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The 4th grade reading comprehension activities below are coordinated with the 4th grade spelling words curriculum on a week-to-week basis, so both can be used together as part of a comprehensive program, or each can be used separately. The worksheets include fourth grade appropriate reading passages and related questions. Each worksheet (as well as the spelling curriculum ) also includes a cross-curricular focus on earth science, physical science, history, social sciences, mathematics and life sciences. This allows students to build their reading comprehension skills and reinforce knowledge in other subject areas. There are 36 weeks of fourth grade worksheets, following most standard school year calendars.

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Anatomy of a Circle

Week 30 Reading Comprehension (D-30). A short explanation about the radius, diameter, and center of a circle. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Basic Geometry Terms

Week 25 Reading Comprehension (D-25). A short summry of the different terms used in geometry. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Branches of Government

Week 29 Reading Comprehension (D-29). A reading segment about the different branches of government. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Chaparral Ecosystems

Week 3 Reading Comprehension (D-3). A passage and questions about relatively rare shrubland communities called Chaparral ecosystems. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 20 Reading Comprehension (D-20). A short passage about electricity, conductors, and static electricity. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Discrimination Against Gold Rush Immigrants

Week 15 Reading Comprehension (D-15). Comprehension activity about the discrimination against gold rush immigrants in the 1850?s. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Eastern Woodland Natives

Week 32 Reading Comprehension (D-32). Reading passage about the Eastern Woodlands, a Native American cultural region. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Ecology: Taking Care of Earth

Week 36 Reading Comprehension (D-36). A description about the study of ecology and what it involves. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 2 Reading Comprehension (D-2). Reading segment about ecosystems, organisms, and communities. Cross-Curricular Focus:Life Science.

Endangered Species

Week 11 Reading Comprehension (D-11). A life science reading comprehension passage about endangered species. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Eratosthenes: Geographer and Mathematician

Week 16 Reading Comprehension (D-16). A short story and related questions about the world’s first geographer. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences / Mathematics

Week 10 Reading Comprehension (D-10). A reading segment about using estimation in mathematics. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Evaluating Efficiency

Week 33 Reading Comprehension (D-33). A passage about determining the best way to solve problems. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Expressions with Parentheses

Week 13 Reading Comprehension (D-13). A reading segment about how parentheses are used in solving math problems. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Gold Rush Boomtowns

Week 19 Reading Comprehension (D-19). A passage about the origination of boomtowns during the gold rush in California. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Hide and Seek

Week 8 Reading Comprehension (D-8). A reading passage and questions about the role of camouflage in the predator-prey relationship. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Import Export

Week 21 Reading Comprehension (D-21). How early American colonies imported and exported products. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Magnetic Attraction

Week 23 Reading Comprehension (D-23). A reading comprehension passage about the properties of magnetism. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Measuring Temperature

Week 35 Reading Comprehension (D-35). A segment about temperature and the different scales used for measurement. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Natural Resources

Week 6 Reading Comprehension (D-6). Passage and questions about renewable and non-renewable natural resources. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

4th Grade Reading Worksheets

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Finding key points

In this reading worksheet, your child will read a short informational passage and then underline key points and answer questions about the language and content of the passage.

Making metaphors

How many metaphors can you find in this poem? In this language arts worksheet, your child learns to spot metaphors, determine their meaning from context, write them as similes, and decide which metaphors are most effective and why. Bonus: your child gets practice writing poetry using metaphors.

New words: make a conservation dictionary

Make your own dictionary of words about conservation! In this language arts worksheet, your child will look up words related to pollution prevention and write each word's definition. Bonus: your child gets practice alphabetizing words!

Poems: The Rabbit

In this language arts worksheet, your child will read the poem aloud and then answer questions about the poem's meaning and language.

Putting sentences in order

Can you fix this paragraph? It's all out of order! In this language arts worksheet, your child will put the sentences into logical order and then rewrite the paragraph using compound and complex sentences.

Reading comprehension: David Copperfield

Here's an excerpt from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. In this reading worksheet, your child will read a description of young David's life and answer questions about the story, point of view, character's feelings, and use of language.

Reading comprehension: Hard Times

Here's an excerpt from Hard Times by Charles Dickens. In this reading worksheet, your child will read a description of Coketown and answer questions about Dickens' use of language.

Reading comprehension: letter of complaint

What does this writer want? In this language arts worksheet, your child reads a letter to the city council and then answers questions about the writer's intent, language, and reasons.

Reading comprehension: The Mango Tree

In this language arts worksheet, your child will read three parts of a traditional story from India and answer questions about the characters' feelings using complete sentences.

