Unit Materials for 4th Grade English Language Arts

Book: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011)   —  810L

Book: Unforgettable Natural Disasters (TIME FOR KIDS Nonfiction Readers) by Tamara Hollingsworth (Teacher Created Materials; 2 edition, 2013)

Book: Hurricanes by Seymour Simon (HarperCollins, 2007)

Book: Wildfires by Seymour Simon (Collins, 2016)   —  990L

Book: Earthquakes by Seymour Simon (Collins, 2006)   —  1010L

Book: Volcanoes by Seymour Simon (Collins, 2006)   —  880L

Assessment Text: “Tsunamis” by Shaun Taylor (Reading A-Z)

Template: Narrative Brainstorming Template

Book: Greek Myth Plays by Carol Pugliano-Martin (Scholastic Teaching Resources, 2008)

Book: I am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths by Elizabeth Spires (Square Fish, 2009)

Book: The McElderry Book of Greek Myths by Eric A. Kimmel (Margaret K. McElderry Books)

Book: Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths by Marilyn Singer (Dial Books)   —  670L

Template: Boxes and Bullets Graphic Organizer

Template: Two-Paragraph Outline

Book: Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2002)   —  780L

Book: A Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff (Seven Stories)

Book: Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis (HMH Books for Young Readers, 1992)

Book: Great Women of the American Revolution by Brianna Hall (Capstone Press, 2015)

Article: “William Barton’s Opinion Letter” (Retrieved from Engage NY Grade 4, Module 3B, Unit 3, Lesson 1)

Article: “Just Say No: The Daughters of Liberty” by Jennifer Barefoot (CommonLit)

Article: “Native Americans in Colonial America” by National Geographic (National Geographic)

Article: “Betwixt & Between: Growing up African American in Revolutionary Times” by Leslie Anderson Morales (Appleseeds)

Template: Single Paragraph Outline

Template: American Revolution Research Note-Taker

Various websites for research

Book: The Wild Book by Margarita Engle (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2014)   —  1050L

Article: “Governor's personal mission to support screening for dyslexia” by Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff (Newsela)

Article: “After setbacks, dyslexia screening for young students moves forward in California schools” by Carolyn Jones (EdSource)

Book: Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2015)

Book: Rules by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic Paperbacks, 2008)

Book: Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012)

Template: Single Paragraph Outline

Video: “What is Dyslexia?” by TED-Ed

Book: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson (Balzer + Bray, 2013)   —  1050L

Book: Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2013)

Book: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Pinkney (Disney-Hyperion, 2012)

Book: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000)   —  890L

Template: Opinion Writing Brainstorm Note-taker

Template: Single Paragraph Outline

Book: Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote by Susan Zimet (Viking Books for Young Readers, 2018)   —  1090L

Book: For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters by Jeff Foster (Scholastic, 2020)   —  1130L

Book: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Pinkney (Disney-Hyperion, 2012)

Book: Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes by Juan Felipe Herrera (Dial Books) (August 2014)

Book: Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2013)

Book: Kid's Guide to Government: Understanding Your Role in Elections by Jessica Gunderson (Capstone Press, 2018)

Template: US Government Research Note-Taker

Template: Single Paragraph Outline

Various websites for research

Book: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Laurel Leaf, 2014)   —  950L

Book: Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2010)

Template: Two-Paragraph Outline

Template: Great Depression Research Note-Taker

Template: Boxes and Bullets Graphic Organizer