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30 Top 4th Grade Read Alouds for 9 Year Olds

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Teachers and parents, do you need suggestions for good 4th grade read alouds? I got you covered with my favorite books to read aloud to your 4th graders. (One of my favorite grades to teach.)

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The Unforgettable Logan Foster  by Shawn Peters SUPERHERO Logan is an amazing, neurodivergent main character orphan living with a new foster couple, Gil and Margie.  Logan and his new neighbor, a super cool older girl named Elena, discover that his foster parents are hiding that they’re superheroes.  But just when that revelation sinks in, Logan’s foster parents are double-crossed and kidnapped. In an exciting, fast-paced adventure, Logan and Elena use Logan’s wits and Elena’s strength to save his foster parents and other supes from the villainous traitor.

Prairie Lotus   by Linda Sue Park HISTORICAL FICTION Park writes a wonderfully touching multilayered story about a young half-Asian girl’s life during western expansion, frontier times.  After Hana’s mother dies, her father moves the two of them to a small midwestern town. Park sets the scene with care and you’ll see a realistic portrayal of life in the 1880s from the point of view from someone who is experiencing racism. Despite many unfair things, Hana stays resilient and determined to graduate from school and help her father in his shop. This is a great read aloud for 4th grade history.

Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II  written by Adam Gitwitz Suspense, excitement, danger, and a dash of humor , this is the story of Max, a super-smart  Jewish  boy sent from Germany during WWII to safety in England on the Kindertransport.  He’s joined by two personality-filled mythical creatures, a dybbuk and a kobold, living on his shoulders. Once in England, Max’s sole focus is returning to Germany to help his parents. But first, he must convince the British government to train him as a spy. But the mythical creatures DON’T want to return to Germany, so they try to thwart Max’s spy training efforts!

Stef Soto, Taco Queen  by Jennifer Torres REALISTIC In a sweet story of figuring out who you are and taking pride in your culture, Stef Soto feels embarrassed by her dad’s taco truck, especially when he picks her up at school. But that changes when she learns that new city regulations could force her dad to sell the truck and get a different job. Filled with relatable middle school angst, Spanish words, Latinx culture, friendship troubles, and a loving family, this yummy read is a savory treat.

The Supervillain’s Guide to Being a Fat Kid  by Matt Wallace COMING OF AGE / BULLYING A n outstanding, surprisingly philosophical, poignant story about dealing with bullies, growing in confidence, and the complexities of human beings.  Matt doesn’t think he can survive 3 more years of middle school bullying so he writes supervillain Master Plan who is also a “gentleman of size”, asking for help. Surprisingly, Master Plan emails back with helpful, sage advice but is Master Plan actually looking out for Max or for himself?

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook  by Leslie Connor REALISTIC This read aloud book for 4th grade will hook your readers!  Perry is well-loved by his mother and her friends. . . in prison.  That’s where Perry has lived since he was born eleven years ago. But in an unexpected and unpleasant turn of events, his best friend’s stepfather, the new District Attorney, forces Perry to leave the prison. Not only that, the DA tries to stall Perry’s mother’s parole hearing. Perry discovers the stories behind the inmates’ lives, hoping that they’ll be helpful in reuniting him with his mother. 

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street  by Karina Yan Glaser (SERIES)  REALISTIC Like The Penderwicks, you’ll fall in love with this quirky, wonderful family from the first page. The Vanderbeekers’ landlord wants them out by the end of December but the Vanderbeeker kids are determined to change his mind, even though he hates noise, kids, and their family. But it’s almost Christmas and their efforts are only making things worse. What will they do? Charming and heart-warming.

Cress Watercress  by Gregory Maguire, illustrated by David Litchfield  ANIMAL FICTION A stunningly beautiful story about family, community, grief, and stories that begs to be read aloud.  Cress and her family leave their cozy burrow after the death of her father. They move to the Broken Arms oak tree ruled by a cranky Owl with a noisy neighbor squirrel family. Cress navigates her new environment, the natural world, and the stories around her, all of which help her understand her inner world, especially how grief waxes and wanes like the moon’s cycles. Filled with immensely lovable characters, a gentle storyline of adventure and discovery, and lavish illustrations.

Front Desk  by Kelly Yang REALISTIC Mia and her parents have struggled ever since moving to America from China. When her parents take a new live-in job at a motel, they end up working around the clock for very little pay. Mia helps out by working at the front desk. She befriends the weekly tenants and uses her English skills to write letters advocating other people in tough spots— like her uncle whose sweatshop boss has taken his passport and weekly, Hank, who needs a letter of recommendation to get a job. This book is more than a memorable coming-of-age immigrant story,  it’s also about tolerance and diversity .  You’ll love this story— the writing, the characters, and the plot.

Patina  by Jason Reynolds (SERIES)  REALISTIC Patina’s anger sometimes gets the best of her but running helps make it better. She’s mad about her dad dying, her mom’s legs being amputated, and her new school. When her track coach makes Patty work with her teammates in a relay, she’s forced to rely on them. And that changes things.  Patina  is a beautiful coming-of-age story that will tug at your emotions.

