4th Grade · Reading Comprehension
The Underground Railroad
Free printable 4th Grade reading comprehension worksheet: The Underground Railroad. It practices historical events (Common Core RI.4.3). 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
- Historical events
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- RI.4.3
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“The Underground Railroad” is sheet 16 of 27 in our free 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on historical events, one of two sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “The New Kid: A Short Play” and before “The Science Fair Surprise”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.4.3 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Reading: Informational Text · Key ideas and details
Children work on describing how characters, events, ideas or steps connect and develop through a text.
More historical events worksheets
The other 4th Grade Reading Comprehension sheets on historical events, 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.
