GRADE 4
READING FOCUS: This month, fourth graders become more versatile readers as they explore significant events from the past. Students can practice pausing to summarize as they read to get the most out of these nonfiction books.
Creativity & Curiosity
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race Written by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling & illustrated by Laura Freeman Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math—really good. They participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America’s first journeys into space. These talented women worked hard. They persisted in their work, and they became key members of the NASA team that put the first American astronauts in space!
CELEBRATING CREATIVITY FASCINATING PEOPLE & PLACES SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH
Imagination & Exploration
Animals to the Rescue!: Balto Written by Emma Carlson Berne & illustrated by Francesca Rosa
In January 1925, when a deadly epidemic began affecting children in the small Alaskan town of Nome, their only hope was to get medicine from over 600 miles away. With no planes able to brave the frigid weather, the only hope was to rely on a dog-sled team. The legendary story of the brave sled dog Balto begins as he leads dog-sled teams to overcome obstacles and save lives, becoming a real-life animal hero.
ADVENTURE THE WORLD AROUND US
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