4th grade reading

CAUSE/EFFECT

100

CAUSE: ___________________________________________________________

EFFECT: People in the gym started to cheer loudly.

BECAUSE we were winning....

*something similar that makes sence

200

CAUSE: I twisted my ankle in the second mile of the race.

EFFECT: __________________________________________________________

I COULD NOT FINISH THE RACE

*SOMETHING SIMILAR

300

BECAUSE______________________________

EFFECT: we did not have school.

the weather was bad, it was snowing, there was a storm etc....

400

                                               

CAUSE: ___________________________________________________________ 

EFFECT: My mom got a big smile on her face and said she was proud of me. 

EFFECT: My grandfather gave me a twenty dollar bill.

                                   

    

BECAUSE I got good grades

I won the competition.

*something similar that makes sense.

500

CAUSE: ___________________________

EFFECT:  I had a stomach ache.

I ate too much

CONTEXT CLUES

100

1. It has been an extremely brutal summer with very hot temperatures.
   1. harsh
   2. windy
   3. gentle
   4. pleasant

A. Harsh

200

1. They kept the horses in the livery while they were being watered and fed.
   1. House
   2. Stable
   3. Dark opening
   4. Hay filled bucket

B. Stable

300

1. The continents are slowly drifting apart.  Since they are not stationary, North and South America will one day separate entirely.
   1. paper to write letters
   2. staying in one place
   3. land
   4. melting slowly

b. staying in one place

400

1. She offered a feeble excuse for her late work and they could tell that she wasn’t telling the truth.
   1. truthful
   2. excellent
   3. weak
   4. unhealthy

c. weak

500

1. The mummies of Egypt are very old.  So people think the Egyptians had special ways of embalming.  Actually, it was the dry air that helped them preserve the dead.
   1. making pyramids
   2. keeping the dead from decaying
   3. keeping things alive
   4. keeping things from smelling bad

 

 

1. keeping the dead from decaying 

CHARACTER TRAIT

100

A character that never gives up, keeps trying to achieve even when something is very difficult has ________________

determination

200

Someone who wants to learn and find things out and learn more about something.  They are ______________.

Curious

300

A character who believes that they can do something well or can succeed is ______________________.

Confident

400

A character who looks for new and out-of-the-box ways to solve problems is ___________________.

Creative

500

A character or person who has the ability to use things around them to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.

resourceful

NF TEXT FEATURES

100

Tells something about the picture or illustration.

Caption

200

Tells what a section of a text is about in a short phrase or sentence

Headings

300

A small dictionary at the back.

Glossary

400

List of a books's parts found in the front to let the reader know what is in the book.

Table of Contents.

500

Helps the reader identify important words throughout the text.

Bold, italic, highlighted or colored print

THIS AND THAT

100

Which pronoun should replace the italic noun?

Jessica has never seen that movie. Maybe we should go.

She

200

                                                                      Choose the adverb that best completes the sentence.

The boy ran _ to his mother.

A. quick 

B. quicker
C. quickly 

D. most quick

                                                       

    

C. quickly

300

                                                                       

Which proper noun should be capitalized in the sentence?

I learned that earth is the only planet that has humans on it

A. learned 

B. earth 

C. planet 

D. humans

                                                       

    

EARTH

400

                                                                       

Which proper noun should be capitalized in the sentence?

On the weekends, my favorite thing to do is eat subway at the state park.

A. weekends 

B. subway 

C. state 

D. park

                                                       

    

SUBWAY

500

Which pronoun should replace the underlined nouns?

Tomorrow, Jason and Brady have a football game.

A. they 

B. their 

C. he’s 

D. we

                                                       

    

THEY