★Find the Theme
Grade 4 Reading Worksheet - Building Confidence
Read the story. Circle the detail from the story that shows what each question says.
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Hana's Paper Crane
Hana wanted to win the paper crane contest at the library. The winner's crane would hang in the front window for a whole month. On Friday afternoon, she grabbed a square of shiny red paper and started folding as fast as she could.
Her folds were quick, but they were not neat. The corners did not quite meet. When she pulled the wings open, the crane's neck bent sideways and one wing tore. Hana crumpled it into a ball. "This is impossible," she said.
Her grandmother was sitting by the window, mending a sweater. She set down her needle and picked up a fresh square. "Watch my hands," she said. She folded slowly. She pressed each crease with her thumbnail before moving on. If a corner was off, she unfolded it and tried again.
Hana sighed, but she copied her grandmother. It took much longer. Her fingers wanted to hurry, so she counted to three before each new fold. After twenty minutes, she held up a crane with sharp wings and a straight neck.
On Saturday, Hana did not win the contest. A boy named Felix made a crane the size of a dinner plate. Still, the librarian put Hana's crane on a shelf near the door. She said it was one of the neatest cranes she had ever seen.
That night, Hana taught her little brother to fold a crane. "Go slowly," she told him. "Press every crease."
Which detail best supports the theme?
- A boy named Felix made a crane the size of a dinner plate.
- After twenty minutes, she held up a crane with sharp wings.
- Her grandmother was sitting by the window, mending a sweater.
What does Hana do at the end that shows she learned the lesson?
- She hangs her crane in the window.
- She tells her brother to go slowly.
- She makes a crane as big as Felix's.
Which detail shows Hana's grandmother teaching the lesson?
- She folded slowly and pressed each crease.
- Hana crumpled the crooked crane into a ball.
- She was sitting by the window, mending a sweater.
Which detail shows that careful work was noticed even though Hana did not win?
- The winner's crane would hang in the front window for a whole month.
- The librarian put Hana's crane on a shelf near the door.
- A boy named Felix made a crane the size of a dinner plate.
