Whole Book Comprehension, Grade 4

The 4^th Grade Kit Includes

• 8 trade books (4 fiction, 4 nonfiction; 1 copy each)

           Fiction
           1. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
           2. SeeSaw Girl by Linda Sue Park
           3. Last Summer with Maizon by Jacqueline Woodson
           4. How Tía Lola Came to (Visit) Stay (Tía Lola series) by Julia Alvarez
           Nonfiction
            1. Drumbeat in Our Feet by Patricia A. Keeler and Júlio T. Leitão
            2. Everything Dog by Marty Crisp
            3. Sharuko: Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown
            4. The Digestive System by Jennifer Prior

• A copy of The Reading Strategies Book 2.0
• Grade-specific teacher's guide
• Access code to online resources (printable student-facing forms, teacher lesson planning materials, videos, and more)
• Sheets of prompt stickers to affix inside the book, alerting students to writing about reading opportunities
• Slipcase for easy storage

Online Resources

• 8 Student Response Forms for writing about reading (one for each book)
• Lesson-by-Lesson Planning Forms with vocabulary, reading strategy selections, and more to simplify prep work
• 8 Goal-Setting Forms to synthesize data from student writing and establish comprehension goals (one for each book)
• Book Summaries
• 4 Rubrics for each trade title to evaluate writing about reading and learn what to expect of reader responses more generally
• Prompt label templates (to set up additional copies of the trade books, printable on standard Avery™ labels)
• How-To Videos covering getting started, planning guidance, and lessons-in-action