Making Inferences in Nonfiction
A Grade 5 ELA worksheet focusing on developing skills in making inferences from nonfiction texts.
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Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Use details from the text and your own background knowledge to make inferences.
Passage 1: The Monarch Butterfly's Journey
Every autumn, millions of monarch butterflies embark on an incredible journey. Those living in the eastern United States and Canada fly south to the oyamel fir forests in the mountains of central Mexico. This journey can be as long as 3,000 miles! The butterflies that make this trip are a special 'super generation' that lives much longer than typical monarchs, which usually only live for a few weeks. They must survive harsh weather, predators, and a lack of food along the way. Without these super monarchs, the species might not survive.
1. Why do you think the monarch butterflies fly south for the winter?
2. What can you infer about the climate in the oyamel fir forests of central Mexico?
Passage 2: The Invention of Braille
Louis Braille became blind at a young age after an accident. As a student, he found it difficult to read and write using the methods available at the time, which often involved large raised letters that were slow to produce and read. Inspired by a system of raised dots used by the military for night communication, Louis developed his own system. At just 15 years old, he created a simple, elegant code of six raised dots that allowed blind people to read and write quickly and efficiently. His system, known as Braille, is still used worldwide today.
3. What can you infer about the reading methods available to blind people before Louis Braille's invention?
They were very advanced and easy to use.
They were inefficient and difficult for users.
They were only used by the military.
They were exactly like Braille.
4. What does the passage suggest about Louis Braille's character?