Fourth Grade~ February
The Fourth grade students are wrapping up their unit on Nonfiction/ Report Writing. They have become experts in many different subjects. I hope you have had the opportunity to read their awesome reports!
The students are supported with texts as well as excerpts from informational magazines. Listed below are some of the mentor texts.
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The Honey Makers
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Food Chains and Webs
Here are some appropriate leveled texts for independent reading. They are categorized by DRA and Lexile scores.
DRA2 34-38 Lexile: 500-800
Make a Wish, Molly byBarbara Cohen
McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm bySid Fleischman
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
The Most Beautiful Place in the World by Ann Cameron
Much Ado About Aldo by Johanna Hurwitz
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
Mystery on October Road by Alison C. Herzig & Jane Mali
Next Stop, New York City! By Patricia Reilly Giff
No One Is Going to Nashville by Mavis Jukes
Patrick Doyle Is Full of Blarney byJennifer Armstrong
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
Rent a Third Grader by Bonnie Bryant Hiller
Socks by Beverly Cleary
Tamika and the Wisdom Rings by Camille Yarbrough
Teacher’s Pet by Johanna Hurwitz
The Trickster Ghost by Ellen Showell
The Vicar of Nibbleswick by Roald Dahl
Virtual Fred by Vincent Courtney
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
DRA 40-44 Lexile: 40-44
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs
Matilda by Roald Dahl
My Sister Annie by Bill Dodds
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements
The Star Fisher by Lawrence Yep
Taking Sides by Gary Soto
An Early Winter by Marion Dane Bauer
Blubber by Judy Blume
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
The Kid Who Ran For President by Dan Gutman
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell
Then Again, Maybe I Won’t by Judy Blume
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Fourth Grade Monthly Book Recommendations – November/December
The lists below are book titles that your children are experiencing during the Literacy Block. Your child has just begun an Author Study on Chris Van Allsburg. Soon, they will be fully immersed in these awesome books! Take a trip to the library and experience a few of these books with your children. Powerful book discussions can take place at home too.
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The Widow’s Broom
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The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
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The Z was Zapped
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The Wretched Stone
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Zathura
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The Stranger
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The Wreck of the Zephyr
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The Polar Express
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The Sweetest Fig
Below are some leveled texts that you can find at your local libraries…
Book List
DRA 34-38 (O-P) 500- 800
Bunnicula by James Howe
A Dragon in the Family by Jackie French Koller
Encyclopedia Brown (series) by Donald and Rose Sobol
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
Yang the Youngest & His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namiak
The Broken Window and Other Cases by Seymour Simon
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz
Class Clown by Johanna Hurwitz
Dragon Bones by Paul Hindman & Nate Evans
E Is for Elisa by Johanna Hurwitz
Foolish Gretel by Jennifer Armstrong
George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff
Godzilla Ate My Homework by Marcia Jones
Good Grief Third Grade by Colleen O’Shaughnessy
Happily Ever After by Anna Quindlen
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
In the Treetops by M. Wooley & K. Pigdon
Jason and the Aliens Down the Street by Greg Greer & Bob Ruddick
The King’s Equal by Katherine Paterson
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola
Book List
DRA 40-44 (Q-R-S-T) 600-1000
Sixth Grade Sleepover by Eve Bunting
Stuart Little by E.B. White
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Caleb’s Choice by Clifton G. Wisler
The Cybil War by Betsy Byars
Just Juice by Karen Hesse
Koya DeLaney and the Good Girl Blues by Eloise Greenfield
The Lemonade Trick by Scott Corbett
Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great by Judy Blume
Plain Girl by Virginia Sorensen
Superfudge by Judy Blume
There’s A Boy In The Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
The Computer Nut by Betsy Byars
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher
The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli
Mary McLeod Bethune by Eloise Greenfield
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements
Phoebe The Spy by Judith Berry Griffin
Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
The Stray by Dick King-Smith
Super Amos by Gary Paulsen
Thunder Valley by Gary Paulsen
Tomorrow’s Wizard by Patricia MacLachlan
Zeely by Virginia Hamilton
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Broccoli Tapes by Jan Slepian
Fourth Grade Monthly Book Recommendations – October
The lists below are book titles that your children are experiencing during the Literacy Block. Your child may want to borrow one of these books from the library. These are wonderful books for you or your child to read aloud. Practice retelling the story together!
· All the Places to Love
· Chicken Sunday
· Firetalking
· Baseball Saved Us
· Home
· Miz Berlin Walks
· Pink and Say
· LaRue for Mayor
· Mirandy and Brother Wind
· The Widow’s Broom
· The Prince of Butterflies
· Teammates
· The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery
· In My Family/En Mi Familia
· A Writer’s Notebook
· Chicken Sunday
· Firetalking
· Home
· Nature! Wild and Wonderful
· Miz Berlin Walks
· Sitti’s Secret
· Hair and Pelitos
Ask your child’s teacher for the DRA2 level or their lexile range… then you can match an appropriate text with your child to read independently.
Book List
DRA 34-38 (O-P) 500- 800
Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary
The Cat’s Meow Gary Soto
Class Clown Johanna Hurwitz
Flossie and the Fox Patricia McKissack
Laura Ingalls Wilder Thomas Allen
All About Sam Lois Lowry
Angel Park Hoopstars (series) Dean Hughes
Armies of Ants Walter Retan
Baby Animal Zoo Ann Martin M.
The Baby-sitter’s Club (series) Ann Martin M.
Baseball Fever Johanna Hurwitz
The Boxcar Children (series) Gertrude Chandler Warner
Chocolate Fever Robert Smith
Culpepper’s Canyon Gary Paulsen
Herbie Jones Series Suzy Kline
Meg Mackintosh Mysteries Lucinda Landon
Ralph S. Mouse Beverly Cleary
Book List
DRA 40-44 (Q-R-S-T) 600-1000
Fudge-A-Mania Judy Blume
Grandpa’s Face Eloise Greenfield
Homer Price Robert McCloskey
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl
Onion Tears Diana Kidd
Plain Girl Virginia Sorensen
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume
And Then What Happened Paul Revere? Jean Fritz
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
The Enormous Egg Oliver Butterworth
The Library Card Jerry Spinelli
Stuart Little E.B. White
The Borrowers Mary Norton
The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson
My Teacher is an Alien Bruce Corville
The Pinballs Betsy Byars
The Van Gogh Café Cynthia Rylant
Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling
The Wish Giver Bill Brittain
Bunnicula James Howe
Charlotte’s Web E.B. White
Fourth Grade Celebrity Patricia Reilly Giff
Help! I’m Trapped in My Teacher’s Body Todd Strasser
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater
Pedro’s Journal Pam Conrad
The Samurai’s Daughter Robert D. San Souci
The Cricket In Times Square George Selden