From the Desk of Zoe Washington  by Janae Marks REALISTIC On her 12th birthday, Zoe, a girl who loves to bake, discovers a letter to her from her incarcerated biological father, Marcus. She decides to write him back, even daring to ask him about the murder he’s in jail for — did he really do it? Marcus writes to Zoe that he’s innocent and he can prove it which sets Zoe on a quest to find out the truth for herself, even if her mom and dad forbid it. She enlists the help of her Grandma and her best friend, Trevor.  You won’t be able to put down this winsome story with a heroine you can’t help but adore, a story that illuminates social justice with themes of family, friendship, and love.

Hidden Truths  by Elly Swartz REALISTIC On a camping trip, the camper catches fire, confining Dani to a wheelchair with months of PT appointments ahead. She’s angry that she won’t get to play on the boys’  baseball  team. Her best friend Eric worries that the fire is his fault if he forgot to turn off the stove. When he confesses to Dani his worries, it ruins their friendship. Dani’s new friend calls Eric a loser and bullies him on social media while Eric tries to fix things. I loved this unique plot of relatable friendship woes!  This is a memorable story of friendship, growing up, and forgiveness.

Brick Dust and Bones  by M.R. Forunet GHOST STORY Marius Grey is a 12-year-old Cajun Cemetery Boy and student. But he’s also working nights as a monster hunter  to earn mystic coins for a  really  important spell that will bring his mother back to life…and time is running out. In desperation, Marius decides to hunt one of the most dangerous monsters in the swamp, a rougarou, even though his only friend, a monstrous mermaid, doesn’t want Marius to risk his life. The story is compelling and entertaining, with a heroic main character who loves his mom more than anything. You won’t be able to put this one down!

Out of My Mind  by Sharon Draper REALISTIC Hands down, this is one of the best life-changing books you’ll ever read. Narrated by Melody, we learn what it’s like for her, trapped in a body with cerebral palsy that doesn’t allow her to speak or take care of herself. No one except her parents thinks that she’s smart. Then one day, she gets a chance to prove it. Heartbreaking. Real. Inspiring. Beautifully written and sure to develop empathy.

The Wildes: The Amazon  by Roland Smith ADVENTURE Set in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest, two siblings are with their conservationist scientist mom, who is reintroducing Golden lion tamarins (GLTs) into the wild.  But, when their mom doesn’t return to base camp, the kids discover that she’s been kidnapped.  The siblings, their bumbling tutor, and an indigenous (Kayapo) man follow the kidnappers’ trail to the mining area…and start investigating the mining camp under the pretense of tourists whose dad is sick. Great writing, excellent plotting, and a fascinating story, plus lots of information about the Amazon and  endangered animals  make this a standout middle grade book recommendation!

Space Case  by Stuart Gibbs (SERIES) SCI-FI/MYSTERY review written by 11-year old JJ Thismurder mystery on the moon has it all! It took palace in 2040 after their second-in-command died. He had walked out the airlock (to the moon’s surface) with his space suit on wrong– he died in seconds. Everyone thought he had gone crazy, but Dashiel Gibson suspected differently. Murder. The first book is almost mirrored in the second –the base commander, this time, disappears. With just enough breaking the rules, they can figure out where she is and who did it.

Snow & Rose  by Emily Winfield Martin FANTASY Snow and Rose are two sisters who live in the woods with their mother after their father disappeared in those same woods.  The girls befriend both a young boy from a mushrooming family and a large bear. Danger comes from the Huntsman and the sinister Little Man who seeks to enchant them or kill them. Surprisingly,  this is a Grimm story with a happy ending .  . . which I won’t spoil. Marvelous storytelling!

Refugee  by Alan Gratz HISTORICAL FICTION This book is a tween  must-read book about what refugees experience.  Follow three distinct stories about being  displaced from your country, on the run, and in danger.  First is a young Jewish boy who escapes from Nazi Germany on a ship to Cuba. Next is a Cuban girl in the 1990s who flees in a homemade raft to the United States. Finally, is a story about a Syrian boy whose home is bombed in a country at war. Gatz skillfully connects all three stories with a satisfying, realistic conclusion.

Sweep  by Jonathan Auxier MAGICAL REALISM Set in Victorian London, this is a  beautiful, bittersweet story about a plucky girl and her protector  golem  which in the telling, illuminates the horrifying lives of chimney sweep kids as well as the world’s anti-semitism.  Young Nan’s Sweep father figure is gone, so she works for a cruel chimney sweep who uses children to make himself richer. When another sweep tries to burn Nan alive, a charcoal golem, formerly a piece of charcoal left to her by Sweep, emerges to save her. She and her growing protector golem, Char, find a new place to live but must stay vigilant so her old master doesn’t find them. On their own, they are helped by a street boy and a kind Jewish teacher.

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus  by Dusti Bowling REALISTIC Aven Green is used to making up creative stories for why she doesn’t have any arms.  Especially now in Arizona where her parents are the new managers a rundown theme park. She befriends a boy at school who has  Tourette Syndrome. They investigate a mysterious storage shed which leads them to a mystery involving Aven’s past.  This story is about restorative friendship, facing your fears, and discovering your true (significant) potential.   I loved the physical and mental diversity shown with so much strength and compassion. (Added to my  Physical Disabilities Book List .)

Melissa Taylor, MA, is the creator of Imagination Soup. She's a mother, former teacher & literacy trainer, and freelance education writer. She writes Imagination Soup and freelances for publications online and in print, including Penguin Random House's Brightly website, USA Today Health, Adobe Education, Colorado Parent, and Parenting. She is passionate about matching kids with books that they'll love.

