Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your fourth-grade students
Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all
Fairy talePoetryMythFolk taleRealistic fictionComedyFantasyHistorical fictionEach unit includes:
Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objectiveOne or two leveled reading selections with illustrationsStory dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabularyClose reading activities, comprehension activities, and vocabulary activitiesOral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussionGenre study activity and literary analysis activityWriting prompt activityAdditional teacher resources:
Comprehensive vocabulary definitions"How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for studentsLiterary genres chartLiterary elements and story structure chartOverview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structureThe illustrated reading selections in the grade 4 book are:
Fairy Tale: "Gordon and the Three Zookeepers," Level OPoetry: "My Shadow," Level PMyth: "Why Spiders Spin Webs," Level PFolk Tale: "Why Br'er Lizard Can't Sit," Level QRealistic Fiction: "Expert Pet Sitters," Level RComedy: "Pigs Is Pigs," Level RFantasy: "The Whale's Throat," Level SFantasy: "Down the Rabbit Hole," Level SHistorical Fiction: "A Serious Argument," Level TAbout Evan-Moor
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