GRADE 4 & 5 READING COMPREHENSION WORKSHEETS/TEST PREP | Complete Power Bundle

Boost achievement rates in your class with this ELA power bundle, consisting of 139 skills-focused reading worksheets that cover fourth and fifth grade Common Core State Standards (both literature and informational text).  All resources are digitally enabled and formatted (Easel Activities) for online distance learning.  

Use these reading drills to teach and reinforce the fundamentals, or prep for test day.  Save 12% with this bundle, plus get for free: ♥ 44 Main Idea & Details Task Cards   ♥ 39 Accountable Talk Posters    ♥ Student Progress Tracker (a $6.42 value) 

THIS GRADE 4 & 5 READING COMPREHENSION BUNDLE INCLUDES:

• 139 skills-boosting reading worksheets, with 630+ comprehension questions for 4th & 5th Grade 
• Test-taking tips and scaffolding to assist students (drills can be printed without tips) 
• Short bursts of informational and fictional passages 
• Mix of multiple choice, two-part, matching, short and open response activities
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) versions to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS

FREE BONUS ITEMS:

• 44 Main Idea & Details Task Cards & Activity Sheets: This resource is listed in the bundle so you can access the Easel version (100% off is priced in). The same applies for the free accountable talk resource
• 39 Accountable Talk Posters & Student Reference Quick Sheet
• Student Progress Tracker For Skills & Standards: Attached as a PDF in the bonus section

BASED ON STANDARDIZED TESTS, INCLUDING:

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS 
• Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)
• New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
• Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
• Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) 
• Ohio’s State Tests 
• Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
• New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
• Virginia Standards of Learning (VA SOL)
• Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)

USEFUL IN MANY WAYS

All drills take about 15 minutes to complete, and can be used for:

• Literacy lessons 
• Guided or independent practice  
• ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
• Small group work / literacy circles / partner work 
• Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
• Independent work / early finishers work
• Literacy center activities
• Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
• Progress monitoring/checks
• Exit slips or tickets
• Homework
• Reading strategies review
• Tutoring (targeted reading skill work) 
• After-school programs / extended school days
• Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
• Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets 
• Summer school programs / summer bridge activities 
• Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities 
• Homeschool lessons 
• Absent student make up work
• *including (but not limited to) reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, PARCC and more

COVERS COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR GRADE 4 & 5 

Reading Skills & Strategies Covered:

1.  Main Idea & Details (RL.4.2, RI.4.2, RL.5.2 & RI.5.2) ♥♥

• find the main idea
• recall supporting/key details
• find the theme/central message 
• summarize the text

2.  Context Clues (RL.4.4, RI.4.4, RL.5.4 & RI.5.4) ♥♥

• use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases
• includes figurative language/non-literal phrases (similes, metaphors & idioms), synonyms, antonyms & homonyms

3.  Analyzing Characters (RL.4.3 & RL.5.3) ♥♥

• identify character traits
• study characters' words & actions
• analyze and describe characters' thoughts, feelings and motivations
• determine the cause and effect of a character’s actions 
• describe how characters’ actions contribute to the sequence of events in a story
• compare and contrast two characters in a story 
• analyze how characters respond to challenges & change in a story

4 & 5.  Inferences (RL.4.1, RI.4.1, RL.5.1 & RI.5.1)  

• make inferences based on text evidence, background knowledge and common sense  
• find text evidence to support inferences 
• draw and support conclusions

6 & 7.  Cause & Effect (RL.4.1, RL.5.1, RI.4.3, & RI.5.3) 

• determine cause & effect of character actions and events in stories
• answer “why” & “how” cause & effect questions 

8. Story & Poem Structure (RL.4.5 & RL.5.5) 

• refer to parts of stories and poems when answering questions about a text
• explain how a series of sentences, paragraphs, lines and stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure of a story or poem
• identify and describe the role parts of a text have in developing the story’s plot and/or its elements (setting, main characters, problem, solution)

9. Text Structure (RI.4.5 & RI.5.5) 

• identify text structures (chronology, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution) of paragraphs and entire passages 
• compare and contrast the structures of two texts
• describe the role of paragraphs in helping a reader’s understanding
• use subheadings (section titles) to locate information and describe the sections they represent

10. Point of View & Perspective (RL.4.6 & RL.5.6)

• identify the point of view (POV) from which a story is narrated (first person, third person) and from whose vantage point 
• determine the author’s/narrator’s perspective on specific topics 
• determine how point of view influences the way events are described in a story
• compare & contrast points of view in open response form

11. Compare, Contrast & Analyze Accounts (RI.4.6 & RI.5.6)

Between two or more texts written in firsthand or secondhand accounts: 

• describe and analyze similarities and differences in:
• information provided
• focus 
• authors’ points of view

12. Illustrations in Stories (RL.4.7 & RL.5.7) ♥♥

• identify how illustrations add to a story (i.e. create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
• connect illustrations with the text to draw conclusions
• locate the sections of a text that an illustration reflects or supports

13. Illustrations & Visuals in Informational Text (RI.4.7 & RI.5.7)

• interpret information that is presented visually (i.e. maps, pictures, timeline, bar graph, table, diagram)
• identify and explain how visuals contribute to an understanding of a text  
• find details in a text that a visual supports
• describe how visuals support ideas in a text

14. How Reasons & Evidence Support Particular Points (RI.4.8 & RI.5.8)

• explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support key points in an informational text 
• identify which reasons and evidence support which points
• determine the points an author makes and find the evidence that supports the respective points

15.  Compare & Contrast Stories (RL.4.9 & RL.5.9)

• determine which themes and ideas are present across stories
• determine how themes are similarly revealed (e.g. via characters and the lessons they learn) 
• identify, match and describe similar types of events between two stories

16.  Integrate Information From Informational Texts (RI.4.9 & RI.5.9)

• find how the focus, ideas and details of passages are similar/different  
• draw conclusions based on information across texts
• determine how one passage helps to explain details in another passage   
• integrate information from two or more passages to write knowledgeably on a topic

BONUS ITEM #1: Main Idea & Details Task Card Literacy Center (RI.4.2 & RI.5.2)♥♥

• 44 task cards (informational text on fun animals) 
• 18 reading activity sheets with 132 questions focused on main idea or supporting details.  The activity sheets are to be used with the task cards.  

BONUS ITEM #2:  39 Accountable Talk Posters + Conversation Stem Quick Sheet♥♥

Enrich classroom discussions by incorporating accountable talk with these 39 bulletin board-ready posters!  You will love how these sentence starters transform students’ conversation skills during literacy discussions and reading circles.

♥♥NOTE: For educators looking to purchase both the READING! Grade 4 & 5 and READING! Grade 3 Power Bundles, there are 4 units that overlap across the two bundles. The overlapping units are: Main Idea & Details, Context Clues, Analyzing Characters and Illustrations in Stories. The two free bonus items also overlap. Please purchase units in smaller bundles and/or individually so you don't pay twice for the 4 aforementioned items. If you need assistance, simply email cmangostreet@gmail.com. Thank you!

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