4th 5th Grade Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle PDF

This nonfiction reading comprehension passages and questions is an excellent way to practice in your ELA class. No prep with full answer keys included, questions are written specifically for Grades 4 and 5. Topics include birds, insects and mammals.

Reading Comprehension Outline:

Each lesson has a blend of post-reading activities. Each lesson also contains a bonus extension exercise at the end. These activities include research projects, poetry, origami and additional writing practice. Full answer keys are provided.

This is the PDF version. PDF version includes Easel Activity making each lesson fillable.

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Google Docs - Google Forms - Word

Contents:

Set 1/5 (Birds):

Reading Passage 1: No Fly Zone - An article on birds that cannot fly.

Reading Passage 2: Ostrich: Ostrich eggs are big enough to be used as makeshift cups!

Reading Passage 3: Chickadees - A small, interesting bird, common to Canada and Northern U.S.A

Reading Passage 4: The Owl - What do you know about this mysterious creature?

Reading Passage 5: Turkeys - A popular food at Thanksgiving and Christmas. How do Turkeys live?

Reading Passage 6: Oil Spill - How did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill effect local birds?

Set 2/5 (Insects):

Reading Passage 1: We Are Not Insects - Spiders ARE NOT insects! Read more in this article.

Reading Passage 2: What a Smell - How does the stink bug protect its children? Find out here.

Reading Passage 3: Queen - The ant queen. Sounds elegant. In fact, it isn't! It's a tough job.

Reading Passage 4: Summer Singer - How do grasshoppers make noise and why?

Reading Passage 5: Fireflies - Why do fireflies flash? Read to learn about this, and more.

Reading Passage 6: Bees - Worker bees, house bees. Collecting nectar, storing nectar. Bee hives.

Set 3/5 (Mammals):

Reading Passage 1: Lions - Read about the second largest wild cat in this article.

Reading Passage 2: Tiger Time - Tigers are such solitary creatures. Find out more in this lesson.

Reading Passage 3: All About Horses - How is the author preparing to become a vet?

Reading Passage 4: All About Beavers - Here's all you need to know about 'nature's engineers'.

Reading Passage 5: The Canadian Lynx - Canadian Lynxes look unique, and are truly amazing.

Reading Passage 6: All About Cheetahs - The cheetah is the earth's fastest mammal.

Set 4/5 (Nature):

Reading Passage 1: Best Season - Is winter the best season? What activities do we do? Read more.

Reading Passage 2: Changing Leaves - This article explains how and why do leaves change in fall.

Reading Passage 3: Pesky Weeds - Love them or hate them, dandelions are really useful.

Reading Passage 4: All About Hurricanes - Here's all you need to know about hurricanes.

Reading Passage 5: Earth Day - What can we do to help our world on a daily basis?

Reading Passage 6: Caspian Sea - Learn about the history of the Caspian Sea in this lesson.

Set 5/5 (Sea Animals):

Reading Passage 1: Stingray - Close relatives to sharks, read more about this fascinating animal.

Reading Passage 2: That's Electric - How much electricity can an electric eel produce?

Reading Passage 3: Whale Shark - The largest fish in the sea. Yes, the largest!!

Reading Passage 4: Scared of Sharks - The all you need to know shark passage.

Reading Passage 5: Under the Sea - Dolphin or porpoise? Porpoise or dolphin? What’s the difference?

Reading Passage 6: All About Jellyfish - More people are killed by jellyfish than great white sharks.

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Reading Passages

Each passage is especially written for Grade 4-5 students, including key vocabulary required for this age group.

Topics are varied and are accompanied by colorful graphics. Topics are meant to educate, yet entertain the modern student.

These passages are perfect for the modern classroom. Whereas textbooks can become outdated in no time, any changes to technology or the world will result in updates to this product.

Mixed Questions

The mixed questions section of each lesson includes a variation of five or six comprehension, vocabulary and math questions. In addition, key reading strategies are frequently covered including cause & effect, summarizing, compare & contrast, making conclusions and making predictions.

Two or three of the questions will be MCQs and other questions will require a written response of some kind. Full answers and example responses appear at the end of the lesson.

Vocabulary Activities

Each reading passage contains a variety of words and phrases designed for Grade 4-5 students. Vocabulary activities provide the opportunity to build fluency with these words.

As it can become quite mundane doing the same activities over and over, each lesson in a set will contain a different vocabulary activity. Activities include: spelling games, sentence match-ups, mixed-up text and decoding words from the lesson.

Full listings of the vocabulary activities included in this product can be found in the preview.

Writing Prompts

Writing prompts are designed to continue the theme or lessons learned in the story.

Students are persuaded to write in a variety of ways and each prompt includes several cues to help.

As with the spelling/vocab section, writing prompts will vary. This includes research pieces, reading responses, poetry and creative writing prompts.

Full Answer Keys

Full answer keys and sample responses are provided so no matter how busy you

are, you know you're covered!

Mixed question answers provide evidence from the text, math questions contain the relevant workings.

Answers are designed for use by the teacher, but also suitable as a handout to the student.

Bonus Extension Exercises (Just for Fun)

Each lesson will have a bonus extension exercise. This is something fun to extend the lesson with. You can find these at the end of each lesson, titled Just for Fun.

Just for Funs are optional. When pricing is done for each product, these exercises are not included. So in effect, these are free. Some you may like, some you may not. Either way, they are there to do with as you wish.

Here is a list of the Just for Funs for this product:

Set 1

1. No Fly Zone: Endangered Bird Research
2. Ostrich: Word Association
3. Chickadees: Read Aloud (reading and speaking practice)
4. The Owl: Additional Vocabulary Practice - choose the correct spelling
5. Turkeys: Create a Thanksgiving Menu
6. Oil Spill: Acrostic Poetry

Set 2

1. We Are Not Insects: Read Aloud (reading and speaking practice)
2. What a Smell: Comic Strip Printable
3. Queen: Word Association Activity
4. Summer Singer: Design Insect Stamps
5. Fireflies: Cut & Paste
6. Bees: Insects Multiple Choice Quiz

Set 3

1. Lions: Lion Origami
2. Tiger Time: Cut & Paste
3. All About Horses: Draw an Animal
4. All About Beavers: Write a Beaver Story
5. The Canadian Lynx: Nature Captions
6. All About Cheetahs: Word Association

Set 4

1. Best Season: Additional Writing Exercise: Write a Summer Piece
2. Changing Leaves: Drawing Deciduous Trees
3. Pesky Weeds: Read Aloud
4. All About Hurricanes: Famous Hurricane Research
5. Earth Day: Design an Earth Day Poster
6. Caspian Sea: Cut & Paste

Set 5

1. Stingray: Word Association
2. That's Electric: Additional Vocabulary Activity - Misspelled Words
3. Whale Shark: Sea Animals Multiple Choice Quiz
4. Scared of Sharks: Cut & Paste
5. Under the Sea: Draw and Label an Ocean Scene
6. All About Jellyfish: Acrostic Poetry

Easel Activities

Easel Activities allow passage to be easily assigned and checked online.

This product includes a fillable Easel Activity. Each box that would usually be filled in by a student in-class can now be typed into instead.

Activities can be modified and changed by the teacher and are an easy way to give extra homework or holiday tasks to your students.

Total: 179 Pages (+52 Bonus Pages)