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Thank you for these recommendations once again! I truly appreciate it, coming from a toddler in the house now my oldest and I look forward to our time together. We are on the third book of the Space Case series. My 10 year old has loved all these books so far I have read out loud to her. Trying Fuzzy Mud next!

Paige, I’m so excited to hear from you and that you’re enjoying the recommendations! Thank you!

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Moral Stories In English For Class 4 In English

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One day, King Akbar asked a question in his court which surprised everyone in the court. As they were all trying to find out the answer, Birbal came in and asked what was the matter. He repeated the question to her.

The question was, “How many crows are there in the city?”

Birbal immediately smiled and went to Akbar. He announced the answer; He said, There were twenty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-three crows in the city. When asked how he knew the answer, Birbal replied, “Ask your men to count the number of crows.

If there are more, relatives of crows may be coming to them from nearby cities. If there are fewer, then the crows of our city must have gone to their relatives living outside the city.” Pleased with the answer, Akbar presented Birbal with a ruby ​​and a pearl chain.

Moral – Having an explanation for your answer is just as important as having an answer.

The Golden Touch short story with moral

Once upon a time there was a king named Midas who did a good deed for a satirist. And then he was granted a wish by Dionysus, the god of wine.

To his wish, Midas asked that everything he touches would turn to gold. Despite Dionysus’s efforts to stop it, Midas pleaded that it was a splendid wish, and so, it was granted.

Excited by his newly acquired powers, Midas began to touch all kinds of things, turning everything into pure gold.

But soon, Midas became hungry. As soon as he picked up a piece of food, he found that he could not eat it. He had gold in his hand.

Hungry, Midas groaned, “I’ll be hungry! Maybe it wasn’t such a good wish!”

Seeing his despair, Midas’ beloved daughter turned around to console him, and she too turned to gold. “The golden touch is no blessing,” cried Midas.

Moral – Greed will always lead to downfall.

The Needle Tree – Short Stories For Grade 4 Printable

Two brothers lived near a forest. The elder brother was very bad for the younger brother – he would finish all the food and put on all the new clothes of his younger brother. One day, the elder brother decided to go to the forest to get some firewood and sell it in the market.

As he walked around cutting trees and plants, he stumbled upon a magical tree. The tree said, “O kind sir, please don’t cut my branches. If you leave me, I will give you apples of gold.” He agreed, but was disappointed by the number of apples the tree had given him.

As greed got over him, he threatened the tree that he would cut off the entire trunk if he didn’t give him any more apples. Magical tree, Instead, the elder brother rained down on hundreds and hundreds of tiny needles.As the sun went down, the elder brother lay down on the ground moaning in pain.

The younger brother was worried and so he went in search of his elder brother. He found her lying in pain near a tree with hundreds of needles on her body. He ran to his brother and removed each needle lovingly and gently.

After he finished, the elder brother apologized for ill-treating him and promised to get better. The tree saw a change in the elder brother’s heart and gave him all the golden apples he would ever need.

Moral – It is important to be kind and gracious, as it will always be rewarded.

The Milkmaid and Her Pail

Patty, a milkmaid, milked her cow and had two full buckets of fresh, creamy milk. She put both the buckets of milk on a stick and went to the market to sell the milk.

As he stepped towards the market, his thoughts moved towards wealth. On the way, she kept wondering how much money she would get from selling milk. Then she wondered what she would do with that money.

She was talking to herself and said, “Once I get the money, I will buy a chicken. The hen will lay the eggs and I will get more chickens. They will all lay eggs, and I will sell them for more money.”

Then, I’ll buy the house on the hill and everyone will be jealous of me.” She was very happy that soon she would become very rich. With these pleasant thoughts she went ahead.

But suddenly she slipped and fell. Both the buckets of milk fell and all her dreams were shattered. The milk fell on the ground, and Patty was just crying. “Dream no more,” he cried foolishly!

Moral – Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

The Woodcutter and the Golden Axe

Once there was a woodcutter, who was working hard in the forest, selling wood for some food. As he was cutting a tree, his ax accidentally fell into the river. The river was deep and flowing very fast – he lost his ax and could not find it again. He sat on the bank of the river and started crying.

While he was crying, the god of the river got up and asked him what happened. The woodcutter told him the story. The river god offered to help him find his axe. He disappeared into the river and took out a golden axe, but the woodcutter said it was not his.

He disappeared again and came back with a silver axe, but the woodcutter said it was not his either. The Lord again disappeared into the water and came back with an iron ax – the woodcutter smiled and said it was his. The Lord was impressed by the woodcutter’s honesty and presented him with an ax of both gold and silver.

Moral – Honesty is the best policy.

The Bear and Two Friends

One day, two best friends were walking a lonely and dangerous path through a forest. As the sun began to set, they were scared but clinging to each other. Suddenly, he saw a bear on his way.

One of the boys went to a nearby tree and climbed it in a jiffy. The other boy himself did not know how to climb the tree, so he lay on the ground pretending to be dead. The bear approached the boy on the ground and sniffed around his head.

Whispering something in the boy’s ear, the bear went on its way. The boy climbed the tree and asked his friend what the bear had whispered in his ear. He replied, “Don’t trust friends who don’t care about you.”

Moral – A friend in need is a friend indeed.

When Adversity Knocks

Asha was getting frustrated and tired of life, so she asked her father what to do. His father asked him to bring an egg, two tea leaves and a potato. Then he took out three utensils and filled them with water and put them on the stove.

