This comprehensive, print-and-go resource takes the stress out of teaching making inferences in 1st, 2nd grade and 3rd grade. With 48 fiction passages—half short with multiple choice and half longer passages with open-ended questions —it’s built for real classrooms, busy teachers, and growing readers.

What’s Inside:

• 24 Level A inference passages with multiple choice
• 24 Level B passages with open-ended response questions
• Answer keys for every passage
• Sample responses for modeling and grading
• A Making Inferences Graphic Organizer (includes inference graphic organizer in landscape & student-friendly format!)
• A Daily Inference Tracker
• Clear teacher guide with pacing tips and ideas
• Printable Level A vs. Level B comparison chart

Why Teachers Love It:

Perfect for teaching making inferences in 2nd grade, and adaptable for first grade and 3rd grade too

Supports RL.1 and RL.3 — students practice using text evidence to infer
No prep needed — just print and go

Ideal for literacy centers, early finishers, small groups, homework, or RTI

Differentiated design = easy to meet your students where they are

Real-World Use Ideas:

• Use Level A to model and build confidence
• Use Level B to stretch students and assess comprehension
• Highlight clues, underline evidence, and let students explain their thinking
• Support your readers with the making inferences graphic organizer for every passage

This resource is everything you need to teach, practice, and master inferences in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade — with ZERO prep required.

Print, teach, and watch your students become inference detectives!

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These one-of-a-kind, differentiated, blends phonics activities include:

• 5 phonics activities = L blends, R blends, S blends, beginning blends and ending blends phonics games
• 3 levels of response worksheets for each blend activity = 15 response worksheets
• Year-round, kid-friendly themes
• Simple student direction cards for each phonics game
• Engaging, kid-friendly clipart and fonts
• Easy shape print and cut prep
• Colorful centers with black and white recording sheets
• Inclusive characters
• Answer Keys
• Teacher Directions for set-up and teacher tips

How can I differentiate these for my students?

• Assign a level for your students to complete from below, on or above levels. Levels move from recording and matching to application responses.
• Have students work through the 3 different levels for extra practice
• Choose the number of answers to record on the response sheets – some centers are single-sided, while others are double-sided
• Students can work individually, paired, or with a teacher

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These one-of-a-kind, differentiated, diphthongs phonics activities include:

• 5 phonics activities = ar, are/air/ear, oar/ore/or, ir/ur/er, and mixed r-controlled vowels phonics games
• 3 levels of response worksheets for each r-controlled phonics activity = 15 response worksheets
• Year-round, kid-friendly themes
• Simple student direction cards for each phonics game
• Engaging, kid-friendly clipart and fonts
• Easy shape print and cut prep
• Colorful centers with black and white recording sheets
• Inclusive characters
• Answer Keys
• Teacher Directions for set-up and teacher tips

How can I differentiate these for my students?

• Assign a level for your students to complete from below, on or above levels. Levels move from recording and matching to application responses.
• Have students work through the 3 different levels for extra practice
• Choose the number of answers to record on the response sheets – some centers are single-sided, while others are double-sided
• Students can work individually, paired, or with a teacher

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These one-of-a-kind, differentiated, digraph phonics activities include:

• 5 phonics activities = sh, ch, wh, th, and mixed practice phonics games
• 3 levels of response worksheets for each digraph activity = 15 response worksheets
• Year-round, kid-friendly themes
• Simple student direction cards for each phonics game
• Engaging, kid-friendly clipart and fonts
• Easy shape print and cut prep
• Colorful centers with black and white recording sheets
• Inclusive characters
• Answer Keys
• Teacher Directions for set-up and teacher tips

How can I differentiate these for my students?

• Assign a level for your students to complete from below, on or above levels. Levels move from recording and matching to application responses.
• Have students work through the 3 different levels for extra practice
• Choose the number of answers to record on the response sheets – some centers are single-sided, while others are double-sided
• Students can work individually, paired, or with a teacher

Need phonics practice for students who are reading multi-syllabic words? Challenge Phonics is perfect for those high students!

