Literacy Resources for Fourth Grade Science
Standard 1 Water Cycle
Literature
Water Dance by Thomas Locker
The Case of the Rainy Day Mystery (Jigsaw Jones Mystery, No. 21) by James Preller
The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story by Neil Waldman
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson J
The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks by Joanna Cole
All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon
Science
A Drop of Water, a Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wicky
Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water? (Wells of Knowledge Science) by Robert E. Wells
The Water Cycle by Rebecca Oilien
The Life and Times of a Drop of Water: The Water Cycle by Angela Royston
Water Water Everywhere by Cynthia OverbeckBix
Standard 2 Weather
Literature
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change by Tony Bradman
Thunderstorm by Arthur Geisert
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Science
Weather by Seymour Simon
Weather Words and What they Mean by Gail Gibbons
What Will the Weather Be? by Lynda DeWitt and Carolyn Croll
The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting by Mark Breen and Kathleen Friestad
National Geographic Kids Everything Weather: Facts, Photos, and Fun that Will Blow You Away by Kathy Furgang
Weather Forecasting by Gail Gibbons
Standard 3 Rocks and Minerals
Literature
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst
Dave’s Down To Earth Rock Shop (MathStart 3) by Stuart J. Murphy
The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion and Weathering by Louise Silsbury
Cracking Up: A Story About Erosion by Jacqui Bailey
Science
The Rock Factory: The Story About the Rock Cycle by Jacqui Bailey
Erosion by Becky Oilien
Jump Into Science: Dirt by Steve Tomecek
A Handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial
Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough by Natalie M. Rosinsky
Scholastic True or False: Rocks & Minerals by Melvin Berger
Standard 4 Fossils
Literature
Dinosaur Hunter by Elaine Marie Alphin
Dinosaur Detectives (The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book) by Judith Bauer Stamper
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Book 1: The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones by David A. Adler
The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning's Dinosaur Discovery by Catherine Brighton
Science
Dinosaur Hunters (Step into Reading) by Kate McMullan
Digging Up Dinosaurs by Aliki
The Fossil Factory: A Kid's Guide to Digging Up Dinosaurs, Exploring Evolution, and Finding Fossils by Niles Eldredge
Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki
DK Eyewitness Books: Fossil by Paul Taylor
Standard 5 Biomes of Utah
Literature
A Is For Arches: A Utah Alphabet by Becky Hall
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (Dear America Series) by Kristiana Gregory
The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp: Based on a Classroom Diary by George A. Chilcoat and Michael Tunnell
Journey To Topaz: A Story Of The Japanese-American Evacuation by Yoshiko Uchida
Science
Utah (Rookie Read-About Geography) by Trudi Strain Trueit
A Walk in the Desert (Biomes of North America) by Rebecca L. Johnson
Life in a Wetland (Living in a Biome) by Carol K. Lindeen
Explore the Deciduous Forest by Linda Tagliaferro
Coniferous Forests (Endangered Biomes) by Donna Latham