When the water came to a boil, he asked Asha to keep an eye on them by keeping things in each vessel. After 10 minutes he asked Asha to peel the egg, peel the potato and filter the leaves. Hope was confused.

Her father explained, “Each object was placed under the same conditions, in boiling water. See how each reacted differently?”

He added, “The egg was soft, but now it’s hard. The potato was hard, but now it’s soft. And the tea leaves, they changed the water.”

The father asked again, “When calamity strikes, we respond in the same way as they have. Now, are you an egg, a potato, or a tea leaf?”

Moral – We can choose how to respond in difficult situations.

The Proud Rose

Once upon a time, in a distant desert, there was a rose which was very proud of its beautiful appearance. Her only complaint was growing next to an ugly cactus.

Every day, the beautiful rose would insult the cactus and make fun of him for his looks, while the cactus kept silent. All the other plants around tried to understand the rose, but she too was impressed by her own form.

One scorching summer, the desert dried up, and there was no water left for the plants. The rose quickly began to wither. Its beautiful petals wither, lose their lush color.

Looking at the cactus, he saw a sparrow dipping its beak into the cactus to drink some water. Though ashamed, Rose asked the cactus if she could get some water. The kind-hearted Cactus readily agreed, to help the two of them through the tough summer, as friends.

Moral – Never judge anyone by the way they look.

The Fox and the Grapes

One day, a fox became very hungry in search of something to eat. He searched high and low, but could not find anything that he could eat.

Finally, as his stomach rumbled, he hit a farmer’s wall. At the top of the wall, he saw the largest, succulent vineyards he had ever seen. They had a rich, purple color, telling the fox that they were ready to eat.

To reach the grapes, the fox had to jump high in the air. As soon as he jumped, he opened his mouth to catch the grapes, but he missed. The fox tried again but missed again.

He tried a few more times but failed.

In the end, the fox decided it was time to give up and go home. When he left, he muttered, “I bet the grapes were sour anyway.”

Moral – Never despise what we can’t have; nothing comes easy.

The Farmer and the Well

One day, a farmer was looking for a source of water for his field when he bought a well from his neighbor. However, the neighbor was clever. The next day when the farmer came to draw water from his well, the neighbor refused to take water from him.

When the farmer asked why, the neighbor replied, “I sold you the well, no water,” and left. Distraught, the farmer went to the emperor to plead for justice. He explained what had happened.

The emperor met Birbal, one of his nine and most intelligent, courtiers. Birbal asked the neighbor, “Why don’t you let the farmer draw water from the well? You sold the well to the farmer?”

The neighbor replied, “Birbal, I sold the well to the farmer, but there is no water inside it. He has no right to draw water from the well.”

Birbal said, “Look, since you have sold the well, you have no right to keep water in the farmer’s well. Either you pay rent to the farmer, or withdraw immediately. Realizing that his plan had failed, the neighbor apologized and went home.

Moral – Cheating will not get you anything. If you cheat, you’ll pay soon enough.

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What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later

The more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid.

By Sarah Mervosh ,  Claire Cain Miller and Francesca Paris

Four years ago this month, schools nationwide began to shut down, igniting one of the most polarizing and partisan debates of the pandemic.

Some schools, often in Republican-led states and rural areas, reopened by fall 2020. Others, typically in large cities and states led by Democrats, would not fully reopen for another year.

A variety of data — about children’s academic outcomes and about the spread of Covid-19 — has accumulated in the time since. Today, there is broad acknowledgment among many public health and education experts that extended school closures did not significantly stop the spread of Covid, while the academic harms for children have been large and long-lasting.

While poverty and other factors also played a role, remote learning was a key driver of academic declines during the pandemic, research shows — a finding that held true across income levels.

Source: Fahle, Kane, Patterson, Reardon, Staiger and Stuart, “ School District and Community Factors Associated With Learning Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic .” Score changes are measured from 2019 to 2022. In-person means a district offered traditional in-person learning, even if not all students were in-person.

“There’s fairly good consensus that, in general, as a society, we probably kept kids out of school longer than we should have,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, a pediatric infectious disease specialist who helped write guidance for the American Academy of Pediatrics, which recommended in June 2020 that schools reopen with safety measures in place.

There were no easy decisions at the time. Officials had to weigh the risks of an emerging virus against the academic and mental health consequences of closing schools. And even schools that reopened quickly, by the fall of 2020, have seen lasting effects.

But as experts plan for the next public health emergency, whatever it may be, a growing body of research shows that pandemic school closures came at a steep cost to students.

The longer schools were closed, the more students fell behind.

At the state level, more time spent in remote or hybrid instruction in the 2020-21 school year was associated with larger drops in test scores, according to a New York Times analysis of school closure data and results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress , an authoritative exam administered to a national sample of fourth- and eighth-grade students.

At the school district level, that finding also holds, according to an analysis of test scores from third through eighth grade in thousands of U.S. districts, led by researchers at Stanford and Harvard. In districts where students spent most of the 2020-21 school year learning remotely, they fell more than half a grade behind in math on average, while in districts that spent most of the year in person they lost just over a third of a grade.

( A separate study of nearly 10,000 schools found similar results.)

