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Grade 4 State History Research Project — Reading Comprehension — Using Multiple Sources Free printable reading comprehension passage about using multiple sources. Students read the passage and answer questions to build understanding. For 4th Grade (ages 9–10).
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Using Multiple Sources LITERACY · 4TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Working with several sources is a process rather than a collection. Start by reading each one for what it claims and what it bases that on, noting the author, date, and purpose. Then lay the claims side by side and mark where they agree, where they disagree, and where only one source says something at all — that last category deserves the most suspicion. Where they disagree, ask which source was in a better position to know and which had an interest in the answer. Finally, write the synthesis around the question rather than around the sources, so the result is an answer supported by evidence rather than a series of summaries. A reader should not be able to tell which source you read first. Questions: 1 What should you note about each source? 2 Which category of claim deserves the most suspicion? 3 How should the final synthesis be organised? www.littleactivity.com 4th Grade · Literacy
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Using Multiple Sources LITERACY · 4TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Working with several sources is a process rather than a collection. Start by reading each one for what it claims and what it bases that on, noting the author, date, and purpose. Then lay the claims side by side and mark where they agree, where they disagree, and where only one source says something at all — that last category deserves the most suspicion. Where they disagree, ask which source was in a better position to know and which had an interest in the answer. Finally, write the synthesis around the question rather than around the sources, so the result is an answer supported by evidence rather than a series of summaries. A reader should not be able to tell which source you read first. Questions: 1 What should you note about each source? 2 Which category of claim deserves the most suspicion? 3 How should the final synthesis be organised? www.littleactivity.com 4th Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Riddles LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: www.littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Lateral Thinking LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 A man walks into a bar and asks for water. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says 'Thank you' and leaves. Why? Hint: He had the hiccups. Answer: 2 A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They go out to dinner. How? Hint: She's a photographer. Answer: 3 How can a man go 8 days without sleep? Hint: He sleeps at night. Answer: 4 A truck driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes a police officer who does nothing. Why? Hint: He's walking. Answer: 5 What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks? Hint: Day and night. Answer: 6 A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How? Hint: His horse's name... Answer: www.littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Riddles LITERACY · 3RD GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: www.littleactivity.com 3rd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Lateral Thinking LITERACY · 3RD GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 A man walks into a bar and asks for water. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says 'Thank you' and leaves. Why? Hint: He had the hiccups. Answer: 2 A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They go out to dinner. How? Hint: She's a photographer. Answer: 3 How can a man go 8 days without sleep? Hint: He sleeps at night. Answer: 4 A truck driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes a police officer who does nothing. Why? Hint: He's walking. Answer: 5 What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks? Hint: Day and night. Answer: 6 A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How? Hint: His horse's name... Answer: www.littleactivity.com 3rd Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Riddles LITERACY · 4TH GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 I have hands but cannot clap. What am I? Hint: Tick tock! Answer: 2 What has a head and a tail but no body? Hint: You flip it. Answer: 3 What gets wetter the more it dries? Hint: You use it after a bath. Answer: 4 A farmer has 5 chickens. All but 3 run away. How many are left? Hint: "All but 3"... Answer: 5 I have legs but never walk. What am I? Hint: You sit at me. Answer: 6 What has an eye but cannot see? Hint: You use it to sew. Answer: www.littleactivity.com 4th Grade · Literacy
Brain Teaser — Lateral Thinking LITERACY · 4TH GRADE Name Date Read each riddle carefully. Think before you answer! 1 A man walks into a bar and asks for water. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says 'Thank you' and leaves. Why? Hint: He had the hiccups. Answer: 2 A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They go out to dinner. How? Hint: She's a photographer. Answer: 3 How can a man go 8 days without sleep? Hint: He sleeps at night. Answer: 4 A truck driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes a police officer who does nothing. Why? Hint: He's walking. Answer: 5 What breaks but never falls, and falls but never breaks? Hint: Day and night. Answer: 6 A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How? Hint: His horse's name... Answer: www.littleactivity.com 4th Grade · Literacy
