Reading: Informational Text : Fourth Grade English Language Arts Worksheets

This page contains all our printable worksheets in section Reading: Informational Text of Fourth Grade English Language Arts. As you scroll down, you will see many worksheets for integration of knowledge and ideas, key ideas and details, craft and structure, and more.

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Key Ideas and Details

Worksheet: Fourth Grade

The Lady of the Lamp


Read the story of a truly inspirational woman who dedicated her life taking care for the ill and needy. Answer the related questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Drawing Inferences From the Text


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Yellowstone National Park


Learn the facts about one of the top vacation spots in United Sates. Then answer the related questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Drawing Inferences From the Text


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

The Wolf Story


Read a story about one of the bravest and best of the generals, Israel Putnam, who fought to make our country free. Then answer the questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Drawing Inferences From the Text


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Comprehension: Summarize


Read the passage about the importance of a library and reading variety of books, then answer the questions that follow.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Main Idea and Supporting Details


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Main Idea, Details, and Summary


Read the passage about animal and human babies to determine the main idea, supporting details, summary, and a title of the text.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Main Idea and Supporting Details



Complete the organizer with the main idea of the passage supported by two details.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Main Idea and Supporting Details



Read the passage about Mount Rushmore National Memorial to determine the main idea and two supporting details.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Main Idea and Supporting Details


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Weird Animal Names


Ready to learn about the weirdest and whackiest animal names? Then, complete a table with the animal name, food, and its home.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Using Context to Explain


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Feeding a Guinea Pig


Convince your dad to buy you a pet Guinea pig by writing what it eats in your own words.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Key Ideas and Details     Using Context to Explain


Craft and Structure

Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Words in Context


Read the passage about oats, then find the meaning of the given words. Use context clues from the text.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Meaning of Words or Phrases


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Massive Pythons


Write the meanings and synonyms of the words from the informative text about pythons.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Meaning of Words or Phrases


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Overall Structure


Read the passages to identify how the author has organized the information in the text.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Describe the Overall Structure


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

In the Deep Forest


There are three passages in this worksheet. Read each one of them and identify how the author has organized the information in each passage.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Describe the Overall Structure


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Few Facts About Heat


Read each passage and identify how the author has organized the information in the text.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Describe the Overall Structure


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Firsthand and secondhand Perspective


Read the passage from the famous novel, "White Dandy," or "Master and I" by Melma Cadwell Melville, then answer the related questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Compare Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Compare the Perspectives


The passages in this worksheet are two accounts of the life of Helen Keller. One is a firsthand account and the other is a second hand account. Read and answer the questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Compare Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts



The passages in this worksheet are two accounts on the same topic: the Oregon Trail. One of them is a firsthand account and the other one is a secondhand account.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Compare Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts



Read the adapted passage from the famous novel “Lightfoot the Deer” by Thornton W. Burgess. Then answer the related questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Craft and Structure     Compare Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts


Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Worksheet: Fourth Grade

How much Vitamin C?


Read the passage about the science experiments conducted by Natasha, study the bar graph, then answer the related questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Interpret Information from Visual, Oral or Quantitative Sources


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Cub Scout’s Day Camp


Read the schedule and help the scouts plan their day at cub scout’s day camp.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Interpret Information from Visual, Oral or Quantitative Sources


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Get the Facts


This worksheet will teach you about food labels. Read the nutrition and ingredient list, then answer the questions that follow.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Interpret Information from Visual, Oral or Quantitative Sources


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Reasons and Evidence


Read the passage to identify the author's point. Then list the reasons and the evidence provided by the author that supports his point

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Explain an Author's Use of Reasons and Evidence


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

The art of Concealment


Read the passage and identify author's main point.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Explain an Author's Use of Reasons and Evidence


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Daffodils


Read the two informational texts about the daffodils, then answer the questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Integrate Information from Various Sources


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Bluebird


Read the two informational texts about the bluebird, then integrate the information from both the passages to write a paragraph about the bluebird.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Integrate Information from Various Sources


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Childhood Obesity


Read the informational text about childhood obesity, then answer the related questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Read/Comprehend Social and Technical Texts


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Amelia Earhart


Read the passage about Amelia Mary Earhart, an American aviation pioneer. Then answer the questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Read/Comprehend Social and Technical Texts


Worksheet: Fourth Grade

Coconut


Read the informational text about coconut, then answer the questions.

Category:  Reading: Informational Text     Integration of Knowledge and Ideas     Read/Comprehend Social and Technical Texts