Such losses can be hard to overcome, without significant interventions. The most recent test scores, from spring 2023, show that students, overall, are not caught up from their pandemic losses , with larger gaps remaining among students that lost the most ground to begin with. Students in districts that were remote or hybrid the longest — at least 90 percent of the 2020-21 school year — still had almost double the ground to make up compared with students in districts that allowed students back for most of the year.

Some time in person was better than no time.

As districts shifted toward in-person learning as the year went on, students that were offered a hybrid schedule (a few hours or days a week in person, with the rest online) did better, on average, than those in places where school was fully remote, but worse than those in places that had school fully in person.

Students in hybrid or remote learning, 2020-21

80% of students

Some schools return online, as Covid-19 cases surge. Vaccinations start for high-priority groups.

Teachers are eligible for the Covid vaccine in more than half of states.

Most districts end the year in-person or hybrid.

Source: Burbio audit of more than 1,200 school districts representing 47 percent of U.S. K-12 enrollment. Note: Learning mode was defined based on the most in-person option available to students.

Income and family background also made a big difference.

A second factor associated with academic declines during the pandemic was a community’s poverty level. Comparing districts with similar remote learning policies, poorer districts had steeper losses.

But in-person learning still mattered: Looking at districts with similar poverty levels, remote learning was associated with greater declines.

A community’s poverty rate and the length of school closures had a “roughly equal” effect on student outcomes, said Sean F. Reardon, a professor of poverty and inequality in education at Stanford, who led a district-level analysis with Thomas J. Kane, an economist at Harvard.

Score changes are measured from 2019 to 2022. Poorest and richest are the top and bottom 20% of districts by percent of students on free/reduced lunch. Mostly in-person and mostly remote are districts that offered traditional in-person learning for more than 90 percent or less than 10 percent of the 2020-21 year.

But the combination — poverty and remote learning — was particularly harmful. For each week spent remote, students in poor districts experienced steeper losses in math than peers in richer districts.

That is notable, because poor districts were also more likely to stay remote for longer .

Some of the country’s largest poor districts are in Democratic-leaning cities that took a more cautious approach to the virus. Poor areas, and Black and Hispanic communities , also suffered higher Covid death rates, making many families and teachers in those districts hesitant to return.

“We wanted to survive,” said Sarah Carpenter, the executive director of Memphis Lift, a parent advocacy group in Memphis, where schools were closed until spring 2021 .

“But I also think, man, looking back, I wish our kids could have gone back to school much quicker,” she added, citing the academic effects.

Other things were also associated with worse student outcomes, including increased anxiety and depression among adults in children’s lives, and the overall restriction of social activity in a community, according to the Stanford and Harvard research .

Even short closures had long-term consequences for children.

While being in school was on average better for academic outcomes, it wasn’t a guarantee. Some districts that opened early, like those in Cherokee County, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, and Hanover County, Va., lost significant learning and remain behind.

At the same time, many schools are seeing more anxiety and behavioral outbursts among students. And chronic absenteeism from school has surged across demographic groups .

These are signs, experts say, that even short-term closures, and the pandemic more broadly, had lasting effects on the culture of education.

“There was almost, in the Covid era, a sense of, ‘We give up, we’re just trying to keep body and soul together,’ and I think that was corrosive to the higher expectations of schools,” said Margaret Spellings, an education secretary under President George W. Bush who is now chief executive of the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Closing schools did not appear to significantly slow Covid’s spread.

Perhaps the biggest question that hung over school reopenings: Was it safe?

That was largely unknown in the spring of 2020, when schools first shut down. But several experts said that had changed by the fall of 2020, when there were initial signs that children were less likely to become seriously ill, and growing evidence from Europe and parts of the United States that opening schools, with safety measures, did not lead to significantly more transmission.

“Infectious disease leaders have generally agreed that school closures were not an important strategy in stemming the spread of Covid,” said Dr. Jeanne Noble, who directed the Covid response at the U.C.S.F. Parnassus emergency department.

Politically, though, there remains some disagreement about when, exactly, it was safe to reopen school.

Republican governors who pushed to open schools sooner have claimed credit for their approach, while Democrats and teachers’ unions have emphasized their commitment to safety and their investment in helping students recover.

“I do believe it was the right decision,” said Jerry T. Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which resisted returning to school in person over concerns about the availability of vaccines and poor ventilation in school buildings. Philadelphia schools waited to partially reopen until the spring of 2021 , a decision Mr. Jordan believes saved lives.

“It doesn’t matter what is going on in the building and how much people are learning if people are getting the virus and running the potential of dying,” he said.

Pandemic school closures offer lessons for the future.

Though the next health crisis may have different particulars, with different risk calculations, the consequences of closing schools are now well established, experts say.

In the future, infectious disease experts said, they hoped decisions would be guided more by epidemiological data as it emerged, taking into account the trade-offs.

“Could we have used data to better guide our decision making? Yes,” said Dr. Uzma N. Hasan, division chief of pediatric infectious diseases at RWJBarnabas Health in Livingston, N.J. “Fear should not guide our decision making.”

Source: Fahle, Kane, Patterson, Reardon, Staiger and Stuart, “ School District and Community Factors Associated With Learning Loss During the Covid-19 Pandemic. ”

The study used estimates of learning loss from the Stanford Education Data Archive . For closure lengths, the study averaged district-level estimates of time spent in remote and hybrid learning compiled by the Covid-19 School Data Hub (C.S.D.H.) and American Enterprise Institute (A.E.I.) . The A.E.I. data defines remote status by whether there was an in-person or hybrid option, even if some students chose to remain virtual. In the C.S.D.H. data set, districts are defined as remote if “all or most” students were virtual.

