Prepare your students to succeed on state tests! Test-prep made easy! Reading Comprehension: Paired Text grade 4 is an easy-to-use resource that includes 8 paired text units with everything you need to practice reading comprehension skills with your fourth-grade students.
These grade 4 paired text units provide students with opportunities to compare multiple viewpoints and to integrate information. Each unit contains two thematically related selections that are focused around an essential question.
Each selection includes:
- vocabulary development in context
- an oral close reading discussion
- comprehension questions
- a writing prompt
The unit assessment includes discussion of the topic, texts, and essential question, as well as a pre-writing graphic organizer and culminating writing prompt.
Additional features:
- student objectives
- topic introductions
- lesson plans
- an answer key
Grade 4 paired text social studies units include:
Governing Ourselves:
“Scents of Justice” Level O
“Band of Friends” Level P
Sharing for the Benefit of All:
“Giving Us a Better World” Level P
“A Life Lived in Thirds” Level Q
Forests, Farms, and Finance:
“Healthy Forest, Healthy Economy” Level R
“Friendly Harvest” Level Q
Taking Sides:
“One Land, Two Views” Level T
“The Troll and the Billy Goats Gruff” Level S
Grade 4 paired text science units include:
Spiders in the Food Web:
“Trap-Door Spiders” Level P
“The Spider and the Fly” Level R
Invisible Forces at Work:
“Setting Things in Motion” Level R
“The Case of the Ruined Picnic” Level P
Using What Nature Provides:
“The Amazing Silkworm” Level R
“The Value of a Scrap” Level Q
Our Ever-Changing Planet:
“Shifting Ground” Level T
“Washed Away” Level S
Revised edition! This resource replaces Reading Paired Text and includes updates to the content.
