4th Grade · Reading Comprehension
Coral Reefs in Danger
Free printable 4th Grade reading comprehension worksheet: Coral Reefs in Danger. It practices reasons and evidence (Common Core RI.4.8). 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
- Reasons and evidence
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- RI.4.8
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Coral Reefs in Danger” is sheet 6 of 27 in our free 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on reasons and evidence, one of two sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “The Spelling Bee” and before “Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.4.8 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Reading: Informational Text · Integration of knowledge and ideas
Children work on following the reasons and evidence an author gives to support a point.
More reasons and evidence worksheets
The other 4th Grade Reading Comprehension sheets on reasons and evidence, 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.
