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Readers’ Theater: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Readers’ Theater: Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Readers’ Theater: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.
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Readers’ Theater: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Readers’ Theater: Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Readers’ Theater: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?
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Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Fourth Grade
Reading
Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.
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Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?
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Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading Nonfiction
Reading Nonfiction
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Reading Nonfiction
Fourth Grade
Reading
Explore nonfiction with this set of short and sweet facts on notable people, places and events in history. Young readers can practice taking notes, answering questions and analyzing primary sources.
Workbook
Reading Nonfiction
Reading Nonfiction
Workbook
Reading Nonfiction
Explore nonfiction with this set of short and sweet facts on notable people, places and events in history. Young readers can practice taking notes, answering questions and analyzing primary sources.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Workbook
A Misty Copeland Biography
A Misty Copeland Biography
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A Misty Copeland Biography
Fourth Grade
Reading
Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,
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A Misty Copeland Biography
A Misty Copeland Biography
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A Misty Copeland Biography
Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Biography: Booker T. Washington
Biography: Booker T. Washington
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Biography: Booker T. Washington
Fourth Grade
Reading
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.
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Biography: Booker T. Washington
Biography: Booker T. Washington
Worksheet
Biography: Booker T. Washington
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.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Who is Katherine Johnson?
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Who is Katherine Johnson?
Fourth Grade
Reading
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.
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Who is Katherine Johnson?
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Worksheet
Who is Katherine Johnson?
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.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Cause and Effect: The Titanic
Cause and Effect: The Titanic
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Cause and Effect: The Titanic
Fourth Grade
Reading
Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.
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Cause and Effect: The Titanic
Cause and Effect: The Titanic
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Cause and Effect: The Titanic
Your students will find cause and effect relationships as they read about the night the Titanic sank.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Making Text Connections
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Making Text Connections
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Making Text Connections
Fourth Grade
Reading
Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Making Text Connections
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Making Text Connections
Worksheet
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Making Text Connections
Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Part 1: Making Connections with Texts
Part 1: Making Connections with Texts
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Part 1: Making Connections with Texts
Fourth Grade
Reading
This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.
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Part 1: Making Connections with Texts
Part 1: Making Connections with Texts
Worksheet
Part 1: Making Connections with Texts
This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Biography of Wangari Maathai
Biography of Wangari Maathai
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Biography of Wangari Maathai
Fourth Grade
Reading
Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.
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Biography of Wangari Maathai
Biography of Wangari Maathai
Worksheet
Biography of Wangari Maathai
Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Making Connections: Thinking Stems
Making Connections: Thinking Stems
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Making Connections: Thinking Stems
Fourth Grade
Reading
These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.
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Making Connections: Thinking Stems
Making Connections: Thinking Stems
Worksheet
Making Connections: Thinking Stems
These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe
Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe
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Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe
Fourth Grade
Reading
Get your students excited about making text connections!
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Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe
Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe
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Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe
Get your students excited about making text connections!
Fourth Grade
Reading
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Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response
Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response
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Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response
Fourth Grade
Reading
Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.
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Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response
Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response
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Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response
Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Thinking Routine: Parts, Purposes, and Complexities
Thinking Routine: Parts, Purposes, and Complexities
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Thinking Routine: Parts, Purposes, and Complexities
Fourth Grade
Reading
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Thinking Routine: Parts, Purposes, and Complexities
Thinking Routine: Parts, Purposes, and Complexities
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Thinking Routine: Parts, Purposes, and Complexities
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Novel Study: Wonder: Write Your Postcard Precept
Novel Study: Wonder: Write Your Postcard Precept
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Novel Study: Wonder: Write Your Postcard Precept
Fourth Grade
Reading
After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!
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Novel Study: Wonder: Write Your Postcard Precept
Novel Study: Wonder: Write Your Postcard Precept
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Novel Study: Wonder: Write Your Postcard Precept
After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response
Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response
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Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response
Fourth Grade
Reading
Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.
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Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response
Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response
Worksheet
Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response
Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Glossary: Making Connections in a Fiction Text
