Description
Helping students make inferences can be one of the toughest reading skills to teach—especially when you’re preparing for CAASPP or SBAC test prep in ELA.
You need resources that make the skill clear, approachable, and easy to reinforce across both fiction and nonfiction.
These 20 Inferencing and Text Evidence Task Cards give your students repeated, focused practice with passages that mirror the types of questions they’ll see on state assessments.
Each card includes short, engaging fiction and nonfiction texts with multiple-choice, multiselect, hot text, and constructed response questions—all designed to strengthen comprehension and inference skills.
Perfect for ELA small groups, intervention, or independent practice, this resource makes it simple to provide consistent inference practice without extra prep.
Whether you’re reviewing for CAASPP test prep, SBAC test prep, or just want to boost critical thinking, these cards help students connect evidence to inferences with confidence.
Great for elementary students. Teachers of other grade levels have found success. Click for the Middle School.
There are 20 short passages and 40 Standardized Test Style questions. There is an inference with text evidence question on every card, along with a mix of reading standards to help spiral in reading skills practice.
The task cards are leveled to help easily differentiate reading passages that will best meet your students' needs. There are 5 Low (3rd Grade), 5 Medium (4th Grade), and 10 High (5th Grade). The levels are based on the ATOS level.
Print Version Includes:
- 20 Task Cards - Color
- 20 Task Cards - B&W
- Answer Key with CCSS breakdown
- Reading Level on Answer Key (Differentiate)
- Student Recording Sheet
Digital Version Includes:
- 1 Google Forms Link (Self-Grading)
- Easel by TpT Activity
How can you use this resource:
- Test Prep
- Small Group
- Independent Practice
- Literacy Center or Station (Get students up out of their seats.)
- Whole Group (bell-ringer, warm-up, or exit ticket)
- Game Cards
- Intervention Groups
Differentiation:
Take out one or more answer choices.
Assign only the multiple-choice or only the constructed response questions.
Pick out cards for students based on the labeled reading level found on the answer key & breakdown.
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Description
Helping students make inferences can be one of the toughest reading skills to teach—especially when you’re preparing for CAASPP or SBAC test prep in ELA.
You need resources that make the skill clear, approachable, and easy to reinforce across both fiction and nonfiction.
These 20 Inferencing and Text Evidence Task Cards give your students repeated, focused practice with passages that mirror the types of questions they’ll see on state assessments.
Each card includes short, engaging fiction and nonfiction texts with multiple-choice, multiselect, hot text, and constructed response questions—all designed to strengthen comprehension and inference skills.
Perfect for ELA small groups, intervention, or independent practice, this resource makes it simple to provide consistent inference practice without extra prep.
Whether you’re reviewing for CAASPP test prep, SBAC test prep, or just want to boost critical thinking, these cards help students connect evidence to inferences with confidence.
Great for elementary students. Teachers of other grade levels have found success. Click for the Middle School.
There are 20 short passages and 40 Standardized Test Style questions. There is an inference with text evidence question on every card, along with a mix of reading standards to help spiral in reading skills practice.
The task cards are leveled to help easily differentiate reading passages that will best meet your students' needs. There are 5 Low (3rd Grade), 5 Medium (4th Grade), and 10 High (5th Grade). The levels are based on the ATOS level.
Print Version Includes:
- 20 Task Cards - Color
- 20 Task Cards - B&W
- Answer Key with CCSS breakdown
- Reading Level on Answer Key (Differentiate)
- Student Recording Sheet
Digital Version Includes:
- 1 Google Forms Link (Self-Grading)
- Easel by TpT Activity
How can you use this resource:
- Test Prep
- Small Group
- Independent Practice
- Literacy Center or Station (Get students up out of their seats.)
- Whole Group (bell-ringer, warm-up, or exit ticket)
- Game Cards
- Intervention Groups
Differentiation:
Take out one or more answer choices.
Assign only the multiple-choice or only the constructed response questions.
Pick out cards for students based on the labeled reading level found on the answer key & breakdown.
____________________________________
>>Save BIG with Mega Bundle!<<
More Great Resources!
Task Cards: Reading Skills Task Card Bundle
Practice Tests: Reading Comprehension Passages
Games: PowerPoint Games
____________________________________
Let's Connect!
>FOLLOW me on TeachersPayTeachers!
____________________________________