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These one-of-a-kind, differentiated, long vowels phonics activities include:

• 9 phonics activities = ai/ay, CVCe long a, ea/ee/ey/ei/ea, ie/igh, CVCe long i, oa/ow/oe, CVCe long o, ew/ui/ue and CVCe long u phonics games
• 3 levels of response worksheets for each long vowel activity = 27 response worksheets
• Year-round, kid-friendly themes
• Simple student direction cards for each phonics game
• Engaging, kid-friendly clipart and fonts
• Easy shape print and cut prep
• Colorful centers with black and white recording sheets
• Inclusive characters
• Answer Keys
• Teacher Directions for set-up and teacher tips

How can I differentiate these for my students?

• Assign a level for your students to complete from below, on or above levels. Levels move from recording and matching to application responses.
• Have students work through the 3 different levels for extra practice
• Choose the number of answers to record on the response sheets – some centers are single-sided, while others are double-sided
• Students can work individually, paired, or with a teacher

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These one-of-a-kind, differentiated, diphthongs phonics activities include:

• 5 phonics activities = au/aw, oy/oi, ow/ou, hard/soft oo, and mixed diphthongs phonics games
• 3 levels of response worksheets for each diphthongs phonics activity = 15 response worksheets
• Year-round, kid-friendly themes
• Simple student direction cards for each phonics game
• Engaging, kid-friendly clipart and fonts
• Easy shape print and cut prep
• Colorful centers with black and white recording sheets
• Inclusive characters
• Answer Keys
• Teacher Directions for set-up and teacher tips

How can I differentiate these for my students?

• Assign a level for your students to complete from below, on or above levels. Levels move from recording and matching to application responses.
• Have students work through the 3 different levels for extra practice
• Choose the number of answers to record on the response sheets – some centers are single-sided, while others are double-sided
• Students can work individually, paired, or with a teacher

Need phonics practice for students who are reading multi-syllabic words? Challenge Phonics is perfect for those high students!

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Included in this fun differentiated product are:

• (2) Match the picture to the word
• (2) Fill in the missing digraph from the sentence
• (2) Find the 2 digraphs from the sentence

6 total puzzles included!

These skip counting and number pattern math worksheets are perfect for:

• Substitutes
• Homework
• Classroom helpers
• Centers
• Individual practice
• Fast Finishers

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Included in this awesome practice packet are 6 puzzles:

1. ch
2. sh
3. th, tch
4. ph, wh
5. kn, wr, qu
6. Mixed Practice

Use these for:

• Homework
• Substitutes
• Centers
• Individual practice
• Fast Finishers
• Spiral Review
• AND MORE!

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This product is digital on the BOOM platform and offers immediate feedback for students!

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Students will practice antonyms words TWO different ways:

• Given a sentence, match the word to an antonym.
• Given a word, choose the antonym match

These cards are great to use for:

• Whole Class Instruction

• Mini Lessons

• Small Group Instruction

• Math Centers

• Independent Work

• Intervention

When you purchase, you will receive a PDF with a link to your BOOM cards since they are housed on the BOOM website. If this is your first time, you will be asked to create a FREE account. If you have purchased before, simply visit your library.

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This product is digital on the BOOM platform and offers immediate feedback for students!

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Students will practice contraction words THREE different ways:

• Given two words, find the matching contraction.
• Given the contraction, find the first word
• Given the contraction, find the second word

These cards are great to use for:

• Whole Class Instruction

• Mini Lessons

• Small Group Instruction

• Math Centers

• Independent Work

• Intervention

When you purchase, you will receive a PDF with a link to your BOOM cards since they are housed on the BOOM website. If this is your first time, you will be asked to create a FREE account. If you have purchased before, simply visit your library.

Boom Cards live in the cloud. They can’t be printed. They play on most modern browsers, Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. You open a Boom Learning account to play them (to protect the children). Create Fast Play pins to assign your Boom Cards to students.

Boom Learning also has premium accounts. Premium accounts offer advanced assignment tools, individual and whole class performance tracking, and more. If you are a new Boom Learning customer, when you redeem your Boom Cards purchase you get 90-day free trial of a premium account. When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins.

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In this deck, students will be able to complete 4 activities

• Given a picture, choose the correct spelling
• Choose the correct spelling to finish the sentence
• Choose if the word is short or long
• Given the picture, spell the word

These cards are great to use for:

• Whole Class Instruction

• Mini Lessons

• Small Group Instruction

• Math Centers

• Independent Work

• Intervention

This product is digital on the BOOM platform and offers immediate feedback for students!

