4th Grade Common Core: RL.4.4
Common Core Identifier: RL.4.4 / Grade: 4
Curriculum: Reading Literature: Craft and Structure
Detail: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
53 Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned worksheets found:
Discover Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. Read the article and answer the comprehension questions.
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Find out about Earth's moon, and learn about the first man to walk on it.
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Learn all about Mars, Earth's nearest neighbor, and human efforts to explore the Red Planet.
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Read about the biggest planet of them all, and discover the mysteries of the "Great Red Spot."
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Discover why volcanoes erupt; learn the four different types of volcanoes; and read interesting volcano facts. Includes five comprehension questions.
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Pluto, now a dwarf planet, got its name in a most unusual way. Read this article to find out more!
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Distant, cold, and windy Neptune has one thing in common with Earth - what is it?
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Use context clues to find the meanings of the underlined word in each sentence.
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An informative article on the layers of the Earth (crust, mantle, inner core, and outer core). Includes comprehension questions.
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Charla loves hanging out and going to the beach with Aunt Monica, but now that Aunt Monica is pregnant, Charla worries things are becoming all about the baby.
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Darla and Erin are blaming each other for breaking their teacher's glass apple, but when they each explain what happened, they'll realize how they were only seeing one side of the story.
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This passage tells about a girl who is going through a frustrating experience that requires patience and self-regulation. In the worksheets that follow, students will reflect on how the character used self-regulation and answer other comprehension questions.
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The word wizard's job is to find challenging words in the text and define them.
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What would you do if you could rocket to the stars? This poem outlines a fun day in space for the narrator. Following the poem are five reading comprehension questions.
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Practice identifying figurative language and interpreting figures of speech in context. Worksheet includes the six main kinds of figurative language: idiom, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and allusion.
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The vocabulary terms for this section of the book include ridge, rivulet, panic, gorge, driftwood, fierce, and more. Use each of them to complete this crossword puzzle. An optional word bank is included on a separate page, if you wish to provide it to students.
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In this story, a restaurant kitchen crew learns that teamwork is the key ingredient to success. Have your students read the text, answer the comprehension questions, complete the vocabulary activity, and respond to the writing prompt.
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Students can refine their knowledge of similes and metaphors by answering the questions on these task cards, including writing their own similes and metaphors.
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Use this part of the book's vocab words to fill in the spaces on this crossword puzzle. Clues are given for each of the words, and an optional word bank is included.
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Use the vocabulary words from the first two chapters of the book to complete this fun crossword puzzle activity. Words include shallow, extension, tundra, turbulence, and more.
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These task cards can be used in several ways to give students some extra practice in understanding hyperbole. They can be cut out and placed around the classroom as a scavenger hunt, used with learning centers, or any other way you can think of!
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Students will read examples of figurative language and determine what they mean with these task cards.
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After using the context of each sentence to figure out the meaning of the underlined word, students will answer a related question about Greek mythology.
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This crossword puzzle is a fun way to test students' understanding of important vocab words from these chapters. Clues and an optional word bank are included.
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This poem uses clever wordplay to talk about the season of spring. Students will answer reading comprehension questions, complete a vocabulary exercise, and follow a writing prompt.
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The word wizard finds challenging words from the story and defines them.
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With this worksheet, students will read a mix of similes and metaphors and identify which type of figurative language is being used. Then they will have to tell what the sentences mean.
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This worksheet features ten sentences that describe something or someone. Students must rewrite each of these sentences using a metaphor that makes sense.
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Identify the type of figurative language being used on each of the task cards. Four choices are given to help students narrow it down.
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Choose several tough words from the reading and use a dictionary to define each one.
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Honeydew is a bear who loves honey, but he comes into some trouble with the honeybees. Readers will answer questions and complete a writing prompt.
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Read each sentence and identify which type of figurative language is used, simile or metaphor. Then explain what it means.
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With this worksheet, students will rewrite descriptive sentences to include appropriate similes.
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This is an nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet about ostriches. This animal worksheet is geared toward fourth grade students. Students learn facts about the ostrich in a nonfiction article and answer reading comprehension questions to follow. Vocabulary exercises and a writing prompt are included.
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Read this passage about the importance of hope and hopefulness. Then answer the questions that follow to reinforce the key lessons from the text.
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With this worksheet, students will read examples of figurative language and identify which type it is. They will also tell what it means.
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Explore themes of leadership with this reading passage that can be taught alongside your SEL curriculum.
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Do you think you know the The Boxcar Children? This file has a mix of multiple choice, short answer, and matching questions based on the book.
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With this activity, students will match the descriptions with the best comparisons to make metaphors.
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This printout includes a definition of a metaphor, as well as two examples. Students can refer to these as they write six metaphors of their own.
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The word wizard's job is to find three unique or challenging words from the assigned reading and define them.
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The word wizard writes down and defines challenging words to share with his/her literature circle.
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Read this fictional short story about a situation where someone showed honesty when it would have been easy not to. This story also touches on bravery and doing the right thing. After the story, the worksheet includes a set of questions, a vocab activity, and a writing prompt to reflect on the lessons from the passage.
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Improve your writing and develop your author's voice by using figures of speech! Learn about the main kinds of figurative language with a table of definitions and examples, then rewrite a sentence two different ways, using a different kind of figure of speech each time.
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This fiction passage follows a child who is full of curiosity and always wants to keep learning. The questions that go with it encourage students to reflect on the message of the story, recall key information, and more.
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The word wizard finds challenging words from the text and defines them.
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The word wizard's job is to find challenging words from the reading assignment.
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