Make Inferences in a Story About a Quiet New Neighbor

Begin with a shared reading or oral warm-up that highlights conclusions & inferences so students hear and see the skill in context before practicing it independently. Have students work through it independently and self-check their own work against an answer key before you review it as a class, especially for phonics-based tasks where saying an answer aloud first helps. After completing the worksheet, use one or two examples from the page to start a discussion: "Where else have you seen this in your reading?" These conclusions & inferences worksheets are ideal for use during small group reading time, as independent center work, or as a homework activity.

Add what you know to story clues to make inferences about a quiet new neighbor in an original story. An inference is a smart guess. You put clues from the story together with what you already know. The directions on the page read: Read the story. Then, turn the page and answer the questions. On page 2: Use the story. Fill in the chart. Then, circle the best answers. Then, write on the lines. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.

Yes, both. We made it for 5th Grade compare and contrast, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with conclusions & inferences. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

An inference is a smart guess. Readers put clues from the text together with what they already know to figure out something the author does not say directly.

They are close. A conclusion usually puts several clues together to reach a decision, like which animal left a set of tracks and which way it went.

RL.5.1 and RI.5.1 ask 5th graders to quote the text when they explain what it says and what they infer. The charts ask students to write the clue first, then the inference.

Yes. Both sheets have an answer key with sample inferences and conclusions and the multiple choice answers.

2 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 5th Grade students, roughly ages 10-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the Common Core code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.