Reading comprehension: thunder and lightning

Here is a scientific description of thunder and lightning. In this language arts worksheet, your child will read an informational passage and then answer questions about what happened and practice replacing descriptive words.

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4th Grade Reading Comprehension

The printable reading passages on this pages are a mixture of fiction stories, nonfiction articles, poems, readers' theater scripts, and biographies. Each file has reading comprehension questions to go along with the passage, and a vocabulary activity.

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Reading comprehension files by grade:.

A collection of reading passages and questions for 1st graders.

A collection of reading passages and questions for 2nd graders.

A collection of reading passages and questions for 3rd graders.

A collection of reading passages and questions for 5th graders.

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This collection of 3rd through 5th grade reading comprehension passages features articles about many different species of animals.

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12 Ways To Boost 4th Grade Reading Comprehension

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By the time students reach the fourth grade, they have mastered the basics of phonics and decoding and are starting to dig deeper into understanding what they’re reading. It’s a great time to introduce learning strategies that will help them be lifelong readers. Here are a dozen ways to boost fourth grade reading comprehension.

1. Color-code your thinking

Taking notes and highlighting reading passages with color can help students differentiate, retain, and transfer knowledge as well as pay attention to critical information for meaningful learning. Teach your students to use colors to highlight passages as they read to help them identify features such as main idea, details and vocabulary words. Or use different colors to mark different sections of a graphic organizer.

Learn more: Think, Grow, Giggle

2. Try think-alouds

Another way to improve fourth grade comprehension is through think-alouds. While reading a text to students, share the questions and answers that are going through your mind. For example, “How does the story make you feel?”

Learn more: The Balanced Literacy Diet

3. Watch a story-elements rap video

You know how they say setting learning to music helps improve retention? Well, with this story-elements rap video, kids will find themselves chanting the chorus long after they watch it. And if rap’s not your thing, check out this list of Our Favorite YouTube Videos for Teaching Story Elements.

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4. Play a round of reading comprehension Jenga

Who doesn’t love a rousing game of Jenga? The careful strategy in picking just the right block … the rush of successfully pulling out a block … the loud crash of the whole tower tumbling down! This classroom version is not only a blast, it helps boost reading comprehension skills. Score a used Jenga set at a garage sale or thrift store, then download this huge collection of fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension questions from Elementary Assessments.

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5. Beef up vocabulary skills

The more words a student knows, the greater their access to complex reading passages. Practice vocabulary skills in a fun way with these 20 Meaningful Vocabulary Activities . Draw vocabulary Sketchnotes , play Vocabulary Jeopardy, join the Million Dollar Word Club, and more.

6. Practice using context clues

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It is vitally important for all students to be able to use context clues to determine the definitions of unknown words. This poster and lesson plan from Crafting Connections will give your students the strategies they need to be a word detective.

7. Find creative ways to respond to reading

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Gone are the days of the dreaded, old-fashioned, stand-in-front-of-the-class and read your boring book report. How about making a mint-tin book report? Or a book report cake? Or a mobile made from a clothes hanger or a paper bag book report? These are just a few of the Creative Ways Kids Can Respond to Books we’ve rounded up to get your students excited about reading.

8. Learn about close-reading strategies

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Close reading is defined as “an intensive analysis of a text in order to come to terms with what it says, how it says it, and what it means.” And research shows that teaching students how to close-read helps them become better readers. The trick is spicing it up so that students apply close-reading skills without getting bored. Here are Innovative Teacher Ideas for Teaching Close Reading.

9. Create anchor charts together

From marking a text to visualizing to understanding a character’s journey, we’ve got the fourth grade reading comprehension anchor charts for you! Choose from dozens of colorful samples for you to build along with your students during direct instruction time.

10. Introduce figurative language

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Figurative language—things like metaphors, similes, and onomatopoeia—make reading more colorful and interesting. Understanding figurative language is a complex literacy skill that will stretch your students’ understanding. Center your lessons around these fantastic figurative language anchor charts .

11. Focus on theme

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To fully explore theme, students must be able to understand what they read and then extract ideas from the text. Here are essential tips for teaching theme in language arts .

12. Read between the lines

Learning to make inferences is a key literacy skill and something all good readers do. When students pause while they are reading to ask questions and make connections, it strengthens their comprehension. For more on this topic, visit Teaching With a Mountain View .

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What's the cause? - Part 1 Game

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What's the effect? - Part 1 Game

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Analyzing Cause and Effect Worksheet

Enhance critical thinking skills with our cause-and-effect analysis worksheet. Identify relationships between events to understand causes and effects.

