This year the fourth grade reading book is divided into six units. We usually read one story a week and use the reading workbook to practice reading skills and other strategies. At the end of the week we may take a 20 question reading comprehension quiz. Each unit has a theme related to each story.

Theme 1: You Can Do IT   The Gardener     Donavan's Word Jar     My Name Is María Isabel     Lou Gerhig: The Luckiest Man     Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride	Theme 3: Make Yourself at Home     Sarah, Plain and Tall   Stealing Home   The Cricket in Times Square   Two Lands, One Heart   Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary	Theme 5: Community Ties     Fire!   A Very Important Day   Saguaro Cactus   Blue Willow   In My Family
Theme 2: Side By Side The Baker's Neighbor   The Emperor and the Kite   Nights of the Pufflings   The Garden of Happiness   How to Babysit an Orangutan	Theme 4: Creative Minds   The Kid's Invention Book   The Case of Pablo's Nose   In the Days of King Adobe   One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale	Theme 6: New Lands     The Gold Rush   I Have Heard of a Land   Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox   Fly Traps! Plants That Bite Back   The Down and Up Fall