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Reading a Grade 4 Fact Text is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on reading a whole information text and answering across it, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.10. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Reading a Grade 4 Fact Text

RI.4.10

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Wolves and the Rivers

Wolves were shot out of Yellowstone by 1926. Fourteen were brought back in 1995. With no wolves, elk had grazed the valleys freely for seventy years. Young willow and aspen were eaten as soon as they grew. The wolves killed some elk. More importantly, they changed where elk would stand still. Open valley floors became dangerous, so the elk stopped lingering there. Willow and aspen grew back along the rivers. Beavers, which need willow, returned. Their dams made ponds. Roots held the banks. The rivers narrowed, deepened and moved less. Some researchers describe this as wolves changing the shape of rivers, though others argue the effect has been overstated.

  1. 1. Which trees grew back along the rivers?
  2. 2. The author reports a disagreement. What is it, and how is it presented?
  3. 3. When were wolves brought back to Yellowstone?
  4. 4. What overall structure does this text use?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Accidental Photograph

In 1895 Wilhelm Röntgen was working with a covered tube in a darkened room when he noticed a screen across the laboratory glowing. Something was passing through the cover and crossing the room. He did not know what it was, so he called it X — the unknown. He spent seven weeks alone in the laboratory testing it. He put wood, rubber and metal in the way. Metal stopped it; the rest did not. Then he asked his wife to put her hand between the tube and a photographic plate. The picture showed the bones of her hand and her wedding ring. Within a year, X-rays were being used in hospitals. Röntgen refused to patent them.

  1. 1. In what year did Röntgen notice the glow?
  2. 2. Which material stopped the rays?
  3. 3. What overall structure does this text use?
  4. 4. The text says Röntgen refused to patent X-rays. What does that suggest about him?

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Answer key — Reading a Grade 4 Fact Text

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Willow and aspen. 2. Some researchers credit wolves with reshaping rivers; others say the effect is overstated — both are reported without choosing. 3. 1995. 4. Cause and effect in a chain, from wolves to elk to trees to beavers to rivers.
  2. 2.1. 1895. 2. Metal. 3. Chronology, from the accidental glow to hospital use within a year. 4. That he wanted them used freely rather than owned — it is stated as his choice.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.