Welcome to the Grade 4 digital resources for Rising Voices: Celebrating Black and Latino Boys.
Grade 4
Family, Culture & Community
Anchor Text 1
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore
This fictionalized tribute tells the story of one of Harlem's most iconic Black bookstores.
Anchor Text 1
Green Is a Chile Pepper/El chile es verde
Explore colors through the foods and traditions of Mexican culture in this English/Spanish story.
Genre/Text Type
Historical Fiction/Picture Book
Well-Being Focus
Relationship Skills
Strategy Focus
Make Inferences
Teaching Resources
Writing Prompt
Provides a student-friendly, shareable version of the writing activity on the Teaching Card for the anchor text for this theme. (Writeable form)
Book Club Discussion Prompt
Presents a student-friendly version of the Book Club Discussion Prompt on the Teaching Card for the anchor text.
Graphic Organizer: Make Inferences
This resource may be introduced with the Strategy Focus activity on the Teaching Card and may also be used with other texts from the Rising Voices Library as students continue to practice and apply the strategy. (Writeable form)
Lessons at a Glance
An overview of skills and activities addressed on the Teaching Cards for each read-aloud anchor text in the library.
Theme Chart: Family, Culture & Community
Introduces a theme that provides a springboard for all students to connect to concepts that resonate with their lives, experiences, and interests. The theme provides a lens that guides readers to consider concepts and ideas that affirm and celebrate aspects of their identities. The theme can be used to make connections between Rising Voices books and other texts you have been exploring in your classroom.
Theme Video: Family, Culture & Community
View the video introduction to this theme, which provides a lens that guides readers to consider concepts and ideas that affirm and celebrate aspects of their identities.
Standards Correlations
Teaching Card correlations for the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.