Cause and Effect: Exploring Actions and Consequences Worksheet

Discover the power of the cause-and-effect relationships with our worksheet. Learn how actions lead to consequences and enhance your critical thinking.

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What's the cause? - Part 2 Game

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What's the effect? - Part 2 Game

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Cause and Effect Matching Worksheet

Strengthen your analytical skills with our cause-and-effect matching worksheet. Practice matching causes with effects to improve understanding.

Find Cause and Effect with Pictures Worksheet

Enhance comprehension with our picture-based cause and effect worksheet. Explore the relationship between events through visual cues for improved understanding.

What's the cause? - Part 3 Game

Use your language skills to determine 'what's the cause' (Part 3).

What's the effect? - Part 3 Game

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Pick Out the Cause Worksheet

Strengthen comprehension skills with our engaging worksheet. Explore cause and effect relationships for enhanced critical thinking and analytical abilities.

Unraveling the Cause and Effect Relationship Worksheet

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Decode the image! - Part 1 Game

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Decode the image! - Part 2 Game

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Image Inference: Enhance Critical Thinking Skills Worksheet

Enhance inferencing skills through engaging picture-based activities. Develop the ability to draw conclusions and make inferences based on visual clues.

Is it Inferred or Explicit? Worksheet

Deepen reading comprehension by identifying inferred and explicit information. Uncover hidden meanings with our thought-provoking worksheet.

Decode the image! - Part 3 Game

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What do you mean? - Part 1 Game

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Select the Suitable Inference Worksheet

Boost your child's inferencing skills. In this engaging worksheet, they will select suitable inferences based on key details in the given passages.

Sort the Inferred and Explicit Information Worksheet

Uncover the hidden meaning with our thought-provoking worksheet. Enhance reading comprehension skills by identifying inferred and explicit information.

What do you mean? - Part 2 Game

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What do you mean? - Part 3 Game

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Discovering the Core: Unveiling Main Ideas Worksheet

Improve reading comprehension with our main idea worksheet. Enhance understanding and extract key information from texts.

Eli and His Ideas Worksheet

Join Eli and his mom, as they navigate waiting in line by imagining themselves as pirates and sheriffs, adding excitement to mundane errands. Sharpen your reading comprehension skills with this fun worksheet.

What's the main idea? - Part 1 Game

Tell 'what's the main idea?' (Part 1) to practice your english language skills.

What's the main idea? - Part 2 Game

Tell 'what's the main idea?' (Part 2) to practice your english language skills.

Find the Main Idea Worksheet

In this fun worksheet, children will read an exciting story and practice identifying the main idea and key details.

Find the Main Idea and Summarise Worksheet

Strengthen comprehension and summarization skills with our worksheet. Identify main ideas and key details for better understanding.

What's the main idea? - Part 3 Game

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What's the main idea? - Part 4 Game

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Spot the Main Idea and Summarize Worksheet

Strengthen your grasp of main ideas with our interactive worksheet. Practice identifying central idea and improve overall comprehension skills.

Using Key Details to Decode Meaning Worksheet

Uncover the secret place! Guess the place being described based on the clues provided in these statements. Can you infer using the key details?

Pick out the theme! - Part 1 Game

Learn to pick out the theme (Part 1) to develop your english skills!

Pick out the theme! - Part 2 Game

Learn to pick out the theme (Part 2) to develop your english skills!

Whats the Idea in Camping in the Rain? Worksheet

What's the main idea of the story? Read about Seth's camping adventures and practice finding out the main idea of the story and the key details that support it.

Whats the Idea in The Snowshoeing Day? Worksheet

What's your favorite winter activity? Well, if you like snowshoeing, then you'll definitely enjoy this reading worksheet!

Pick out the theme! - Part 3 Game

Learn to pick out the theme (Part 3) to develop your english skills!

Pick out the theme! - Part 4 Game

Learn to pick out the theme (Part 4) to develop your english skills!

Whats the Main Idea? Worksheet

Develop strong reading skills with our main idea and key details worksheet. Learn to identify the main idea for better comprehension and analysis.

Order it Right Worksheet

With a vivid imagination, Eli transforms the mundane task of waiting in line into a thrilling journey filled with swashbuckling pirates, courageous cowboys, and intergalactic adventures. Practice sequencing skills with this fun worksheet.

Let's choose the heading! - Part 1 Game

Choose the appropriate heading (Part 1) in order to enhance your skills.

Let's choose the heading! - Part 2 Game

Choose the appropriat heading (Part 2) in order to enhance your skills.

