Year 4 Reading Journey

20 passages to explore. Complete each with 80% or higher to unlock the next.

Year 4 passages include a variety of genres and text types. Students deepen their vocabulary awareness, analyse author purpose, and engage with more challenging comprehension questions.

Parts of speech available at this level:
Common Noun Proper Noun Verb Adjective Pronoun Adverb Preposition Conjunction Interjection
Advanced plan unlocks every passage.
The Reading Lab is included with the Advanced and Premium plans. Try the free Year 1 sample first if you like.
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The Day the River Flooded

Fiction Easy Literal
Advanced

How Boomerangs Fly

Non-fiction Easy Retelling
Advanced

Billy the Bush Ranger Parrot

Fiction Easy Predicting
Advanced

The Great Barrier Reef Clean-Up

Non-fiction Medium Literal
Advanced

Matilda and the Outback Race

Fiction Medium Connections
Advanced

Life Inside a Termite Mound

Non-fiction Medium Retelling
Advanced

The Shipwreck at Ninety Mile Beach

Fiction Hard Predicting
Advanced

Remarkable Women of Australian Sport

Non-fiction Hard Connections
Advanced

The Mystery of the Missing Quokka

Fiction Hard Literal
Advanced

Drought and Hope on a Sheep Station

Fiction Expert Connections
Advanced

The Antarctic Explorer's Diary

Fiction Expert Predicting
Advanced

How Honeybees Find Their Way Home

Non-fiction Expert Literal
Advanced

The Lighthouse Keeper of Cape Otway

Fiction Expert Retelling
Advanced

Volcanoes of the Pacific Ring of Fire

Non-fiction Expert Literal
Advanced

The Lost Wallaby of Wilsons Promontory

Fiction Expert Predicting
Advanced

The Story of the Stump-Jump Plough

Non-fiction Expert Connections
Advanced

The Storm at Sandy Cove

Fiction Expert Retelling
Advanced

How Tides Work

Non-fiction Expert Decoding
Advanced

The Brave Postie of the Snowy Mountains

Fiction Expert Connections
Advanced

Pacific Islands and the Rising Sea CAPSTONE

Non-fiction Expert Predicting
Advanced