Nonfiction Reading Comprehension 4
- After reading brief nonfiction passages about science, geography, or history topics, students answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions to build seven essential comprehension skills.
The activities target standards in these areas:
main idea
making predictions
drawing conclusions/making inferences
stating opinions and offering supporting details
Paperback. 48 pages. Reproducible.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Meeting Standards and Benchmarks
How to Use this Book
Achievement Graph
Practice Passages
Trouble in the Coral Reefs
Mount Rushmore
Science Passages
Beaver Dams
Light
Water Is an Amazing Matter
Your Remarkable Body
Dandelions: Flowers or Food?
May the Force Be With You
Geography Passages
The Orphan Trains
A Most Unusual Fish
A Highway in the Atlanic Ocean
The Wonderful Walrus
Blizzard!
Looking for New Ways to Make Electricity
History Passages
Mummies in Ancient Egypt
To Oregon or Bust!
The Quaker Who Shook Things Up
The Viking Ships
The Generous Doctor
The Pipes that Changed America
Answer Key
Paired Passages
for grade 4 features compelling material that students compare and contrast so that they can integrate knowledge and ideas across parallel passages. Designed to keep young minds engaged, this series strengthens comprehension skills and students' ability to think critically.
Paperback. 95 pages.
Paired Passages
for grade 4 offers pairs of nonfiction and fiction passages for students to compare and contrast. Aligned to state standards, students will read high-interest passages about topics such as human and animal migration, exotic animals, White House pets, fireflies, and more.
Help your students meet rigorous college- and career-ready expectations by improving reading comprehension skills. Paired Passages
helps students meet and exceed reading standards by teaching them to compare and contrast:
fiction with nonfiction
fiction with fiction
nonfiction with nonfiction
When students finish reading a pair of passages, they will rely on the text to complete the accompanying questions and activities.
Skill Builders
are great tools for keeping children current during the school year or preparing them for the next grade level. A variety of fun and challenging activities provides students with practice and helps introduce basic skills to new learners. This full-color workbook contains appropriate passages and exercises based on national standards for third grade to help ensure that children master reading comprehension skills before progressing. Skill Builders
combines entertaining and interactive activities with eye-catching graphics to make learning and reviewing fun and effective. The compact 6" x 9" size makes this book perfect for school, at home, or on the go. It features 80 perforated, reproducible pages and an answer key.
Paperback. 80 pages.
Reading Comprehension and Skills
for fourth grade is designed to help students develop a strong foundation of reading basics so that they will become competent readers who can advance to more challenging texts. It includes engaging passages and stories about a variety of subjects to appeal to al readers. The book also encourages vocabulary development and reinforces reading comprehension through leveled activity pages that target each student's individual needs for support.
