4th Grade · Reading Comprehension
Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
Free printable 4th Grade reading comprehension worksheet: Benjamin Franklin, Inventor. It practices main idea and summary (Common Core RI.4.2). For ages 9-10. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 4th Grade
- Subject
- Reading Comprehension
- Skill
- Main idea and summary
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- RI.4.2
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Benjamin Franklin, Inventor” is sheet 14 of 27 in our free 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on main idea and summary, one of two sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “The Wind” and before “The New Kid: A Short Play”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.4.2 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Reading: Informational Text · Key ideas and details
Children work on finding the central message or main idea and retelling or summarizing what was read.
More main idea and summary worksheets
The other 4th Grade Reading Comprehension sheets on main idea and summary, in the order they are meant to be done.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Ask your child to underline evidence in the text before answering. Fourth grade answers should quote or point to the text.
- 2
For the poem and the play, read them aloud together. Structure is easier to notice when you hear it.
- 3
After each passage, ask for a one-sentence summary. It is the quickest check of understanding.
