Grandmother's Recipe Box Reading Comprehension Worksheets for 4th Grade

What your child practices

These 2 worksheets pair the passage "Grandmother's Recipe Box" with 11 questions for 4th grade readers (Grade 4 in Canada). In upper elementary, students shift from learning to read to reading to learn, so answering questions with details from the text becomes the key skill. Inside you will find Comprehension and Vocabulary. Each sheet supports Common Core RL.4.1, covering asking and answering questions about key details in a story. It also touches RL.4.2, retelling a story and finding its central message. Each PDF includes its own answer key on page 2, ready for you or your child to check. Finished a sheet? The online version reads every question aloud and checks answers instantly.

Tips for parents

• Ask your child to answer in full sentences, a habit teachers look for in upper elementary.
• If an answer is wrong, send your child back to the text rather than giving the answer.
• Ask your child to underline the sentence that proves each answer. Finding evidence is the real skill.