4th Grade Non-Fiction Reading

Solidify your reading skills with this collection of non-fiction stories.

Solidify your reading and understanding skills:

• This collection of 10 original stories was written specifically for this app

• Read and test your comprehension with a variety of questions about the selected passages

• Study anywhere and learn at your own pace

• Each passage and question set takes approximately 5-8 minutes to complete

• Specifically appropriate content chosen at the 4th grade level

• Works well in classrooms for independent study time

• Increase student reading comprehension and their scores!

Peekaboo Studios reading passages have been written by award winning authors, teachers, and Pulitzer Prize nominees specifically for our apps.

Aligned with CCSS - Common Core State Standards for 4th Grade:

• Read and comprehend literature and informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently

• Determine the main idea of a text

• Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases as they are used in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area

• Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text

• Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining the text

• Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

• Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding

Non-Fiction topics include:

• The Lincoln Memorial

• Elizabeth Blackwell

• Bighorn Sheep

• Copper

• Insect-Eating Plants

• Perfect Baked Cheesy Potatoes

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Cuba

• Mercury

• Jerrie Mock

*With practice you can achieve your best score!*