Sequence It Right Worksheet

Readers will practice sequencing the events from a fictional story in this interesting worksheet.

Sequence the Events in Camping in the Rain Worksheet

Seth is excited about going camping. What happens next and what happens at the end? Read on to find out and practice your sequencing skills.

Let's choose the heading! - Part 3 Game

Choose the appropriate heading (Part 3) in order to enhance your skills.

Let's choose the heading! - Part 4 Game

Choose the appropriate heading (Part 4) in order to enhance your skills.

Sequence the Events in The Snowshoeing Day Worksheet

Let's find out what's the order of events in a story. Sharpen your reading comprehension skills with this fun worksheet.

Elements of the Story Worksheet

Eli and his mom turn waiting in line into an adventure by role-playing as pirates and cowboys, bringing fun and excitement to their errands. Join them in this fun story and sharpen your comprehension skills.

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FREE 4th Grade Reading Passages

This FREE 4th grade reading comprehension resource is perfect for guided reading, shared reading, close reading, homework, or morning work. It includes 2 high-interest, professionally written reading passages (1 nonfiction and 1 fiction) that are designed to engage your students. 11-12 text-dependent questions (and answers) are provided for each passage.

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Why you will love this resource:.

♥ Two weeks of reading comprehension materials (passages and text-dependent questions)

♥ Teachers get instant and constant feedback, which makes this the perfect PROGRESS MONITORING tool

♥ It allows you to constantly assess student learning and thus guide formal instruction.

♥ One passage a week and 3 questions a day, so it won't overwhelm your students and will save you time!

♥ It provides students with MEANINGFUL and CONSISTENT practice of important standards.

♥ Covers literature and informational text content standards

♥You can use this resource with other grade levels to allow for differentiating.

♥Each week requires only two sheets of paper

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✔ Can be used for close reading, guided reading, homework, or morning work

✔ It does not selectively present topics or follow a predetermined scope and sequence, which gives it the flexibility to be used with any program or instructional schedule you are already implementing.

✔ No standards are pushed aside or left out to introduce new content. You can have confidence that all topics will be covered every week ( R.I/R.L 4.9 are covered in the paid version starting with week 3 ).

✔No extra "Show Your Work" pages needed. This review is formatted with work space built in, leaving plenty of room for students to respond

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Free 4th and 5th Grade Reading Activities

On this page, I have compiled my most highly recommended reading activities for literacy instruction in 4th and 5th grade. Under the title of each resource, you will find complete samples that you can download, print, and try out with your students.

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Curious about how I teach reading in 5th grade? Click here to read a detailed break-down of how I teach reading.

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4th and 5th Grade Reading Skills Bundle

This huge resource includes the reading activities and resources that I use to teach my major reading skills and standards. The reading activities included in the resource include:

• Reading Charts/Posters
• Graphic Organizers
• Reading Passages
• Small Group Reading Activities
• And often much more, depending on the resource.

—-> Click here to download a free reading passage and poster from my Story Elements set.

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5th grade reading exit slips.

Reading exit slips are an effective, easy to implement way to assess students with reading skills and standards.

—> Click here to download free reading exit slips that assess fiction and nonfiction comprehension.

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Paired Passages 4th/5th Grade

Paired passages are huge on state exams now. Students need several opportunities to read paired passages and answer questions that require the students to use both passages. It is difficult to create paired passage questions on a whim. To help, I created paired passage resources. They include engaging paired passages and rigorous questions that provide the practice that students need.

—> Click here to grab a FREE paired passage set. Your students will love learning about google and Gameboy with these paired passages and reading activities.

Click here to see a discounted bundle of my most popular paired passage resources.

Reading Choice Boards

Using choice boards is an effective (and easy prep) way to offer students choice when they are learning various reading skills. These reading choice boards allow you to offer your students choice while also ensuring they are practicing grade-level reading skills. The reading choice boards are perfect reading activities for reading centers, reading homework, and early finishers.

—> Click here to download some free reading choice boards. The resource includes a free reading and math choice board for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.

Interested in more reading choice boards? Click on your grade level to see full sets. 3rd Grade Choice Boards 4th Grade Choice Boards 5th Grade Choice Boards

Reading Centers 4th/5th Grade

Saved the best for last! These next few reading activities are my absolute favorite reading resources. They work perfectly for reading centers, reading stations, small group reading instruction, and more!

Reading Games

These reading games are prefect for small group instruction that can carry over into a reading center. This free reading activity includes one reading passage and a game-board with text-dependent questions. I like to read and discuss the passage as a whole group or small group reading activity and then have the students “play” the game at a reading center or station.

