Take Notes and Categorise is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on sorting gathered information under headings, aligned to Common Core standard W.4.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with 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.
Set 18 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Take Notes and Categorise
W.4.8
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Rewrite a piece of your writing so it is a third shorter without losing anything important.
I cut it down
I kept the meaning
I named what I cut
I checked the punctuation
2.Draw evidence from an information text to support a point about cause and effect.
I made a point
I quoted evidence
I explained the quotation
I wrote a conclusion
LessonPrint · W.4.8 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Take Notes and Categorise
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A visibly shorter piece that keeps the substance, with the cuts named.
2.A causal claim supported by a quotation and an explanation of it.
More practice for W.4.8
Take and sort notes from sources, and list where they came from.