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Reading Homework For 4th Graders

Grade 4 Reading Comprehension

Use these free, printable worksheets to practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing at a grade 4 level.

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Reading Worksheets - Leveled

These grade 4 reading comprehension worksheets are taken from a series of leveled reading workbooks ranging in difficulty from A to Z, according to the Fountas and Pinnell grading system.  The full workbooks are available for download from our bookstore from only $ / book.

More Reading Worksheets

Each 4th grade reading passage is followed by 6 questions which the student is encouraged to answer by writing full sentences in the space provided.  The questions are a mix of 'open ended" and "close ended" questions.

An Honestly Fun Camp      Fiction, words

Ballet  Non-fiction, words

Clara Barton   Non-fiction, words

Curious about Careers: Firefighters   Non-fiction, words

Why does the Ocean have Waves?   Non-fiction,  words

Emma's Favorite Restaurant    Fiction, words

First Day   Fiction, words

How to Find the Theme of a Text   Non-fiction, words

How to Skateboard   Non-fiction, words

Left Out  Fiction, words

Liza's First Spelling Bee   Fiction, words

Open for Business   Fiction, words

Oranges Everywhere   Fiction, words

Pool fit for a Hedgehog   Fiction, words

Rocks   Non-fiction, words

Survival in the Wild   Non-fiction, words

Mouse Madness  Fiction, words

Treasure Hunt   Fiction, words

What is a Spacewalk?   Non-fiction, words

Luke, Jay and Zach's Winning Game,  Fiction, words

The Singing Plants   Fiction, words

Historical Reading Worksheets

Each historical passage or fable is followed by four questions.  These questions for grade 4 students involve recalling information directly from the text as well as concepts such as prediction, inference and character traits.

Fishhawks     Non-fiction, words

The Wolf       Fiction, words

George Washington and his Hatchet     Non-fiction, words

Ray and his Kite       Fiction, words

Grace Darling        Fiction, words

How Franklin Found out about Things    Fiction, words

Damon and Pythias    Fiction, words

Androclus and the Lion      Fiction, words

The Merchant's Caravan    Fiction, words

The Fox and the Little Red Hen,    Fiction, words

Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets & Printables

Reading and comprehension go hand in hand. So do the struggles associated with both, especially when students reach fourth grade, when classroom texts become much more complex. One way to cut through the confusion is to incorporate reading material that kids find compelling—which is precisely the goal of our fourth grade reading comprehension worksheets. Be it nonfiction informative texts about endangered species, foreign countries, and historical figures, or fables like The Wizard of Oz, your child will have no trouble finding stories that pique her interest. And the more interested she is in a story, the more likely she’ll be able to recall information. Worksheets also include literary tips for how to structure a story, establish point of view, and use compare-and-contrast techniques, while fun activities like a make your own cartoon page are sure to spark creativity. When your fourth-grader becomes more confident in his reading comprehension abilities, consider taking her to a bookstore and have her pick out an age-appropriate book. After she completes each chapter, tell her to take out a sheet of paper and summarize the plot, figure out the point of view, and describe the characters.