Grade 4 Worksheets

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• Identify producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers in a community
• Explain how energy and matter move through feeding roles over time
• Distinguish pollinators, predators, and prey by their roles in a food relationship+ Show more

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• Describe how teachers inspire learning, kindness, and creativity in students.
• Use gratitude vocabulary to explain ways students can show appreciation.
• Identify details from a text about Teacher Appreciation Day traditions.

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• Identify how synonyms and antonyms relate to word meaning
• Explain how related words can differ in precision, tone, or intensity
• Choose the word that best matches a writer’s purpose and effect

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• Explain how synonyms and antonyms can differ in intensity and context rather than being exact opposites or exact equals.
• Use sentence clues and word choice to determine the meaning of nuanced words.
• Compare related words to decide which best fits a specific situation.

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• Explain what natural resources are and how Texans use them to make goods and services
• Describe how resource location and abundance affect economic activities in Texas
• Identify examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources and explain why management matters+ Show more

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• Identify character traits by citing evidence from dialogue and actions in a text.
• Make inferences about how and why a character changes over time.
• Explain how internal and external responses to events support character development.+ Show more

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• Use subject-verb agreement to keep verbs matching the subject
• Maintain consistent verb tense within and across sentences
• Match pronouns to their antecedents so readers know who or what is meant+ Show more

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• I can replace vague words with specific nouns and verbs to make writing clearer.
• I can choose accurate adjectives that sharpen descriptions and support the writer’s tone.
• I can use domain-specific vocabulary to improve understanding and reduce repetition.

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• Determine a story’s theme by using multiple details (events, character actions, and recurring ideas).
• Write a short summary that restates the plot using only the most important information in sequence.
• Use evidence from the text to explain how details support a theme.+ Show more

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• Use context to decide which meaning of a word fits a sentence.
• Identify common prefixes and suffixes to infer word meaning.
• Explain how structural clues and context help maintain meaning across a text.

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• Define and identify common types of figurative language such as similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole.
• Interpret the meaning of figurative expressions in context to understand the author's message.
• Recognize how word choices and imagery contribute to tone and character feelings in a text.

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• Identify how writers change details, tone, and vocabulary for different purposes and audiences
• Determine whether a text is mainly persuasive or informational based on its key features
• Use evidence from a passage to explain how audience needs affect word choice and organization

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• Explain how force, friction, gravity, electricity, and material properties affect a design’s performance.
• Match scientific ideas to real-world design examples.
• Use scientific vocabulary to complete sentences and questions about simple prototypes.+ Show more

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• Explain how claims should align with specific textual evidence from a passage
• Identify strong evidence by choosing quoted phrases, key sentences, or details that directly support an interpretation
• Use context around a quoted line to make sure the evidence truly matches the intended idea

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• Identify which details directly support the main idea of a prompt or passage.
• Revise a response by removing distracting information and adding more precise evidence.
• Explain how irrelevant details weaken clarity and reasoning.

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• Classify common rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic by observing texture and composition.
• Distinguish grain size, crystal arrangement, and layering/foliation using visible features.
• Explain how texture can record a rock’s formation environment, such as cooling rate or sediment transport.

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• Identify common system components in a simple technological system, including a source, mechanism, and control or connector.
• Explain how energy moves through a system to produce an output from an input.
• Describe how material and component properties affect how well a system works.

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• Identify the root word in a term to find its core meaning.
• Use prefixes and suffixes to adjust meaning (for example, negation or time).
• Infer word meaning from context by combining word parts.

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• Explain how synonyms, antonyms, and related words can shift meaning, tone, and intensity.
• Choose more precise words by comparing word relationships (for example, walk vs. stride; happy vs. delighted).
• Use word relationships to better understand how an author’s word choice affects events, feelings, and perspective.

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• Identify emotions by matching facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice to feelings.
• Explain how emotions can be different in different situations and how to respond with empathy.
• Use a self-regulation strategy to manage strong emotions and stay safe.

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• Explain how sound reflection creates echoes in open and enclosed spaces
• Describe how distance to a reflecting surface affects the time between direct and reflected sound
• Compare how soft and hard surfaces influence sound absorption and reverberation+ Show more

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• Use linking phrases to show how ideas connect within sentences and between sentences.
• Identify whether a relationship is addition, contrast, cause-and-effect, or an example.
• Revise writing by adding transitions that clarify what each new point contributes to the main idea.

