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Reading: Informational Text4th Grade

RI.4.1

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences.

For parents
Teach your child to say 'The text says...' when supporting their answers with evidence.
Free sample questions
  1. Question 1
    The International Space Station orbits Earth at approximately 17,500 miles per hour. At this speed, astronauts experience 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every 24 hours. What detail explains why astronauts see so many sunrises?
    • Astronauts sleep less
    • The sun moves faster in space
    • The station is large
    • It orbits at 17,500 mph, completing an orbit roughly every 90 minutes
  2. Question 2
    Jane Goodall arrived in Tanzania in 1960 with no formal training in science. Within months, she observed chimpanzees using sticks as tools to extract termites — a discovery that changed our understanding of what makes humans unique. What inference can you make about why this discovery was so important?
    • Scientists previously believed only humans used tools
    • Tanzania is a new country
    • People didn't know about termites before
    • Chimpanzees are smarter than humans
  3. Question 3
    Honeybees communicate through a "waggle dance." A bee returning from a food source dances in a figure-eight pattern. The angle of the dance indicates the direction of the food relative to the sun. What specific detail tells you HOW bees show direction?
    • They fly in a straight line
    • The angle of the dance relative to the sun
    • They make buzzing sounds
    • They dance in a circle

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