The Interactive Read-Aloud Kits are designed to build oral language development, content knowledge, and reading comprehension. Every book features strong grade-appropriate storylines and engaging illustrations—giving teachers a powerful opportunity to teach for deeper meaning.
Every Fourth Grade Kit includes:
- 12 high-quality trade books paired with easy-to-follow interactive lessons that teach comprehension using a gradual-release model
- Built-in discussion prompts to encourage students to think deeply and converse with each other about the text
- Writing activities in response to text to extend and deepen comprehension
- 25 Reader Response Journals, 3–6
Titles include:
- Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg’s Call to Save the Planet by Jeanette Winter
- Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson, illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Islandborn by Junot Díaz, illustrated by Leo Espinosa
- Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Yuyi Morales
- Leaf by Sandra Dieckmann
- White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman, illustrated by Tyrone Geter
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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating , illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns
- Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, illustrated by Kerascoët
- A Bike Like Sergio’s by Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
- The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum
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The Sea Book: Meet the Marvelous Creatures Living in Our Oceans by Charlotte Milner
