Text Structure: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets ♥ GRADE 4 & 5 BUNDLE

Drive student proficiency in answering text structure reading questions, while saving $$. ♥ This ELA reading comprehension bundle combines 2 mini-packs and consists of 8 skills-focused worksheets with 41+ questions, split between fiction and nonfiction (informational text). ♥

THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES: 

• 8 text structure worksheets, split between fiction and informational passages (science & social studies)   
• 41+ questions, with simulated standardized test questions for 4th and 5th grade
• Mix of multiple choice and open/short response activities  
• Unassisted version without tips
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) versions to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS 

STUDENTS WILL:

Fiction

• refer to parts of stories and poems when answering questions about a text
• explain how a series of sentences, paragraphs, lines and stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure of a story or poem
• identify and describe the role parts of a text have in developing the story’s plot and/or its elements (setting, main characters, problem, solution)

Non-Fiction

• identify text structures (chronology, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution) of paragraphs and entire passages 
• compare and contrast the structures of two texts
• describe the role of paragraphs in helping a student’s understanding
• use subheadings (section titles) to locate information and describe the sections they represent 

INFORMATIONAL TEXT TOPICS COVER: 

Social Studies

• Why the Pilgrims sailed to America and celebrated Thanksgiving
• How California and Wisconsin became the center for show business and the dairy industry respectively 
• Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the new world & the impact it had   

Science

• Similarities and differences between a hurricane and a tornado
• A ten-year old’s journal on preparing and living through Hurricane Andrew 

COMMON CORE DESIGNED, SIMULATED AFTER:

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS 
• Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)
• New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
• Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
• Ohio’s State Tests 
• Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
• New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
• Virginia Standards of Learning (VA SOL)
• Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)

USEFUL IN MANY WAYS!

All drills take 10 to 15 minutes to complete, and are fantastic for:

• Literacy lessons 
• Guided or independent practice  
• ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
• Small group work / literacy circles / partner work 
• Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
• Independent work / early finishers work
• Literacy center activities
• Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
• Progress monitoring/checks
• Exit slips or tickets
• Homework
• Text structure review/reteach
• Tutoring (targeted reading skill work) 
• After-school programs / extended school days
• Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
• Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets 
• Summer school programs / summer bridge activities 
• Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities 
• Homeschool lessons 
• Absent student make up work
• *including (but not limited to) reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Minnesota MCA, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, Missouri MAP, Wisconsin Forward, PARCC and more

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COMMON CORE ELA READING STANDARDS FOR 4TH & 5TH GRADE

LITERATURE

RL.4.5:  Refer to the structural elements of poems and stories when writing or speaking about a text.

RL.5.5: Explain how a series of paragraphs or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story or poem.

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

RI.4.5:  Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

RI.5.5:  Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

GRADE 4 & 5 COMMON CORE READING RESOURCES

Each reading comprehension unit can be purchased individually, or within a savings bundle.

✏ denotes the level of savings

READING! GRADE 4 & 5 BUNDLE ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

Reading Comprehension I:  Core ELA Value Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Main Idea & Supporting Details - Literature & Informational Text

♥ Analyzing Characters - Literature

♥ Context Clues - Literature & Informational Text

♥ Main Idea & Details Task Card Center - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension II:  Key Ideas & Details Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Making Inferences Bundle ✏ ✏  

• Making Inferences - Literature
• Making Inferences - Informational Text

♥ Cause & Effect Bundle ✏ ✏  

• Cause & Effect - Literature
• Cause & Effect - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension III:  Craft & Structure Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Structure of Stories & Informational Text Bundle ✏ ✏

• Story & Poem Structure - Literature
• Text Structure - Informational Text

♥ Point of View Bundle ✏ ✏ 

• Point of View & Perspective of Narrators/Speakers - Literature
• Compare, Contrast & Analyze First and Secondhand Accounts - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension IV: Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Illustrations & Visuals in Reading Bundle ✏ ✏

• Illustrations in Stories - Literature
• Visuals in Non-Fiction Text - Informational Text

♥ Reasons & Evidence to Support Particular Points - Informational Text

♥ Compare & Contrast Bundle ✏ ✏

• Compare & Contrast Stories - Literature
• Compare & Contrast Non-Fiction Text - Informational Text