An earlier version of this article misstated a job description of Dr. Jeanne Noble. She directed the Covid response at the U.C.S.F. Parnassus emergency department. She did not direct the Covid response for the University of California, San Francisco health system.

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Sarah Mervosh covers education for The Times, focusing on K-12 schools. More about Sarah Mervosh

Claire Cain Miller writes about gender, families and the future of work for The Upshot. She joined The Times in 2008 and was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for public service for reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. More about Claire Cain Miller

Francesca Paris is a Times reporter working with data and graphics for The Upshot. More about Francesca Paris

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2024 Houston Open: Stephan Jaeger earns first victory, Scottie Scheffler just short of third straight win

A missed putt on the 18th to force a playoff allowed jaeger to enter the winner's circle in houston.

One of the winningest players in Korn Ferry Tour history finally claimed his first victory on the PGA Tour. Stephan Jaeger emerged from a crowded leaderboard at the 2024 Houston Open to pick up a one-stroke victory over Scottie Scheffler, Tony Finau, Taylor Moore and others at 12 under.

With his breakthrough win, Jaeger will earn an invitation to the Masters for the first time in his career. He will also receive invitations into the PGA Championship, The Sentry and access the rest of the signature events in 2024 -- all while securing his playing privileges on the PGA Tour through the 2026 season. Jaeger jumps inside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings as well.

"[Scottie's] been playing some unbelievable golf," Jaeger said. "... He's such a great dude as well. It was such a blast the last couple days to kind of fight with him, and you just know he's going to have some good stuff. I just kind of tried to stay within myself, try to make some putts, try to make some birdies. The birdies kind of eluded me on the back nine, but this golf course plays a little difficult. Especially if you are right around the lead, there's just so much trouble. I'm super happy obviously with today." 

One of the five 54-hole leaders entering Sunday, Jaeger found himself in the final group alongside the world No. 1. Four birdies including back-to-back conversions on Nos. 8-9 against just one bogey on his front nine gave Jaeger a slight lead over Scheffler and a litany of others heading into the pivotal back nine at Memorial Park.

While the birdies were flying on the outward half, they were grounded on the back side. Par after par from Jaeger saw players make their moves on him including Alejandro Tosti who got to 12 under with a birdie on the par-5 16th. The 34-year-old kept his cool, however, and kept on with a heavy diet of pars.

Scheffler was unable to break into a share of the lead after dropping two behind with a bogey on the par-3 15th. Needing two putts from 20 feet for birdie on the 16th before failing to convert an 11-foot effort to tie Jaeger and Tosti on the 17th, Scheffler went to the final hole needing a birdie to force a playoff.

With Tosti carding a bogey on the 72nd hole and dropping out the lead, Jaeger and Scheffler stood in the fairway behind with only one stroke separating the two. Scheffler stepped to his first and lasered a mid iron to 6 feet just below the hole, while Jaeger followed with a sound shot to 20 feet.

Jaeger's birdie bid slid by and set the stage for what many assumed to be a playoff in the waiting. However, as he did most of the back nine, Scheffler was unable to convert his birdie chance. Instead of Scheffler winning his third PGA Tour title in a row, it was Jaeger who grabbed his first. Grade: A+

To force a playoff ... A narrow miss by Scottie Scheffler whose bid to win three straight falls one shot short pic.twitter.com/RMgjfQB7u3 — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 31, 2024

Here are the grades for the rest of the notables on the leaderboard at the 2024 Houston Open.

T2. Scottie Scheffler (-11): The world No. 1 probably should have won this golf tournament. Scheffler carded a pair of double bogeys, hit three golf balls in the water and struggled with his long game for most of the week. Despite all this, he still had a birdie chance from inside 6 feet on the final hole to force a playoff. It just goes to show how high his floor stands at the moment. Scheffler's putter has been better ever since transitioning to the mallet, but it was volatile this week. He alternated gaining two strokes on the greens and losing two strokes on the greens each round; unfortunately for him, it was enough to see him miss out on his third straight win. Grade: B+

One final push. Just one back, Scottie Scheffler gives himself a birdie look on No. 18 @TCHouOpen . pic.twitter.com/A4KyYkLWgw — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 31, 2024

T2. Tony Finau (-11): He entered the weekend in possession of a two-stroke lead and saw it quickly disappear on Saturday. Carding a third-round 72, Finau lost more than three strokes on approach, three more on the greens and went in the wrong direction on Moving Day. The putter has been improved ever since the Mexico Open, but the consistency is still lacking and has caused some up-and-down play that was on full display at Memorial Park.  Grade: A-

T28. Sahith Theegala (-5): There was a lot of good but not great golf from Theegala this week. He neither signed for a single over-par round nor did any better than a 67 across the four days. He continues to make significant improvements off the tee, where he ranked inside the top five, and this allowed for his iron play to shine. Typically a reliable putter, Theegala fell short on the greens losing just about two strokes and getting up-and-down at a measly 50% clip. He should love where his game is at heading into the Masters where he finished T9 in his debut last year. Grade: B-

