questions about his life are an invaluable resource. Pupils read a passage about Lincoln's experience with the Illinois Legislature, earning his law...
5th - 7th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Active Reading with American History

Curated OER
Explore connections within and between informational texts with this lesson about encyclopedia articles. Middle schoolers write encyclopedia articles focusing on topics in American history. They discuss how to determine credibility...
5th - 12th English Language Arts
Interactive

Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Presidential Years (Part 1)

Mr. Nussbaum
Hail to the Chief! Your class learns about Abraham Lincoln winning presidency and choosing cabinet advisors through a reading passage and paired multiple choice questions. The resource offers great practice for state tests and...
5th - 7th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use