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Make an inference. Show what proves it.

Read a story, a one-day shade survey and a persuasive letter. Follow two fully worked examples, then practise with twenty original questions and exact evidence.

This is one foundation for evidence-based reading, with original texts and questions. It gives practice with feedback, and scoring stays with the official test.

Choose this learning goalBrowse Year 5 English

The lessons and practice open from a saved Year 5 evidence-based inference goal with current learning access.

What the clues can tell you

  1. 1 · Exact clueNia keeps her bridge model boxed while she touches its uneven paint.
  2. 2 · Careful inferenceShe may be unsure about showing that part of her work.
  3. 3 · LimitThe story never states her exact feeling, so “may” matters.
These are clues from an original fictional story in the foundation. The full text lets you check them in context.

How you learn it

  1. Prepare. Read the text, locate a clue and test its limit.
  2. I do. Follow two full claim–evidence–reasoning models.
  3. We do. Try five guided questions with three prompts.
  4. You do. Try five with less support, then ten independently.
  5. Revisit. Return after 3, 7 and 14 days and explain your reasoning.
The foundation has learner and full teaching explanations online. Four A4 print editions, student copies and answer copies, use the same texts and answers. The linked curriculum lesson itself remains in its existing single-presentation format.

The route in the Learning Map

This mapped skill and its 8 authored prerequisites form one saved route. Earlier lessons stay open for revision.

Reading and viewing

  1. Knows that print carries a messageKindergarten
  2. Uses words you already know to make sense of a textKindergarten
  3. Finds who, what, when, where and why in a textKindergarten
  4. Works out how a sentence puts its meaning togetherKindergarten
  5. Reads complex sentences and tracks what each word refers toYears 1–2
  6. Makes simple inferences using clues in the textYears 1–2
  7. Infers meaning by linking clues across a textYears 3–4
  8. Follows the ties that hold a text togetherYears 5–6
  9. Supports inferences with evidence from the text (the target)Target skill · Years 5–6

What this covers

Year 5 reading descriptions include connecting information across a text and drawing supported inferences. This foundation teaches them through imaginative, informative and persuasive passages.

Sources: NAPLAN proficiency descriptions, what is in the tests and NSW Stage 3 English reading comprehension (checked 5 October 2026). EdDots wrote these questions independently.