Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions: 4th Grade and 5th Grade (Set 3)

This resource contains 20 reading comprehension passages (5 technical texts, 4 historical texts, 4 scientific texts, 5 poems, and 2 dramas). Beneath each passage, there are six multiple-choice comprehension questions. These reading passages can be used in so many ways! Some options include using them as a test prep activity, as morning work or homework, or as part of a small group lesson.

In this set, I chose to focus on technical, scientific, and historical texts since these are stressed in the Common Core State Standards R.I.3.3, R.I.4.3, and R.I.5.3.

Technical topics include using a hammer, compost, winter survival, baking homemade bread, and sorting laundry. The first three of these passages fall into the 610-800 lexile range, while the last two fall into the 810-1000 lexile range.

Historical topics include The Little Rock Nine, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the Piltdown Man hoax, and traffic lights. All four of these passages fall into the 810-1000 lexile range.

Scientific texts include chlorine, type 1 diabetes, comets, and monotremes. All four of these passages fall into the 810-1000 lexile range.

The comprehension questions vary with each passage, which allows your students the opportunity to review several reading skills at once. Some of the skills include using context clues to define words, identifying figurative language within the passage, determining the main idea, and identifying the text structure and elements of drama.

The skills targeted in these passages include:

• Context Clues (19 passages)
• Citing Text Evidence (17)
• Cause and Effect (13)
• Figurative Language/Literary Devices (8)
• Main Idea & Supporting Details (7)
• Drawing Conclusions (7)
• Compare & Contrast (6)
• Affixes (6)
• Poetry Patterns (5)
• Sequence (5)
• Author's Tone (4)
• Summarizing (4)
• Elements of Drama (4)
• Elements of Poetry (3)
• Text Features (3)
• Text Structures (3)
• Synonyms and Antonyms (2)
• Greek and Latin Roots (2)
• Author's Perspective (2)
• Author's Purpose (2)
• Inference (2)
• Genre (1)
• Point of View (1)

********This resource is available in three formats:

1. Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute the paper version to your students.
2. Easel Activity- With this paperless format, an interactive layer has been added to the original PDF! Students can complete this activity on a device. Students read each passage and the six questions that follow. This has a multiple-choice format, and students select their answers by moving the circles.
3. Easel Assessment- Students complete these on a device, as well. Each assessment can be assigned separately, so you can assign just one passage at a time to your students. These are self-grading! After reading each passage, students answer six multiple-choice questions. With this option, the teacher chooses whether or not his or her students receive immediate feedback.

Here's what teachers like you have said about this packet of test prep reading passages with their upper elementary students:

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Set 1

Set 2

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