4th Grade Reading Comprehension Resources : Page 16

Learn to work with primary sources by decoding the names, facts, and numbers in old memoirs, interviews and records.

Go on a reading adventure with Sinbad the Sailor, a hero of Middle Eastern myth and a great excuse to practice reading comprehension.

You may not know of Dr. Jonas Salk, but your life has certainly been affected by him! This famous scientist created the polio vaccine.

Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Read some dark excerpts from the famous forefathers of horror writing and try your hand at it.

Learn about the climate, fauna, and flora of these high-altitude biomes, then review what you've learned with a quick sentence-matching activity.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

"The Scarlet Flower" shares many similarities with a famous Western fairytale. Can you guess which one?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire for 63 important years. Students can read about Victoria's life in this history worksheet.

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Students will practice making and adjusting predictions about their texts.

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

List your favorite movies that came out this summer, then write your very own reviews of the best—and maybe the worst!—of the bunch.

These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.

This graphic organizer helps students quickly identify the main events in the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional text.

The Battle of Camden was a low point for the American forces in the Revolutionary War. Discover the errors made at the battle in this worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Analyzing Primary Sources with Past Tense Verbs.

During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: A Script with Adverbs.

If you wanted to protect an underground kingdom, how would you do it?

Collect your favorite summer quotes from friends and family in this Say What? sheet.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.