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By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.

compare and contrast short stories

Compare and Contrast Short Stories

All fictional stories have story elements but they sure can differ between stories. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the story elements of two fictional stories and document their findings in a graphic organizer.   

using story elements to compare and contrast fiction texts

Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts

Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.

fiction vs nonfiction

Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Arts and crafts, Venn diagrams, and literature all come together as students compare and contrast stories. Opportunities for student creativity are endless! 

venn diagram collage

Venn Diagram Collage

Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.

whats the big idea summarizing nonfiction texts

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

Students will "roll" to this quick game and "slap out" multiplication facts to reinforce multiplication skills and beat their own scores!

slap and roll timed multiplication

Slap and Roll Timed Multiplication

Using your acting skills and a great book by Chris Van Allsburg, you will lead your students on an adventure to compare characters and events throughout a book.

whats so different comparing characters

What's So Different? Comparing Characters

Did you know that comparative tasks improve comprehension and help students develop higher order thinking skills? In this lesson, students will compare nonfiction texts on the same topic using Venn diagrams and performance!

compare and contrast texts on the same topic

Compare and Contrast Texts on the Same Topic

In this fun, fast-paced multiplication review lesson, students will play a musical game as they practice their facts while applying different techniques to their problem-solving skills.

multiplication musical chairs

Multiplication: Musical Chairs

It's time for some fun with grid puzzles! In this lesson, students will learn how to solve KenKen puzzles using logic and applying their knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills.

solving kenken puzzles

Solving KenKen Puzzles

Cesar Chavez is a perfect example of a champion for social justice. Students will refine inference skills by using background knowledge and evidence from the text, while also discovering an important American civil rights activist. 

inferences in nonfiction texts cesar chavez and farmworker rights

Inferences in Nonfiction Texts: Cesar Chavez and Farmworker Rights

That’s right! The theme applies to everyone! Use this interactive lesson to teach your students how to find the theme of a fictional text.

theres no i in themework

There’s No I in Theme-work!

Reading reflection topics like theme, problems, and solutions can be challenging concepts for young readers. Help your students make sense of these literary elements using dynamic organizers that draw comparisons between fiction texts.


head to head fiction reflections

Head to Head Fiction Reflections

Are your students ready to see narratives from a different perspective? This reading lesson will get students excited about discovering first- and third-person points of view.

two points of view

Two Points of View

Characters, settings, and events, oh my! In this lesson, students will dig deeper into each of these components and learn to provide specific details from their texts.

tell me more characters settings and events

Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events

Your students will practice searching for clues to uncover the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction texts about John Muir and Day of the Dead traditions around the world. 

hey whats the big idea

Hey! What’s the Big Idea?

Help your students become super readers! In this lesson, your students will create storyboards to identify the beginning, middle, and end in fictional texts.

storyboard superstars

Storyboard Superstars

Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.

simple summaries

Simple Summaries

Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!

traditional literature story mapping

Traditional Literature: Story Mapping

In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.  

its all in the personality character traits

It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

What if Cinderella’s stepsisters weren’t really evil? In this engaging lesson, you will introduce your students to multiple points of view and discuss how these different perspectives can change a reader’s experience.

whose point is it anyway

Whose Point Is It Anyway?

It’s time to make an educated guess! In this lesson, your students will practice using their background knowledge and evidence from the text to make inferences in nonfiction pieces about Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez.

inference detectives

Inference Detectives

Context clues are a powerful tool for all readers! Use this lesson to teach your students how to utilize context clues to determine the meanings of unknown words.

get clued in to context clues

Get Clued In to Context Clues

Fractions are everywhere! In this hands-on lesson, your class will work together in groups to find real-world examples of fractions. As they discover more complicated fractions, students will create their own word problems with them.

fraction hunt

Fraction Hunt

Text formatting can add a lot of richness to how information is explained. In this lesson students will explore the organization of nonfiction texts and go on a scavenger hunt for different kinds of text formatting features. 

formatting nonfiction text

Formatting Nonfiction Text

We often conduct reading fluency tests on our students without explicitly teaching this skill. Use this lesson, which incorporates student peer review, to help raise awareness of reading fluency while improving it.

fourth grade fluency fun

Fourth Grade Fluency Fun!

What do Malala Yousafzai, Al Gore, and Michelle Obama all have in common? They are all nonfiction authors with a purpose. In this interactive lesson, students will gain practice looking at details in text to identify the author&rsquo;s purpose.

what were they thinking

What Were They Thinking?

Teach your students to ask and differentiate between recall questions and inferential questions. This lesson will help build a classroom culture around asking deep, inferential questions.

red light green light questions

Red Light, Green Light Questions

Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It&#39;s packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.

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Reading Closely

Take your understanding of factors one step further! Use this lesson to classify factors as prime and composite numbers while creating factor trees.

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