Making inferences or “reading between the lines” can be one of the trickier skills for students to adapt into their literacy toolkit. I teach my students that when they infer, they are taking the explicit information that the text gives them and combining it with their own thoughts and interpretations based on textual clues to extend their understanding of the text as a whole. To help students make inferring a natural part of their reading process, I provide smaller text sources to practice with before diving deep on a novel or longer piece of writing. Here are ten text sources you can use to practice inferencing with your students.