Grade 4 Reading Informational Text - Main Idea Curriculum Resources
Explore the skill of identifying main ideas in informational text with our Reading Informational Text - Main Idea curriculum resources designed for young learners. Covering various topics, these resources provide a comprehensive approach to recognizing and understanding the central concepts of informational texts in an engaging and accessible format, improving overall reading comprehension.
Curriculum Resources Results
Snorkeling & Scuba Diving
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Ocean Animal Adaptations
Students will read a passage that provides information about various adaptations that marine animals have developed to t...
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Ocean Acidification
Download this reading comprehension worksheet about ocean acidification. The worksheet includes an informational text ab...
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Informational Text —The History of Toothpaste
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The Space Needle
Students read a passage about the history and features of Seattle's Space Needle, then answer comprehension questions to...
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The States of Matter: Solid
Discover the differences between solids, liquids and gases by exploring how their particles are arranged and move. This ...
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What is a Simple Machine
Discover the power of simple machines! This informational text explores how basic tools like levers, pulleys and incline...
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What is Weather and Climate?
Main causes of a heat dome?
Heat domes are caused by specific atmospheric patterns, primarily involving high-pressure systems. These high-pressure a...
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The Phosphorus Cycle
The phosphorus cycle explains how phosphorus moves through rocks, soil, water, and living things. Essential for DNA and ...
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Natural Disaster: Droughts
Droughts are long periods with insufficient water, leading to crop failures and water shortages. Conserving water and pl...
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Why the Great Barrier Reef Matters
This passage highlights the critical importance of the Great Barrier Reef for both nature and humans. It emphasizes the ...
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How Kids Can Help Protect the Great Barrier Reef
This passage focuses on empowering children to take action in protecting the Great Barrier Reef and the environment. It ...
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Health Risks of Heat Domes
Heat domes pose significant health risks as our bodies struggle to maintain a safe temperature in extreme heat. Dehydrat...
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The Oxygen Cycle
The oxygen cycle illustrates how oxygen moves through the atmosphere, water, and living organisms. Driven by photosynthe...
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Life in the Great Barrier Reef
This passage delves into the rich biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef. It describes the vast array of marine life, in...
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Heroes for Freedom: Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass overcame slavery to become a leader in the fight for freedom and civil rights. His powerful speeches ...
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Natural Disaster: Tornadoes
Tornadoes are dangerous spinning columns of air. Knowing the signs and having safety plans can help protect you from the...
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Natural Disaster: Hurricanes
Hurricanes are massive storms with strong winds and rain. Tracking and preparing for them helps protect people in their ...
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What is the Greenhouse Effect?
This passage introduces the greenhouse effect to children, comparing it to a blanket around Earth. It explains how sunli...
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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Simple Tips for Home
This passage focuses on reducing carbon footprints at home by conserving electricity. It suggests practical actions like...
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How Kids Can Help Fight Climate Change?
This passage introduces the concept of 'reduce, reuse, recycle' as a way for children to help fight climate change. It e...
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Can you give an example of a renewable energy source?
This passage focuses on solar energy as an example of renewable energy for children. It explains how solar panels captur...
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What is Weather?
This passage explains weather to children, describing it as the current outdoor conditions. It covers various weather ty...
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What Is an Atmospheric Physicist?
This NGSS-aligned middle school science passage introduces students to the role of an atmospheric physicist. It explains...
What Is a Physical Oceanographer?
This NGSS-aligned passage introduces middle school students to physical oceanography—the study of how ocean water moves ...
How Do Trees Affect the Weather?
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explores how trees affect weather and climate. Students will learn about the r...
How Does Snow Form?
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explains how snow forms in the atmosphere. Students will learn about the proce...
Why Does the Wind Blow?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains what causes the wind to blow. Students will learn how differences in air temp...
Can Animals Predict the Weather?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explores how animals might sense changes in the environment before storms or natural d...
Why Are Hurricanes Given Names?
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explains why hurricanes are given names and how this practice improves communi...
How Big Can Raindrops Get?
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explains how raindrops form in clouds and how big they can grow before breakin...
How Does a Hurricane Form?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains how hurricanes form over warm ocean waters. Students will learn about key con...
What Causes Thunderstorms?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains how thunderstorms form from warm, moist air rising into the atmosphere. Stude...
Why Do Clouds Turn Grey?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains why clouds appear grey when they become dense with water droplets and block s...
Why Are Clouds White?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains why clouds appear white to our eyes. Students learn how sunlight, which is ma...
What Are Clouds Made Of?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains what clouds are made of and how they form in the atmosphere. Students learn t...
What Are Nimbostratus Clouds Made Of?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains what nimbostratus clouds are made of and how they form. Students will learn t...
Measuring Hurricane Intensity – The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
This NGSS-aligned science reading passage explains how the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to measure the in...
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What Is an Anthropogenic Pollutant?
This NGSS-aligned science passage explains what an anthropogenic pollutant is and how it affects Earth’s air, water, and...
Understanding Anthropogenic Climate Change
This NGSS-aligned science passage explains anthropogenic climate change in a way that’s accessible for middle school stu...
Why Are Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases Important?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains the importance of anthropogenic greenhouse gases and their role in climate ch...
What Are Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs)?
This NGSS-aligned middle school science passage explains Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) and how they help ...
What Are Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage introduces middle school students to Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). SSPs are sc...
What Does It Mean to Be Carbon Neutral?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage explains the conce
What Is Sea Level Rise and Why Does It Matter?
This passage explains sea level rise and why it’s an important part of climate science. Students learn how global warmin...
What Causes the Sea Level to Rise?
This NGSS-aligned middle school passage explains the major causes of sea level rise, including melting glaciers and ther...
What Is the IPCC and What Does It Do?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage introduces middle school students to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IP...
What Is a Climatologist?
This reading passage introduces students to the role of a climatologist, a scientist who studies long-term climate patte...
What Is Storm Surge and Why Is It So Dangerous?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage introduces middle school students to the concept of storm surge, a major hazard caused...