4th Grade Novel Studies

Funded Sep 24, 2023

Students learn so many skills in our whole group lessons, like central idea, theme, plot, text structure, and author's purpose to name a few. Then we hold our small group reading groups where students with similar needs get to work together to apply these skills to a variety of texts. We meet with every single student every single day.

Many of the books we have had access to were below grade level, short chapter books written 15-60 years ago. Although the classics are great, they are not as relevant to the student experiences of today. With these books, every student no matter their reading level has access to grade level and above books that they enjoy. After reading them the synopses on the backs, they became overjoyed and every student was clamoring look at the books and sharing which ones they want to read first. Some even called "dibs" for their group.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Recabarren