16 free reading resources for 4th Grade, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Reading comprehension is about more than finding the answer in the text. Students need to read literally (what does it say?), inferentially (what does it mean?) and evaluatively (what do I think, and why?). Each passage here comes with questions at all three levels and model answers for the open ones.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Students learn that synonyms are not all equal: "annoyed", "cross" and "furious" describe different amounts of anger. They choose the…
Students see how a small word part changes a whole word: un- and dis- mean not or the opposite, re- means again, -ful means full of and…
Students learn that many words have more than one meaning, such as bat (a flying animal or a stick for hitting a ball), and that the rest…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. Starts with the most common words…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. Starts with the most common words and the…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. Expected-level practice with the…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. Expected-level practice with the main…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. A challenge set with trickier and…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. A challenge set with trickier and irregular…
A passage with questions.
A 4th grade student writes to her principal asking for a school vegetable garden. Students find the writer's arguments, work out why she…
An information text about NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, home of Mission Control, and its part in the Apollo 11 Moon landing in…
An information report about honey bees: the jobs in a hive, how honey is made, the waggle dance and why pollination matters. Students…
A warm narrative about a family whose evening changes when a storm cuts the power. Students track events in order, infer how characters…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
