Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 4 Teacher Resource

Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your fourth-grade students!

Choose from 10 units that span a variety of text structures and topics or use them all!

Text structures include:

Question and answer Main idea and details Cause and effect Compare and contrast Time order

Nonfiction texts in the grade 4 book include a variety of content-area topics:

Science:

"Getting to Know Snakes" Level P "Weather and the Scientists Who Study It" Level S "From Power Plant to Lightbulb" Level T

Geography:

"The Mystery of the Matching Continents" Level R

Social Studies:

"Being an Active Citizen" Level Q "How Countries Create Their Economies" Level T

Biography:

"Julia Morgan: Architect and Trailblazer" Level P "Roald Dahl: Master Storyteller" Level S\

How-to:

"How to Keep Your Teeth and Gums Healthy" Level R "How to Make Snacks More Healthful" Level O

Each unit includes:

Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective A dictionary that identifies content and academic vocabulary A close-reading activity A comprehension and vocabulary activity An oral close-reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion A text structure analysis activity A culminating text-based writing activity

Additional teacher resources:

Overview article and writing prompts chart Five elements of nonfiction text chart Five structures of nonfiction text An answer key

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