T31. Wyndham Clark (-4):  Clark began the week disclosing he had tweaked his back in the gym and contemplated withdrawing before receiving some treatment. His ball speed was at normal levels throughout the tournament, but a few too many mistakes in his middle round ultimately made him a non-factor Sunday. The reigning U.S. Open champion raced inside the top half of the field thanks to a final-round 66, and he now sets his sights on Augusta National for his Masters debut.  Grade: C

T73. Will Zalatoris (+4): After losing nearly five strokes with the broom stick on Thursday, Zalatoris battled to make the cut, but the damage was already done. Despite making his way to the weekend to avoid back-to-back early exits, the wiry right hander never got anything going. After strong showings at the Genesis Invitational and the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Zalatoris has fallen off ever so slightly, especially on the greens. With his ball striking in tow, Zalatoris' prospects for the Masters remain super intriguing given his finishes of second and T6 in two prior appearances. Grade: D

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Williston Middle School, The Film Dudes producing new short film

WILLISTON, N.D. (KUMV) - Cameras are rolling once again in Williston.

This time, students at Williston Middle School Central Campus are looking to solve puzzles and discover “The Lost Trophy,” the title of this year’s short film produced in collaboration with The Film Dudes, a group of filmmakers from Minot.

“I just think it’s really cool to give people and kids the opportunity to be on screen like that,” said Graycie Mock, a seventh-grade actress.

A blend of mystery and comedy, the script is supposed to be the dudes’ best film yet. It was penned by five middle school students.

“It made it more real to see the actors saying the lines and stuff. I’m very excited to see it in theaters,” said Lilian Boyer, 8th grader script writer.

“Actually, seeing people say the lines you wrote is pretty cool,” said Katherine Winkler, 8th grade script writer.

The main cast spent weeks memorizing their scripts, with nearly five days dedicated to filming.

“There’s lots of good moments, funny moments, and we have to be serious sometimes. It’s been pretty fun,” said Dustin Pittsley, 8th grade actor.

This is the seventh collaboration between Williston students and the Film Dudes since 2017. For the first time, it’s at the middle school, allowing for more cast members.

“It’s really exciting because it’s at a new facility with new students. We have really great talent here,” said Tabitha Carlson, Middle School Media Arts teacher.

There are some concerns it could be the last short film as Middle School Principal Steve Guglich, the man leading the partnership, is set to move to an elementary school next year.

“He and I have been working on this program since its inception. It makes me nervous. We’re still working on some of the paperwork and got to figure out who my admins are going to be. It’s going to be hard without Mr. Guglich for sure,” said Carlson.

For now, everyone from the cast to crew is excited to see the final product, set to be released in May. The Media Arts class will hold a red-carpet premiere at the Grand Theater to show off to their friends, family and peers.

DJT had a good first day: Trump's Truth Social media stock price saw rapid rise

Buoyed by legions of avid supporters, Donald Trump made a bubbly debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange Tuesday.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group soared like helium from the opening bell and maintained most of those gains until late in the trading day when a selloff brought Trump's namesake social media company closer to earth with a closing market value of nearly $8 billion, on par with ride-hailing company Lyft and online marketplace Etsy.

It was also an epic trading day for Trump , the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and Trump Media's largest shareholder. Shares rose as high as $79.38 before flagging at the end of trade to close at $57.99, close to their low of the day.

His 60% stake in Truth Social’s parent company, which now trades under the ticker DJT, is worth about $4.5 billion on paper. And, if the stock price stays above $17.50 per share for an extended period, tens of millions of additional shares would be issued, most of them to Trump.

High-flying DJT stock hits turbulence: More volatility ahead for Trump's Truth Social

Enthusiasm in the MAGA ranks was undercut by the more sober assessment of stock market observers. They say Trump Media’s valuation is divorced from the business realities it faces.

Its flagship product Truth Social, Trump’s bullhorn of choice, is a minor player in a social media landscape dominated by megacorporations like Facebook owner Meta. Trump Media, on the other hand, has racked up tens of millions of dollars in losses and generated sparse sales. And it has struggled to attract advertisers and users since its launch in 2021.

It owes its success to Trump, who is one of Truth Social's most prolific users and has among the most followers on the platform with nearly 6.8 million. Trump has 34 million followers on Facebook, 24 million on Instagram and more than 87 million on X.

"It's hard to come up with any reasonable metrics that would get you to this valuation," Derek Horstmeyer, a finance professor at George Mason University in Virginia, told USA TODAY.

The one-day pop was typical of so-called meme stocks in recent years, like video-game retailer GameStop.Trump supporters banded together on social media to lift the stock even before it completed the merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC , that was already listed on the Nasdaq.

The difference here may be that the former president's fans may continue to lift − rather than dump − the stock.

Trading was exceptionally heavy, according to University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter. The number of shares available to trade – called the public float – is about 28 million. But more than 52 million shares traded Tuesday. In fact, trading was so intense that Nasdaq temporarily halted it following the opening bell. Typically, trading in most stocks is less than 1% a day.

“Clearly a lot of the buyers and holders are people who are buying it for ideological reasons and plan on holding it for a while,” Ritter said.

That’s not so different from the online traders, mom-and-pop investors, small brokers and others who organized on social media platform Reddit to drive up the price of GameStop and face down hedge funds that were betting against the company and shorting the stock.

“In that regard, GameStop investors were doing it for ideological reasons, too,” Ritter said. “But after the stock price went up, they then sold and the stock price collapsed.”