—> Click here to download a free reading game!

Reading Roll and Answer Centers

This next reading activity is pretty simple but still a nice change from just answering questions. The students read a text and then roll two dice to determine which question they will answer. You could make this more engaging by having the students play it BUMP style.

—> Click here to download a free roll and answer reading center.

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Reading puzzles.

These reading puzzles are the perfect way to get your students to practice grade level reading skills in a hands-on way.

—> Click here to download a free mini-set of reading puzzles for identifying text structures.

Reading Spinners

Really want students to go deep with a reading skill or standard? Try these reading spinners. They take one reading skill and have the students dive deep by answering a variety of questions related to that reading skill.

—> Click here to download a free set of reading spinners (one for spinner for each skill: theme, text structure, main idea, and point of view).

Reading Spinners for 4th and 5th Grade

4th and 5th grade reading homework.

If you are looking for a simple to implement, but rigorous reading homework program for your 4th and 5th graders, I highly recommend checking out this resource. Here are the key features that I love:

• One passage per week to allow the students to close read, build fluency, and really dig into one text
• Skills-based sets allow you to spiral your standards and reading skills all year
• Works with any pacing guide

—-> Click here to download a free reading homework set to try out with your students.

Click here to purchase the Reading Homework Bundle for 4th and 5th grade!

3rd Grade Reading Homework

Do you have readers reading below grade level and want to make sure they can comprehend and successfully complete their reading homework? I recommend checking out my 3rd grade reading homework, which is set up the same way as my 4th and 5th grade set.

—-> Click here to download a free week of the 3rd grade reading homework to try out!

Click here to purchase the 3rd Grade Reading Homework Bundle.

5th Grade Language Resources

In 5th grade, I have found that the language standards are not often the same grammar needs that my students have. So, I teach grammar that is at my students’ level during writing workshop. For the language standards, I use a quick and easy to implement curriculum that only requires 10-15 minutes a day. Each set in the curriculum includes the following:

• Teaching Posters/Charts
• Practice Printables
• 4 Day Practice

—> Click here to try out the Figurative Language set. You will love how it simplifies your language instruction.

5th Grade Language and Grammar Resources

P.S. I also have language task cards and language centers, if you are looking for more language resources. You can view a MEGA Bundle of all my 5th grade language resources by clicking here (this includes the resource described above!)

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This FREE 4th Grade Spiral Reading resource is perfect for Reading HOMEWORK, Reading MORNING WORK, or a DAILY READING REVIEW! These professionally written, on-level passages and text-dependent questions build in complexity each week, as more skills are introduced. All questions are EDITABLE and easy to differentiate to fit your students' needs.

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What's Included (PAID Version)...

• 36 weeks of Daily Reading Review Sheets
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• Covers the ENTIRE YEAR of 4th grade Reading; Fiction and Nonfiction Standards!
• 4 text-dependent questions per day, Monday-Thursday (16 questions per week) (not too overwhelming)
• All passages were written by a professional author!
• Each week focuses on one standard while still reviewing other reading standards.
• Questions are Editable in Microsoft Word & Google Docs (also comes in PDF)
• ANSWER KEYS included!
• 2 Formats Available: "Condensed" format to save paper & a "More Space" format to give students more space to show their work.
• Pacing Guide for the entire year
• 3 editable graphs for tracking student progress (use with weekly quizzes)
• 2 Weeks of Review to start the school year
• 3 Weeks of the next grade level to Preview at the end of the school year
• Use as daily homework or morning work and give the quiz on Friday to hold students accountable

✎ How it works...

• Students complete just one set of questions per day, Monday through Thursday.
• The same passage is used all week to promote fluency.
• Each week focuses on one main skill/standard while continuously reviewing other standards.
• Use the Constructed Response Practice question during the week.
• On Friday, give the aligned reading comprehension quiz (4 multiple-choice questions and a constructed response).

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☺ A dose of daily review helps build, strengthen, and review reading comprehension skills all year.

☺Students focus on one passage per week, digging deeper each day! Ideal for Close Reading

☺All passages are on grade level! (Perfect for exposure to grade-level texts)

☺Questions are text-dependent and slowly increase in rigor as the week progresses.

☺ The daily assignments are meaningful and NOT overwhelming.

☺ The progress monitoring section holds students accountable for their own learning.

☺ Parents appreciate the consistency of the homework (if using as homework).

☺ Teachers can easily see where students are still struggling on a regular basis

☺ It's Editable - change questions or wording to differentiate and fit your students' needs.

☺ Teachers find students need almost NO test-prep before standardized testing when using this resource all year.

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