by Third Grade Triumph
4th - 5th Grade
This FREE 4th Grade Reading Escape Room is a high-interest, no-prep ELA activity designed to give your students rigorous practice with complex informational texts. Perfectly aligned to the ELA standards, this resource features three levels of challenges that feel like a game but function like a deep-dive test prep session.
This escape room uses EBSR (Evidence-Based Selected Response) style questions (Part A/Part B) to mirror the format students will see on state testing. Each passage is written at a "stretch" Lexile level between 800-900 to challenge your upper-elementary readers and build the stamina needed for 4th-grade literacy success.
Inside This Resource:
- Level 1: The Graveyard of the Atlantic – Explore the history and science of New Jersey shipwrecks. Covers standards RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3
- Level 2: The Agricultural Backbone of the Garden State – Discover why honeybees are vital to our local economy and environment. Covers standards RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.8
- Level 3: The Living Lights of the Midnight Zone – Dive into the deep sea to learn about the mystery of bioluminescence. Covers standards RI.4.1, RI.4.4, RI.4.8
- Answer key
- Digital and printable version
Standards Covered (in NJ):
- RI.CR.4.1: Refer to details and examples for textual evidence and drawing inferences.
- RI.CI.4.2: Summarize informational text and interpret the author’s purpose/main idea.
- RI.IT.4.3: Describe the impact of individuals, events, or concepts in a technical text.
- RI.VW.4.4: Use context clues to determine the meaning of academic vocabulary.
- RI.AA.4.7: Analyze how an author uses facts and details to support their reasoning.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 (Referencing Details & Inferences): Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2 (Main Idea & Summarization): Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 (Explaining Relationships): Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.4 (Context Clues & Vocabulary): Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.8 (Reasons & Evidence): Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
Why You’ll Love It:
- No Prep: Just print and go, or use the passages for a digital escape! Just assign to Google Classroom, and go!
- High Engagement: Topics like shipwrecks and deep-sea creatures keep students focused.
- Rigorous: Moves beyond simple recall to focus on textual evidence and inference.
- Perfect for: Test prep, ELA centers, fast finishers, or sub plans!
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