Glossary: Making Connections in a Fiction Text
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Glossary: Making Connections in a Fiction Text
Fourth Grade
Reading
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.
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Glossary: Making Connections in a Fiction Text
Glossary: Making Connections in a Fiction Text
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Glossary: Making Connections in a Fiction Text
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Making Connections in a Fiction Text.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading Closely
Reading Closely
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Reading Closely
Fourth Grade
Reading
Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It's packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.
Lesson Plan
Reading Closely
Reading Closely
Lesson Plan
Reading Closely
Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It's packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
State Memories
State Memories
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State Memories
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson, your students will practice writing about places important to them through poetry. By the time they are done, students will have become better writers and taken a walk down memory lane!
Lesson Plan
State Memories
State Memories
Lesson Plan
State Memories
In this lesson, your students will practice writing about places important to them through poetry. By the time they are done, students will have become better writers and taken a walk down memory lane!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Middle Atlantic State Migration
Middle Atlantic State Migration
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Middle Atlantic State Migration
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson, your students will use guiding questions as a way to organize their thoughts about non-fiction reading. They will also gain an understanding of some of the factors that led to the colonization of the Middle Atlantic States.
Lesson Plan
Middle Atlantic State Migration
Middle Atlantic State Migration
Lesson Plan
Middle Atlantic State Migration
In this lesson, your students will use guiding questions as a way to organize their thoughts about non-fiction reading. They will also gain an understanding of some of the factors that led to the colonization of the Middle Atlantic States.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Close Reading Through Word Choice
Close Reading Through Word Choice
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Close Reading Through Word Choice
Fourth Grade
Reading
Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.
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Close Reading Through Word Choice
Close Reading Through Word Choice
Lesson Plan
Close Reading Through Word Choice
Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Interesting Introductions
Interesting Introductions
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Interesting Introductions
Third Grade
Reading
Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.
Lesson Plan
Interesting Introductions
Interesting Introductions
Lesson Plan
Interesting Introductions
Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Adobe Spark: Parts, Purposes & Complexities
Adobe Spark: Parts, Purposes & Complexities
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Adobe Spark: Parts, Purposes & Complexities
Fourth Grade
Reading
Discover a new tool for creative assessments and lessons! In this lesson, students will investigate Adobe Spark using Agency by Design thinking routines to help them understand how they can use technology to communicate ideas.
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Adobe Spark: Parts, Purposes & Complexities
Adobe Spark: Parts, Purposes & Complexities
Lesson Plan
Adobe Spark: Parts, Purposes & Complexities
Discover a new tool for creative assessments and lessons! In this lesson, students will investigate Adobe Spark using Agency by Design thinking routines to help them understand how they can use technology to communicate ideas.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History
Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History
Lesson Plan
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Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History
Fourth Grade
Reading
Sugar skulls and fancy dress aren't all there is to the Day of the Dead. In this lesson students will learn about several societies that celebrate their dead, as well as some of the history behind the traditions of the Día de los Muertos.
Lesson Plan
Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History
Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History
Lesson Plan
Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History
Sugar skulls and fancy dress aren't all there is to the Day of the Dead. In this lesson students will learn about several societies that celebrate their dead, as well as some of the history behind the traditions of the Día de los Muertos.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
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Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Researching and Writing about Frederick Douglass
Researching and Writing about Frederick Douglass
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Researching and Writing about Frederick Douglass
Fourth Grade
Reading
Frederick Douglass was an influential black man in U.S. history. In this lesson, the historical context is set for students so that they can conduct their own research on Frederick Douglass, using a graphic organizer and multiple sources, before writing an informational essay on him. Ideal for fourth and fifth grade students, this lesson plan not only gives students practice in research and essay-writing skills, it also has them exploring a fascinating part of our country's history.
Lesson Plan
Researching and Writing about Frederick Douglass
Researching and Writing about Frederick Douglass
Lesson Plan
Researching and Writing about Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an influential black man in U.S. history. In this lesson, the historical context is set for students so that they can conduct their own research on Frederick Douglass, using a graphic organizer and multiple sources, before writing an informational essay on him. Ideal for fourth and fifth grade students, this lesson plan not only gives students practice in research and essay-writing skills, it also has them exploring a fascinating part of our country's history.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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About 4th Grade Make Connections Resources

On Education.com, 4th Grade Make Connections resources help students practice reading comprehension, focus on making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections, and strengthen active reading skills. The site offers a variety of materials, including curriculum sets like School Specialty’s Making Connections series, that feature leveled texts, printable worksheets, graphic organizers, and classroom activities. These resources are designed to engage students in connecting concepts across multiple contexts, promoting deeper understanding and analytical thinking.

Educational content on Education.com also includes interactive games, digital lessons, and video tutorials that reinforce reading strategies and comprehension. These structured resources encourage students to apply thinking stems and question cubes while engaging with a range of textual materials. The page provides educators and parents with access to in-depth worksheets, printable materials, and digital resources to facilitate engaging, educational experiences.

By browsing the 4th Grade Make Connections page on Education.com, teachers and parents can access a wealth of structured resources and guided lessons that support active reading and comprehension. These materials are tailored to help young learners build confidence, improve critical thinking, and connect reading to real-life experiences. Educators can use ready-made worksheets and lesson plans, while parents can access engaging activities for classroom or home learning, saving time and providing effective, structured reading practice.