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Relationship Skills Reading Comprehension Passages — Grade 4

Grade 4 · Relationship Skills · Reading Comprehension

The reporter follows fourth graders sitting back to back: one describes a hidden picture while the other draws it.

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Grade: 4
What you get: 10 passages at F&P levels Q–S in ten text types44 pages
Type: Reading Comprehension
Use it: Print + digitaldigital = one link, no student logins
Competency: Relationship Skills

About this resource

The reporter follows fourth graders sitting back to back: one describes a hidden picture while the other draws it. These free relationship skills reading comprehension passages give Grade 4 readers ten texts at F&P levels Q–S, one for each part of Relationship Skills: listening, friendship, teamwork, solving conflicts peacefully, bullying, peer pressure, respect and speaking up. The full set is free with a free account (no card needed), and it builds SEL inside your literacy time.

What students practice

Speaking clearly and checking that others understand
Repairing a friendship after letting a friend down
Giving sincere compliments about kindness
How each member helps the whole group
Hearing both sides and agreeing on a fix
Answering multiple-choice and written-response questions about what they read

What’s inside

10passages at F&P levels Q–S in ten text types, including a compare-and-contrast piece, a how-to guide and a concept explainer

5multiple-choice questions per passage

2open-ended questions per passage that call for written answers

44pages

Answer key for the multiple-choice questions

A look inside

The Comic Plan Henni ForgotHenni forgets their recess plan to finish the comic she and Yannick draw together and plays tag instead.

How Army Ants Build BridgesExplains how army ants hook onto one another to bridge gaps, each ant holding one spot until the colony has crossed.

If Unkindness Keeps Coming Your WayFor a kid targeted again and again: it is never your fault.

The Checkers Player Who Asks About Their StoriesMauricio, a fourth grader, plays checkers with older neighbors in his building’s community room each weekend, with his grandpa.

Asking Isn’t the Same as GettingExplains what speaking up for yourself is and isn’t: it is asking clearly for what you need; it isn’t a promise of yes.

How to use these relationship skills reading passages in Grade 4

Small reading groups at levels Q–S, working through the multiple-choice questions together

A short SEL lessonRead “Back-to-Back Drawing Day” aloud and talk it through together

Independent practice or homework, checked later with the answer key

Written responseStudents answer the two open-ended questions after a passage such as “Practice First, Park Later”

Grade fit

Passages run from about 410 to 480 words, with enough detail for fourth graders to find evidence, compare characters and explain their thinking in writing. Levels climb from Q to S across the set.

Digital version

With the interactive digital version, you share one link and students read each passage and answer the questions on any device, with no student logins. At the end they download an answer sheet to hand in.