Provide your fourth grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice! Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths. The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, and time order.<br /><br />Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following:<br />• dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary<br />• close reading activity<br />• reading comprehension activity<br />• vocabulary activity<br />• text structure activity<br /><br />The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment.<br /> <br />Additional teacher support includes:<br />• Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference<br />• Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home<br />• Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students
