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Answer With Text Evidence
Practice using informational text evidence with 10 problems, an answer key, and a printable PDF for Grade 4.
10 problems · Standards: RI.4.1 · Difficulty: medium
✅ Answer key included · ✅ Free for home & classroom use
Highlights
- Grade
- Grade 4
- Subject
- Reading & Writing
- Pages
- 5 · worksheet + answer key
- Answer key
- ✅ Included
- Class time
- about 15 min
What's inside
- 1. Read this passage: Bees are insects that help flowers grow. They visit flowers to drink nectar. While they drink, yellow dust called pollen sticks to their fuzzy bodies. When bees fly to the next flower, some pollen falls off. This helps new flowers and fruits grow. What do bees drink from flowers?
- 2. Read this passage: Bees are insects that help flowers grow. They visit flowers to drink nectar. While they drink, yellow dust called pollen sticks to their fuzzy bodies. When bees fly to the next flower, some pollen falls off. This helps new flowers and fruits grow. What color is pollen according to the passage?
- 3. Read this passage: Lightning bugs are actually beetles, not flies. They light up at night to talk to each other. Male lightning bugs flash their lights in special patterns as they fly. Females sit on leaves and watch. If a female likes a male's pattern, she flashes back. Scientists have counted more than two thousand kinds of lightning bugs around the world. Where do female lightning bugs sit while they watch the males?
- 4. Read this passage: Lightning bugs are actually beetles, not flies. They light up at night to talk to each other. Male lightning bugs flash their lights in special patterns as they fly. Females sit on leaves and watch. If a female likes a male's pattern, she flashes back. Scientists have counted more than two thousand kinds of lightning bugs around the world. About how many kinds of lightning bugs exist?
- 5. Read this passage: Otters are playful animals that live near water. They have thick fur that keeps them warm and dry, even when they swim in cold rivers. Otters eat fish, crabs, and other small water animals. They are very smart and use rocks as tools. An otter will float on its back and place a rock on its belly. Then it smashes shellfish against the rock to crack them open. Based on the passage, why do otters need thick fur?
- 6. Read this passage: Otters are playful animals that live near water. They have thick fur that keeps them warm and dry, even when they swim in cold rivers. Otters eat fish, crabs, and other small water animals. They are very smart and use rocks as tools. An otter will float on its back and place a rock on its belly. Then it smashes shellfish against the rock to crack them open. How do otters use rocks as tools?
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What’s included
- 10 problems across 5 pages (worksheet + answer key)
- Answer key included — every answer, ready to check
- Standards: RI.4.1
- Skill: Students answer questions about an informational text and cite explicit details or inferences.
- Suggested use: literacy centers, homework, reading groups, or sub plans
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