Text Structure

This informational reading worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen comprehension and analytical reading skills by identifying how texts are organized. After reading multiple short passages, students determine the text structure used-such as chronological order, compare-and-contrast, problem-solution, cause-and-effect, or description-by analyzing signal words and structural clues.

Learning Goals

• Identifying Text Structure (Grades 4-6): Recognize common organizational patterns in informational text.
• Informational Text Comprehension: Understand how structure supports meaning and clarity.
• Recognizing Signal Words: Identify words and phrases that reveal how information is organized.
• Analyzing Author’s Craft: Explain how authors choose structures to communicate ideas effectively.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA standards.
• Builds Nonfiction Literacy: Prepares students to read and understand textbooks and articles.
• Promotes Strategic Reading: Helps learners predict and process information more efficiently.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for literacy centers, guided reading, homework, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students become more confident readers of informational text by teaching them to recognize organizational patterns. By identifying text structure and analyzing clues, learners strengthen comprehension, analytical thinking, and awareness of author’s craft-skills essential for success across content areas and standardized assessments.

This worksheet is part of our multiple choice reading passages worksheets collection.