When you purchase, you will receive a PDF with a link to your BOOM cards since they are housed on the BOOM website. If this is your first time, you will be asked to create a FREE account. If you have purchased before, simply visit your library.

Boom Cards live in the cloud. They can’t be printed. They play on most modern browsers, Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. You open a Boom Learning account to play them (to protect the children). Create Fast Play pins to assign your Boom Cards to students.

Boom Learning also has premium accounts. Premium accounts offer advanced assignment tools, individual and whole class performance tracking, and more. If you are a new Boom Learning customer, when you redeem your Boom Cards purchase you get 90-day free trial of a premium account. When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins.

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These ready-to-use fiction vs nonfiction activities are designed to make a sometimes tricky concept more concrete. With colorful anchor charts, short passages, and opportunities for students to justify their thinking, this resource is perfect for centers, guided reading, or independent practice.

Engage your readers with:

* short, high-interest reading passages

* colorful anchor charts

* application design for students to explain their reasoning

Included in these amazing passages are:

• 10 fiction passages on fun and relatable topics
• 10 nonfiction passages filled with real-world facts
• Printable fiction vs nonfiction anchor chart for visual support
• Thoughtful response pages that serve as a fiction vs nonfiction worksheet
• Answer keys for all passages

We’ve Got You Covered!

• My students get confused between fiction and nonfiction.”
  The anchor chart and paired passages make the differences clear and accessible.
• “I need something ready to go for small group or centers.”
  These fiction vs nonfiction activities are print-and-go with zero prep required.
• “It’s hard to find passages that are both interesting and instructional.”
  These high-interest topics keep students reading and engaged while practicing key skills.
• “I need ways to assess student understanding.”
  Built-in response sheets and answer keys make it easy to check for comprehension.

Perfect For:

• Literacy centers
• Guided reading or whole group instruction
• Early finishers
• Homework or independent practice
• Comparing genres with a fiction vs nonfiction worksheet

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Engage your readers with:

* short, high-interest reading passages

* colorful anchor charts

* application design for students to explain their reasoning

Included in these amazing passages are:

• 6 Persuasive
• 6 Informative
• 6 Entertainment

Answer keys included!

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This product is digital on the BOOM platform and offers immediate feedback for students!

Students will practice identifying verbs TWO different ways:

• Find the verb in the sentence
• When given a list of verbs, find the list that has all verbs

These cards are great to use for:

• Whole Class Instruction

• Mini Lessons

• Small Group Instruction

• Math Centers

• Independent Work

• Intervention

When you purchase, you will receive a PDF with a link to your BOOM cards since they are housed on the BOOM website. If this is your first time, you will be asked to create a FREE account. If you have purchased before, simply visit your library.

Boom Cards live in the cloud. They can’t be printed. They play on most modern browsers, Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. You open a Boom Learning account to play them (to protect the children). Create Fast Play pins to assign your Boom Cards to students.

Boom Learning also has premium accounts. Premium accounts offer advanced assignment tools, individual and whole class performance tracking, and more. If you are a new Boom Learning customer, when you redeem your Boom Cards purchase you get 90-day free trial of a premium account. When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins.

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Students will practice fact and opinion in THREE different ways:

• Read 3 sentences and choose 2 facts that go with the picture
• Read 4 sentences and sort into fact and opinion
• Read a passage and decide if it is filled with facts or opinions

These cards are great to use for:

• Whole Class Instruction

• Mini Lessons

• Small Group Instruction

• Math Centers

• Independent Work

• Intervention

When you purchase, you will receive a PDF with a link to your BOOM cards since they are housed on the BOOM website. If this is your first time, you will be asked to create a FREE account. If you have purchased before, simply visit your library.

Boom Cards live in the cloud. They can’t be printed. They play on most modern browsers, Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. You open a Boom Learning account to play them (to protect the children). Create Fast Play pins to assign your Boom Cards to students.

Boom Learning also has premium accounts. Premium accounts offer advanced assignment tools, individual and whole class performance tracking, and more. If you are a new Boom Learning customer, when you redeem your Boom Cards purchase you get 90-day free trial of a premium account. When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins.

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