3rd and 4th Grade Reading Resources : Page 7

What type of change will you get? Use this resource with your students to compare and contrast chemical and physical reactions.

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

Children learn about Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and civil rights advocate best remembered for her contributions to the women's suffrage movement.

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Use this resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about a major historical event. Students will read a passage about the Tsunami of 2004 and determine the author’s viewpoint as they establish the

Have you ever been the new kid? Well, maybe you can relate to the character’s point of view. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying the point of view of a text and explaining the character’s opinions.

With this worksheet, your students will connect the key ideas of this nonfiction text and identify the cause and effect relationships.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Children will learn about the fascinating history of the automobile in America, dating all the way back to the 1700s.

Use this exercise to give your students practice gaining information from both the text and the text features. Help your learners build a foundation of comprehension when reading nonfiction text.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

It's time to find some rhymes! Help your budding poet learn to identify rhyme schemes in poetry with this worksheet.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

This fun resource will strengthen students’ emotional intelligence as they use images to make inferences, a skill which contributes to improved reading comprehension.

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

In Timeline of Sonia Sotomayor's Life (So Far), third and fourth graders reference a timeline of Sotomayor's life to answer questions about her life.