4th Grade · Reading Comprehension
The Science Fair Surprise
Free printable 4th Grade reading comprehension worksheet: The Science Fair Surprise. It practices theme (Common Core RL.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
- Theme
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- RL.4.2
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“The Science Fair Surprise” is sheet 17 of 27 in our free 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on theme, one of three sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “The Underground Railroad” and before “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RL.4.2 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Reading: Literature · Key ideas and details
Children work on finding the central message or main idea and retelling or summarizing what was read.
More theme worksheets
The other 4th Grade Reading Comprehension sheets on theme, 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.
