Grade 4
at a glance

Fiction text: An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant

Nonfiction text: Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope by Mara Rockliff

Video: Esperanto | Short History by Short History (~3 min)

Writing: informative

Fiction text: A Thousand No’s by DJ Corchin

Nonfiction text: The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon by Kristina Yee

Video: A Boston Marathon First: Bobbi Gibb On Her History-Making Run by CBS Boston (~3 min)

Writing: opinion

Fiction text: Gracias/Thanks by Pat Mora

Nonfiction text: Profile of Cicero (“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”) 

Video: Cicero and the Roman Republic by NBC News Learn (~4 min)

Writing: narrative

Fiction text: The Girl With Big, Big Questions by Britney Winn Lee 

Nonfiction text: Profile of Dr. George Carruthers (space physicist/engineer)

Video: George Carruthers - 2011 National Medal of Technology & Innovation by National Science and Technology Medals Foundation (NSTMF) (~2 min)

Writing: informative

Fiction text: I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis 

Video: How Did the 'Unsinkable' Titanic End Up at the Bottom of the Ocean? by National Geographic (~4 min)

Nonfiction text: Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating

Video: Day at Work: Ichthyologist (Fish Biologist) by ConnectEd (~3 min)

Writing: Opinion

Fiction text: Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech

Nonfiction text: Profile of Mary McLeod Bethune (African American educator and leader)

Video: Mary McLeod Bethune, Civil Rights Activist from Biography (~3 min)

Writing: narrative

Fiction text: Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges

Video: Bet You Didn't Know: Chinese New Year by the History Channel (~3 min)

Video: How to Make Simple Chinese Paper Lanterns DIY Craft by Welcome to Nana's (~1 min)

Nonfiction text: Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Video: Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Montgomery Bus Boycott for Kids | Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King by Kids Academy (~5 min) 

Writing: Informative

Fiction text: Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare 

Nonfiction text: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

Video: Official film trailer for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Netflix (~2 min)

Video: William and the Windmill by Toronto Star (~3 min)

Writing: Opinion

Fiction text: La Frontera by Alfredo Alva and Deborah Mills 

Nonfiction text: Iqbal: The Little Carpet Boy, a short graphic novel by Magnus Bergmar, illustrated by Jan-Åke Winqvist 

Video: Uncovering the Story of a Pakistani Hero: Child Labor Activist Iqbal Masih by True Legacies (~2 min)

Writing: narrative