Fourth Grade Kit
Lessons for Levels O–T
The Literacy Footprints Fourth Grade Kit provides teachers with 60 different titles (6 copies of each) designed to support small-group literacy instruction. Authentic, original leveled text, lesson plans, and materials are designed to foster and expand students’ literacy processing skills. The Literacy Footprints Guided Reading System was developed by Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne and is a powerful part of a comprehensive literacy solution for today’s culturally diverse classrooms.
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Fourth Grade Kit Classroom Includes:
- 6 Copies Each of 60 Titles
- Book Labels for All Titles
- Fourth Grade Teaching Guide
- Fourth Grade Lesson Plans
- Advanced Comprehension Box Set
- Vocabulary Box Set for Fourth Grade
- Affix Box Set 1
- Nonfiction Features Chart Card Set (pack of 6)
- Word Wall/Character Traits Cards Set (pack of 6)
- Toolkit for Test-Taking Strategies for Fourth Grade
- 24 Fourth Grade Writing Journals
- 1 Lesson Timer
- 6 Write-on Sleeves
- 3 Book Storage Tubs
Fourth Grade Kit Single Student Includes:
- 1 Copy Each of 60 Titles
- Book Labels for All Titles
Fourth Grade Kit Classroom Includes:
- 6 Copies Each of 60 Titles
- Book Labels for All Titles
- Fourth Grade Teaching Guide
- Fourth Grade Lesson Plans
- Advanced Comprehension Box Set
- Vocabulary Box Set for Fourth Grade
- Affix Box Set 1
- Nonfiction Features Chart Card Set (pack of 6)
- Word Wall/Character Traits Cards Set (pack of 6)
- Toolkit for Test-Taking Strategies for Fourth Grade
- 24 Fourth Grade Writing Journals
- 1 Lesson Timer
- 6 Write-on Sleeves
- 3 Book Storage Tubs
Fourth Grade Kit Single Student Includes:
- 1 Copy Each of 60 Titles
- Book Labels for All Titles
Description
Literacy Footprints is a Guided Reading system designed for classroom teachers, intervention, ELL, Special
Education teachers, and support staff who are teaching children to read and write. Each of the guided reading
kits contains sequenced, high-quality leveled texts in a variety of genres. Students will encounter traditional
tales, realistic fiction, fantasy, and informational text. The lesson cards that accompany the books follow Jan
Richardson’s Next Step
lesson format (Richardson, 2009 and 2016). Each lesson includes word study and
phonics instruction based on The Next Step Forward in Word Study
(Dufresne and Richardson 2019). Each guided reading kit also includes component materials designed by Jan
Richardson and Michèle Dufresne to consistently support teachers throughout the lessons.
Kit Titles Per Level
60
O - T
| O | P | Q | R | S | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Level O
Amiga
Boogers at Work
Brave Dog
Learning From the Masters (Anthologies O: Home Sweet Home)
Made of Mud (Anthologies O: Home Sweet Home)
Making a Place for Bikes
Monkey Trouble
Mush!
Native American Homes Long Ago (Anthologies O: Home Sweet Home)
Nerve
Level P
Benjamin Franklin
Bitter Chocolate (Anthologies P: Making Life Sweeter)
Bug Bites
From Wild to Mild
Mighty Brave Girls
Milton Hershey: Founder of the Hershey Company (Anthologies P: Making Life Sweeter)
Quynh and the Golden Gate
School of Freedom
The Sweet Surprise of Spring (Anthologies P: Making Life Sweeter)
Two Thirty Crossing
Level Q
Beetle Blisters (Anthologies Q: What Made Me Sick?)
Betsy and Sal
Can We Be Too Clean? (Anthologies Q: What Made Me Sick?)
Fairy-Tale Science
Frog Tank Fever (Anthologies Q: What Made Me Sick?)
From Wolf to Woof
Gone Forever
Say What, Horse?
Spring Fever
The Fire on the Mountain
Level R
An Important Partnership with Coral Reefs (Anthologies R: A Warmer World)
Cool Roofs (Anthologies R: A Warmer World)
Count Your Blessings
Dances with Animals
Harnessing the Sun (Anthologies R: A Warmer World)
Hunger Around the World
Say Cheese!
The Shrimp and the Four Secrets
What’s That Noise?
Working Days
Level S
Cars Get Smart
Christa McAuliffe, Teacher Astronaut (Anthologies S: Up In Space)
Don’t Fly Me to the Moon (Anthologies S: Up In Space)
Living on the International Space Station (Anthologies S: Up In Space)
Moving to Mars
Shadow
Vanishing Coasts
Who Turned on the Faucet?
Who’s Hiding in the Spy Museum?
Yao and the Egg Pirates
Level T
Back Door Sugar (Anthologies T: It’s Our Right)
Birmingham Children’s Crusade (Anthologies T: It’s Our Right)
Civil Rights
Hot Lunch
Ida Takes a Stand (Anthologies T: It’s Our Right)
Life Is Electric
Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark
Rivers: The Source of Life
Robot Roaches
Three Aunties
Lesson Cards
- Accompany each book.
- Our lesson plans are designed to support teachers in providing dynamic small-group instruction that engages students in reading, writing, and word study/phonics. Each component of the lesson supports students in developing strong reading, writing, and decoding skills, while building vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.
Our Books
- High-quality award-winning fiction and nonfiction books in a variety of genres
- Rigorously sequenced and leveled to provide gradually increasing text complexity that builds reading proficiency
- Supportive photography and illustrations
- Characters and topics that reflect the diversity of our world
