Search 4th Grade Making Connections in Reading Educational Resources

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

Read this famous Norse myth starring Sif and Loki and find out how mythology shapes our understanding of the world around us.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.