Field Trip Making Inference — Passage

This engaging passage titled "Field Trip Adventure" helps 4th graders practice the crucial skill of making inferences while identifying explicit textual evidence as outlined in CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1. Students follow Emma as she visits a museum with her classmates, using context clues to determine the setting. The carefully crafted multiple-choice questions prompt students to identify where Emma and her classmates have been based on textual evidence such as "museum doors," "sketches of dinosaur fossils," and "ancient artifacts." This passage strengthens students' ability to refer to details when explaining what a text says explicitly while also drawing reasonable inferences, preparing them for more complex reading comprehension tasks. The accessible vocabulary and relatable school field trip scenario makes this passage particularly appealing to 4th grade readers.