4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets and Activities

Drawing conclusions means making your own decisions based on the information given. To do this, you need to think about what makes the most sense. Making inferences is when you use your own knowledge along with the information from the story to figure something out. Worksheet instructions: Read the story. As you read, consider what you already know along with the information in the story. Use this to figure out the deeper meaning by thinking about what makes the most sense.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students enhance their skills in comparing and contrasting. After reading a story about a farmer and a thief, they answer questions about their similarities and differences. Remember, when we compare - we tell how things are alike. When we contrast - we tell how things are different. Worksheet instructions: Read the story. As you read, think about how the characters are alike, and how they are different. Then, answer the questions that follow. A parent or teacher may read along with the student, and help as needed.

What is the meaning of personification? Personification is when we give human qualities to things that are not human, such as an object, idea, or animal. For example: "The sun smiled down at us." (The sun cannot actually smile, but this makes it seem warm and friendly.) Worksheet instructions: Circle the object being personified and underline the action that shows personification.

What is personification? Personification is when we give human qualities to things that are not human, such as an object, idea, or animal. For example: "The sun smiled down at us." (The sun cannot actually smile, but this makes it seem warm and friendly.) Worksheet instructions: Circle the object being personified and underline the action that shows personification.

Personification is when we give human qualities to things that are not human, such as an object, idea, or animal. For example: "The sun smiled down at us." (The sun cannot actually smile, but this makes it seem warm and friendly.) Worksheet instructions: Circle the object being personified and underline the action that shows personification.

Sequencing means putting things in order, from first to last. Sequencing events properly helps the reader understand a text. In this comprehension worksheet, students read a short text, and place 5 events in their proper order. Worksheet instructions: Read about how plants grow, paying attention to the sequence of events, from first to last.

A sentence expresses a complete thought that makes sense on its own. It has a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a verb (the action or what the subject is doing). Example: The dog is playing. Worksheet instructions: Write whether each group of words is a sentence or a fragment.

When we compare - we tell how things are alike. When we contrast - we tell how things are different. Worksheet instructions: Read the two stories. As you read, think about how the stories are alike, and how they are different. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Remember, if something is true, or it really happened, it is a fact. If something is what someone thinks or believes, it is an opinion. Worksheet instructions: Read the story. As you read, think about what parts are fact and what parts are opinion. Then, answer the questions that follow. A parent or teacher should read along with the student, and help as needed.

Sequencing means putting things in order, from first to last. Worksheet instructions: Write the number 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the box beside what happened first, second, third or fourth. A parent or teacher can read along with the student, and help as needed.

Sequencing means putting things in order, from first to last. Worksheet instructions: Write the number 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the box beside what happened first, second, third or fourth. A parent or teacher can read along with the student, and help as needed.

When we compare - we tell how things are alike. When we contrast - we tell how things are different. Worksheet instructions: Read the two stories below. As you read, think about how the stories are alike, and how they are different. Then, answer the questions that follow. A parent or teacher should read along with the student, and help as needed.

Worksheet instructions: Complete the story below using the words from the word bank.

Worksheet instructions: Circle the correct word to complete each sentence below.

Worksheet instructions: Draw a line to the correct phrase to make meaningful sentences.

Worksheet instructions: Read the short story, then answer the questions that follow.