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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Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK-8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.