Text Practice: Making Inferences

Aiden grabbed his backpack and ran out the door. He could hear the rumble getting closer. As he reached the corner, the big yellow vehicle stopped right in front of him. The doors opened with a hiss, and Aiden climbed up the steps.

Luna put her paws on the window and whimpered. Her tail stopped wagging when she saw the suitcases being loaded into the car. She lay down by the door with her head on her paws and let out a long sigh.

The creature has eight long arms covered with suckers. It can change colors in an instant to hide from predators or to surprise its prey. When in danger, it shoots a cloud of dark ink and jets away through the water. It has a soft body with no bones, so it can squeeze through tiny spaces.

"I studied all week," whispered Mia as she sat down at her desk. She looked at the paper in front of her and smiled. "I know this!" She picked up her pencil and began filling in the answers quickly. When the timer went off, Mia was the first one done.

Mr. Chen looked at the dark sky and frowned. He quickly took the towels off the clothesline outside. He closed all the windows in the house. Then he moved the potted plants from the porch to inside the garage. In the distance, thunder rumbled.

Jaylen kept looking at the clock on the wall. Every minute felt like an hour. He tapped his foot under his desk and kept glancing at the door. When the bell finally rang, he was the first one out of his seat, racing toward the gym where tryouts were being held.

The tiny seeds needed special conditions to sprout. First, they were placed in damp paper towels inside plastic bags. The bags were put in a warm, dark closet. After a few days, small white roots appeared, pushing out from the seeds. Soon, green shoots would follow, reaching toward any light they could find.

Grandma sat in her favorite chair by the window. She held up the soft blue yarn and moved her two long needles back and forth in a steady rhythm. Click, click, click. The pattern was growing longer and longer. "This will be perfect for the new baby," she said with a smile.