Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Novel Study and Book Test

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is such a fun and engaging novel to read with your fourth graders! This engaging NO PREP novel study is based on the book Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Bloom and includes a variety of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing activities that guide students through the entire book.

Your students will love the independence of using a reader’s response booklet as they discuss and plan their answers to questions about the book. A variety of reading and writing activities are sprinkled throughout this packet to allow students the time to identify and practice a wide range of skills. The reader’s response booklet keeps students responsible for reading each chapter and is broken down into manageable sections for both students and the teacher.

Throughout this novel study, students will be required to answer reading comprehension questions through written responses, multiple-choice questions, and vocabulary practice for each chapter in the book. Each activity focuses on both reading and writing skills. A review and book test is also included.

In this download, you will get:

• Teacher Guide, Notes, and Suggestions
• Hamburger Paragraph Writing Model
• 23 Page Printable Reader’s Response Booklet
• 36 Question Book Test
• Vocabulary Review and Quiz
• All Answer Keys

Note: The reader’s response booklet includes a wide variety of activities. Depending on time, you can easily pick and choose the pages you want to include or use them all.

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Through engaging and thoughtful activities, students will easily gain a deeper understanding of the book as they are exposed to the following skills.

Students will:

• summarize
• make connections
• make predictions
• draw inferences
• draw visualizations
• use details to compare and contrast
• complete character analysis
• sequence events
• understand story structure including problem and solution
• practice using homophones
• write narratives
• use transitional words
• product clear and coherent writing with a topic, supporting details, and conclusion
• produce complete sentences
• answer text-dependent questions
• respond critically to open-ended questions
• determine the meaning of unknown words
• determine cause and effect
• use context clues to ask and answer questions
• participate in collaborative discussion in groups or with a partner

Perfect for…

• whole group instruction
• small reading groups
• independent desk work
• literacy centers
• book clubs
• early finishers
• sub plans

The best part?

This resource requires NO PREP and is easy to use. As long as you have the book Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing, you can easily add these high-interest and engaging activities to this novel study. Your students will explore a variety of reading comprehension skills, vocabulary practice, and writing good paragraphs with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is the perfect novel for 3rd and 4th graders!

Teachers like you said…

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You created a great product! The comprehension questions were perfect, and I liked the added pages where students could write a paragraph and illustrate a picture. Of all the things I've purchased through TPT, this was the best! – Tina K.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I was so excited to find this resource. The packet is FULL of creative ideas and covers a wide variety of skills. My 4th graders loved it! – Megan B.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I used this unit with my 4th graders at the beginning of the year. I loved it! Great resource! Thanks for producing a high-quality unit! – Stephanie S.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the different approaches to presenting vocabulary. Having an end-of-book test was also a huge bonus-especially with answer keys. The page where kids write their own definitions of words based on context clues was excellent. – MaryAnn M.

In this one convenient resource, you can…

• have ready-to-go activities that will help your students improve their critical thinking skills while gaining a deeper understanding of the book, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
• use these pre-made activities as sub plans when you need to take a day (or week) off!
• print and go - includes everything you need to guide students through the book while focusing on reading comprehension skills, vocabulary, and writing.

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Aligned to Common Core Standards (CCSS)

RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3

RF.4.3, RF.4.4a

W.4.3, W.4.3a, W.4.3c, W.4.3d, W.4.3e, W.4.4, W.4.5, W.4.9

L.4.1, L.4.1f, L.4.1g, L.4.2, L.4.2a, L.4.2d, L.4.4, L.4.4a, L.4.4c

SL.4.1, SL.4.1b

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