Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 4

Book Preface

Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 4 contains 20 topics in the following content areas:

• social studies-Mount Rushmore, United States Congress, Lewis and Clark, the Civil War, and floating continents
• science-electric light, heredity, measuring the weather, the Internet, and Marie Curie
• health & safety-teeth, seat belts, and Dr. Charles Richard Drew
• mathematics-structural engineers, probability, and owning a business
• the arts-Ludwig van Beethoven, drawing, acting, and Julia Morgan

Each unit contains:

• a teacher resource page that introduces the topic and lists suggested vocabulary to introduce for each article
• a visual aid that presents the topic graphically to the entire class
• three articles on the same topic, but at three different reading levels
• three accompanying comprehension/vocabulary worksheets