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Reading Worksheets for 4th Graders

5 strands5 ready to print193 worksheetsUS Letter PDFs

Leveled reading comprehension passages, science and social studies passages, poems, summarizing, text structure, theme, point of view, main idea, context clues, figurative language and word searches.

The reading year, in order

From leveled passages to the big ideas in a text, text structure and figurative language, in an order many fourth grade classes follow. Each strand links to its worksheets.

  1. Reading comprehension

    42 sheets ready

    Read leveled stories, nonfiction and poems, and subject-area passages, and answer questions with evidence from the text.

    Reading comprehension passages

    Original stories and nonfiction texts at three levels, with evidence questions and answer keys.

    19 worksheets

    Reading passages

    Science and social studies passages, paired texts, and firsthand and secondhand accounts, each with questions and an answer key.

    13 worksheets

    Poems

    Original poems in many forms, with questions on stanzas, rhyme, beats, the speaker, and theme.

    10 worksheets

  2. Big ideas in a text

    68 sheets ready

    Summarize, find the theme, find the main idea and its key details, and tell first person from third person narration.

    Summarizing

    Learn what a summary is, pick the best one, and write short summaries of stories and nonfiction.

    10 worksheets

    Theme

    A theme chart plus original fables and stories, topic or theme practice, organizers, matching, and comparing themes, with answer keys.

    15 worksheets

    Main idea

    Find the main idea of pictures and paragraphs, sort details, write titles and fill in main idea and details organizers, with answer keys.

    28 worksheets

    Point of view

    A point of view chart plus first or third person practice, who is telling the story, retelling from another character, and the author's point of view.

    15 worksheets

  3. How texts work

    30 sheets ready

    Describe text structures like cause and effect and problem and solution, and work out new words from context.

    Text structure

    An anchor chart, name the structure practice, a signal word sort, a graphic organizer for each structure, and writing pages.

    16 worksheets

    Context clues

    Use the words around a new word to work out what it means, in sentences, multiple-meaning words, made-up words and short passages.

    14 worksheets

  4. Figurative language

    41 sheets ready

    Explain what idioms, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia and alliteration mean in a text.

    Figurative language

    Learn and practice seven kinds of figurative language with a chart, sorts, an original poem and story, and writing pages.

    41 worksheets

    Idioms

    Learn what common idioms, adages, and proverbs really mean with charts, matching, a story, and draw-and-write pages.

    8 worksheets

    Personification

    Find, explain, and write personification with a chart, practice pages, and an original poem.

    6 worksheets

    Hyperbole

    Spot, explain, and write hyperboles, with a chart, practice pages, and an original tall tale.

    6 worksheets

    Onomatopoeia

    Hear, find, sort, and write sound words with a chart, practice pages, a poem, and a writing prompt.

    7 worksheets

    Alliteration

    Hear and write alliteration, including the tricky same-letter, different-sound cases, plus tongue twisters and a poem.

    6 worksheets

  5. Word play

    12 sheets ready

    Find fourth grade vocabulary in puzzles.

    Word searches

    Twelve 13-by-13 word searches built from 4th grade vocabulary in reading, writing, science, social studies and math, each with an answer key.

    12 worksheets

About reading worksheets for 4th graders

Fourth grade readers take on longer texts: stories of several pages with characters who change, nonfiction with headings and fact boxes, and poems with stanzas, rhythm and meter. They now explain what a text says and what it suggests, using details and examples as evidence, summarize what they read, describe how a text is organized, and compare a firsthand account with a secondhand one.

These reading worksheets for 4th graders follow that path. Original reading comprehension passages come in three levels of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and science and social studies reading passages include paired texts. Skill pages teach summarizing, text structure, theme, point of view, main idea and context clues, and figurative language pages explain idioms, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia and alliteration with examples.

Every passage, story and poem was written for this site. Pages print in black and white on US Letter or A4, and every page with right answers has an answer key.

Questions

What should a 4th grader be able to read?

By the end of fourth grade, most children read chapter books and nonfiction of several pages on their own. They summarize a text, find its theme or main idea, explain how it is organized, and back up their answers with details and examples from the text.

How do I choose a reading level?

Start with a Level 1 passage. If your child reads it smoothly and answers most questions correctly, move up a level.

Are these passages original?

Yes. Every passage, story and poem was written for this site, and all of them are free to print.

Do the worksheets have answer keys?

Yes. Every page with right answers has an answer key. Written answers show an example.