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• Identify how supporting details strengthen a draft by matching a controlling idea
• Select facts, examples, and reasons that fit the writer’s purpose
• Order supporting details so ideas are easy to follow+ Show more

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• Describe how observations of a real situation lead to a design problem
• Explain how a design solution can change materials, shape, or structure
• Use evidence from a scenario to choose an effective design approach+ Show more

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• Use synonyms and specific nouns to avoid vague language in writing
• Select stronger verbs and descriptive adjectives that match intended meaning and tone
• Revise sentences for clarity by checking whether each word is accurate and precise

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• Identify a sentence’s subject and verb to ensure subject-verb agreement is correct.
• Choose the best verb form to maintain consistent tense across connected ideas.
• Revise sentences to improve clarity by correcting grammar mistakes that affect meaning.

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• Describe how energy is produced from natural resources such as coal, oil, natural gas, wind, and sunlight.
• Explain how burning fuels and using energy can affect air and water quality and habitats.
• Compare trade-offs between fossil fuels and renewable energy sources using examples.+ Show more

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• Revise a draft to strengthen the main idea and add only details that support it.
• Improve coherence by rearranging ideas when the order affects understanding.
• Use precise language and appropriate transitions to help readers follow changes in time, topic, or claim.

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• Revise sentences to improve clarity by fixing grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
• Identify and correct common errors such as subject-verb agreement, consistent tense, and complete sentences.
• Apply editing strategies to make writing easier to read and understand.

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• Understand what weather describes and the factors that influence it.
• Identify patterns in weather over days and weeks.
• Learn how to record and compare weather data over time.+ Show more

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• Apply a final proofreading checklist to improve punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and formatting without changing meaning.
• Check that tense and point of view stay consistent across a whole piece of writing.
• Revise word choice so it matches the writer’s purpose and plan.

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• Identify a controlling idea and select details (facts, examples, reasons) that match it.
• Revise sentences by replacing general statements with more specific supporting details.
• Use an organized order so details make an author’s point easy to follow.+ Show more

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• Use commas to separate items in a list within a sentence.
• Identify when a sentence needs commas to avoid misreading list items as one idea.
• Apply comma rules to lists that include words, phrases, or short groups of terms.

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• Identify how organizers (categories, outlines, and sections) help connect related ideas in notes
• Use transitions and labeling to show relationships such as cause and effect, compare and contrast, or chronology
• Choose the most logically organized way to group details for clearer writing

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• Draft writing using a clear structure with an introduction and a concluding statement.
• Organize ideas into paragraphs that group related information.
• Use transitions and logical sequencing to connect ideas smoothly.+ Show more

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• Describe criteria that show how well a prototype works.
• Identify constraints that limit materials, size, or safety for a prototype.
• Compare prototype features to criteria while following constraints.+ Show more

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• Identify transitional words and phrases that show how ideas are connected in a text
• Choose the best transition to match time, sequence, comparison, contrast, or cause-and-effect
• Explain how transitions help readers follow ideas across sentences and paragraphs+ Show more

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• Identify nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in a sentence.
• Explain how prepositions and conjunctions help words connect in complete statements.
• Use correct parts of speech to write and revise short descriptions.+ Show more

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• Understand the processes of evaporation and condensation.
• Identify everyday examples of evaporation and condensation.
• Describe how temperature influences state changes between liquid and gas.+ Show more

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• Identify important details from a summer-memory story about fun, challenges, and growth.
• Use reflection vocabulary to describe feelings and lessons learned.
• Write a clear summary of a personal memory with a meaningful takeaway.

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• Choose details from a passage that directly support the central idea of a question.
• Distinguish relevant details from partially related or unrelated information.
• Use evidence from text to answer questions clearly and accurately.

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• Select an appropriate topic and state a clear intended purpose before drafting.
• Use brainstorming and organized notes to identify a main idea and supporting points.
• Plan an order for information so the draft stays focused on the central message.+ Show more

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• Generate multiple possible design solutions for a simple problem.
• Compare solutions using measurable and observable criteria such as distance, speed, and stability.
• Use qualitative and quantitative evidence to choose one solution for refinement.

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• Explain how modern technologies can solve real problems in Texas communities.
• Identify ways technology can improve quality of life in areas such as energy, environment, and medicine.
• Compare how today’s technologies are different from or similar to past innovations in Texas.+ Show more

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• Understand how light propagates as straight rays in the ray model.
• Identify how intersections and extensions of rays determine shadows and illuminated regions.
• Describe how angles of incidence and reflection relate for smooth surfaces.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation causes predictable day and night.
• Describe how the Sun appears to move across the sky due to Earth’s turning.
• Use observations (sunrise, sunset, time of daylight) to support the day/night cycle explanation.

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• Use more than one context clue to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
• Identify what type of clue is helping (synonym, paraphrase, cause-and-effect, or description).
• Choose the word meaning that best fits the topic and the author’s purpose.

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• Explain how predator-prey relationships can change population sizes over time
• Describe how competition for limited resources can affect growth rates and survival
• Identify mutual relationships and use population evidence to infer ecosystem connections