Nobody knows when the Trump Media bubble will burst, he said. Just because you are a Trump supporter doesn’t mean you will hold it forever, Ritter said.

“In the short run, anything can happen,” he said. “But in the long run, I am highly confident there is going to be a huge percentage decline.”

How much is Truth Social worth?

Those Trump Media shares have handed Trump a crucial lifeline in posting bond as he appeals the civil fraud judgment against him.

A New York appeals court gave Trump 10 more days to post his bond and slashed the amount to $175 million. Trump has been struggling under the weight of not just the $454 million civil fraud judgment, but also an $83.3 million defamation trial loss to advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.

Trump's gains are all on paper for the time being. He would need Trump Media’s seven-person board to lift a restriction that prevents Trump and other insiders from selling shares or using them as collateral for a bond for the next six months.

The board, which is stacked with allies including his son, Donald Trump Jr., and three former members of his administration, could also hold a secondary offering that would allow Trump to cash out some of his stake in coming months.

What is Trump’s net worth?

Truth Social going public means a massive boost to Trump’s net worth, at least on paper. 

His shares in Trump Media and the reduction in the bond that Trump must post in a New York civil fraud lawsuit increased his net worth by more than $4 billion Monday, catapulting him into the world’s wealthiest 500 people on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time.

Why is Truth Social’s ticker DJT?

Research shows that familiar names, such as a former president’s initials, can help a company’s stock performance. 

One 2006 study by Princeton University psychologists found that stocks with tickers that are easier to pronounce tend to perform better in the first few days of trading. Another study from Pomona College in 2019 verified earlier research that found clever tickers tend to perform better, partly because they are more memorable to investors.

What is Digital World Acquisition?

Digital World is a SPAC, also known as a blank check company . These publicly traded shell companies exist to acquire or merge with private companies and take them public.

Truth Social’s merger with Digital World was first announced in 2021 when the number of companies going public via SPACs surged. The investment vehicles have since faced criticism for being bad deals for retail investors.

Why did Trump launch Truth Social?

Truth Social was founded after Trump was booted from major social media platforms following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. 

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Clemson can't get crucial stops vs. Alabama as Tigers' bid for first Final Four falls short

LOS ANGELES — Clemson reached its second-ever Elite Eight with a staunch defense that took away opponents’ perimeter game.

On Saturday night, the Tigers couldn’t get the stops they needed.

Alabama was 16 of 23 from the field in the final 20 minutes — including 10 of 15 on 3-pointers — as the Tigers’ bid for their first Final Four fell short, 89-82 in the West Region final .

“I mean, they hit big shots, man. They really spread us out,” said forward PJ Hall, who scored 14 points before he fouled out with 3:25 remaining. “We couldn’t quite get the misses we needed them to make.”

In its three previous NCAA Tournament games, Clemson held opponents to 65 of 185 from the field (35.1%) and 14 of 75 on 3-pointers (18.6%).

Alabama shot 46.8% from the field (29 of 62). The Tigers won all 17 games when they held opponents under 40%, but went 7-12 when they didn’t.

Clemson played at its pace during the first 12 minutes. It built a 26-13 lead and held Alabama to 1 of 13 on 3-pointers. Then the Crimson Tide’s Jarin Stevenson connected from the corner. Including that shot, Alabama closed the game by going 15 of 23 beyond the arc.

“We knew going into the game that’s what they like to do. And they shoot them fast, especially when they’re making them. When they’re making them and the momentum is going and they’re rolling, they get those 3s up fast and it seems like they’ll never miss,” said Joseph Girard III, who led the Tigers with 19 points.

Tigers coach Brad Brownell said Alabama was quicker in transition in the second half, which thwarted a couple of Clemson runs.

One of those came early in the second half. Girard made a pullup jumper to get the Tigers within 52-49, but the Tide quickly pushed the ball down the court and Stevenson hit another 3.

“We’re big. We’re physical. We’re tough. We’re smart. But we’re not very fast. In the second half it was a problem for us,” Brownell said. “We couldn’t keep them in front of us. When they start making 3s, you start inching out in space. And even them shooting before we could get down and get our zone set a couple times, there’s not many teams that play that way.”

The Tigers finished 24-12 and will lose four starters. Hall and Chase Hunter were part of a group that made the NCAA Tournament twice and got the program to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1980.

“It’s stacked up a quiet resume that has helped build the program up,” Hall said. “We can attribute that to the coaching staff and the culture they’ve built. We came into a situation where it was a doubted culture, even though they had such a great thing building up. And to come in here, validate what they’ve done, validate the work they do, is special. And it’s amazing.”

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Grade 4 stories and exercises.

Use these stories and exercises to practice and improve reading comprehension at a grade 4 level.

Leveled stories & reading worksheets

These grade 4 leveled stories are taken from our series of leveled reading workbooks ; the complexity of the texts and exercises increase with each successive level.

Children's stories and reading worksheets

Over twenty free grade 4 children's stories and comprehension worksheets.  Each passage is followed by comprehension questions.

Historical reading worksheets & fables

Each historical passage or fable is followed by questions including exercises related to prediction, inference and character traits.

Reading comprehension exercises for grade 4

These reading worksheets  focus on specific comprehension topics such as author's purpose, making inferences, understanding words through context clues, and distinguishing fact from opinion. 

We also have some short plays and drama exercises  which can be fun way of building comprehension skills.

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