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Texas Leveled Readers Titles Lexile Lexile Lexile BELOW-LEVEL Level ONLEVEL Level ADVANCED Level Lexile Levels not available for Kindergarten — Grade K On-Level and Advanced only George Washington: Our First Chapter 1 George Washington President Steve Jobs and the Computer Chapter 2 Steve Jobs Business Chapter 3 Mish Michaels Mish Michaels, Weather Chaser Jackie Robinson Changes the Chapter 4 Jackie Robinson Game Rosa Parks Stands Up for Chapter 5 Rosa Parks Freedom Lexile Levels not available for Grade 1 Grade 1 Chapter 1 Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks Out Marian Wright Edelman: Helping Marian Wright Edelman: A Voice Chapter 2 Marian Wright Edelman Children and Families for Children Ernest Shackleton: Exploring the Chapter 3 Ernest Shackleton Explorer Ernest Shackleton South Pole Abraham Lincoln: Civil War Chapter 4 Abraham Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln President Sacagawea: Trail Guide and Chapter 5 Sacagawea Sacagawea: Guide to the West Explorer Grade 2 John Adams: Our Second Chapter 1 John Adams 240 President John Adams 380 540 President Elizabeth Blackwell: America’s Chapter 2 Elizabeth Blackwell 270 Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell 440 470 First Woman Doctor John Muir and Our National Chapter 3 John Muir 230 John Muir: Protector of Nature 450 590 Parks Chapter 4 Paul Revere 300 Paul Revere: Ride for Liberty 530 Paul Revere: American Patriot 610 Harriet Tubman: Road to Harriet Tubman: Conductor of Chapter 5 Harriet Tubman 240 450 610 Freedom the Underground Railroad 2 myWorld Social Studies Leveled Readers Texas Leveled Readers Titles Lexile Lexile Lexile BELOW-LEVEL Level ONLEVEL Level ADVANCED Level Grade 3 Brad Washburn: Mountain Brad Washburn: Exploring Chapter 1 Brad Washburn 400 540 700 Climber Alaska’s Mountains Rachel Carson: Friend of Land Rachel Carson: Protecting the Chapter 2 Rachel Carson 390 540 690 and Sea Natural World Sequoya and the Cherokee Sequoyah; Inventor of the Chapter 3 Sequoyah 310 610 680 Language Cherokee Alphabet Thomas Jefferson: Our Third Thomas Jefferson: Writer, Chapter 4 Thomas Jefferson 370 610 740 President Leader, President Justice Marshall: Fighter for Thurgood Marshall: The Struggle Chapter 5 Thurgood Marshall 560 630 800 Equality for Legal Equality Jane Addams Helping Neighbors Chapter 6 Jane Addams 370 600 Jane Addams: Social Reformer 680 in Need Wally Amos and his Famous Wally Amos: Building a Cookie Chapter 7 Wally Amos 340 630 770 Cookies Empire Liliuokalani: Hawaii’s Last Liliuokalani: Queen of the Chapter 8 Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani 400 600 650 Queen Hawaiian Islands Grade 4 “Lady Bird” Johnson: An Active “Lady Bird” Johnson: First Lady Chapter 1 First Lady “Lady Bird” Johnson 720 810 880 First Lady and Preservationist Américo Paredes: Mexican- Américo Paredes: Mexican- Chapter 2 Author Américo Paredes 540 660 730 American Scholar American Scholar and Folklorist Angelina: Caddo Translator in Angelina: Caddo Interpreter Chapter 3 The Angelina Story 600 660 800 East Texas and Guide Stephen F. Austin: Father of Stephen F. Austin: Empresario Chapter 4 Colonizer Stephen F. Austin 590 660 760 Texas and Father of Texas Sam Houston: First President of Sam Houston: Texan States- Chapter 5 Texas Leader Sam Houston 660 740 770 the Republic of Texas man, Soldier, and Revolutionary José Antonio Navarro: A José Antonio Navarro: Texas Chapter 6 Patriot José Antonio Navarro 600 720 Revolutionary and Founding 750 Patriot Father of Texas Quanah Parker: Comanche Quanah Parker: Comanche Chapter 7 Chief Quanah Parker 660 770 Chief and Last Leader of the 820 Chief Quahadi Richard King: Founder of King Richard King: Riverboat Captain Chapter 8 Entrepreneur Richard King 710 780 810 Ranch and Founder of the King Ranch Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Brave Martin Luther King, Jr.: Coura- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Chapter 9 600 730 790 Leader geous Civil Rights Leader Struggle for Civil Rights Millie Hughes-Fulford: Millie Hughes-Fulford: Scientist Chapter 10 Scientist Millie Hughes-Fulford 720 810 Biologist, Medical Investigator, 870 and Space Explorer and Space Explorer Barbara Jordan: African Barbara Jordan: African- Chapter 11 Politician Barbara Jordan 690 790 American Politician and Civil 880 American Politican Rights Leader myWorld Social Studies Leveled Readers 3 Texas Leveled Readers Titles Lexile Lexile Lexile BELOW-LEVEL Level ONLEVEL Level ADVANCED Level Grade 5 Chief Joseph Defends His Chief Joseph: Leader of the Nez Chief Joseph: I Will Fight No Chapter 1 650 790 840 People Percé More Forever Isabella: Queen of Two King- Queen Isabella and the Explora- Chapter 2 Isabella, Queen of Spain 720 710 870 doms tion of the Americas Powhatan, Native American Chief Powhatan, Leader of His Chapter 3 Chief Powhatan 600 760 860 Leader People Anne Hutchinson : Struggle for Anne Hutchinson and Religious Chapter 4 Anne Hutchinson: Colonial Rebel 730 780 860 Religious Freedom Freedom in the Colonies Ben Franklin: Inventor, Leader, Benjamin Franklin: A Life of Sci- Chapter 5 America’s Ben Franklin 680 770 870 Patriot ence and Service Alexander Hamilton: Govern- Alexander Hamilton, Soldier and Alexander Hamilton and the Chapter 6 710 800 880 ment Leader Statesman Founding of the Federal Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Founder More Than the Right to Vote: The Chapter 7 750 860 900 Fight for Women’s Rights of the Women’s Rights Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton President James Polk and the President James Polk and Chapter 8 James Polk, American President 730 760 860 Expansion of the United States America’s “Manifest Destiny” Ulysses S. Grant: General and Ulysses S. Grant: Defender of Chapter 9 President Ulysses S. Grant 720 820 880 President the Union Calamity Jane : Star of the Old Expert Rider and a Quick Shot: Chapter 10 750 Calamity Jane: Life of Adventure 820 870 West The Story of Calamity Jane Thomas Edison, American The Wizard of Menlo Park: Chapter 11 770 870 Thomas Edison: Practical Genius 940 Inventor Thomas Edison’s Story Ida Wells-Barnett: Civil Rights Ida Wells-Barnett: Writing for Ida Wells-Barnett: Civil Rights Chapter 12 720 860 910 Leader Civil Rights Journalist How Louis Armstrong Brought Chapter 13 Louis Armstrong: A Life in Music 680 Louis Armstrong, Jazz Man 770 920 Jazz to the World Harry S Truman: American Harry S Truman: Plain-Speaking President Harry S Truman: “The Chapter 14 660 770 950 President President Buck Stops Here” John F. Kennedy: American President John F. Kennedy and Chapter 15 President John F. Kennedy 770 860 930 President the New Frontier Blowing in the Wind: The Bob Chapter 16 Bob Dylan: Singer for His Times 680 The Singing Life of Bob Dylan 810 950 Dylan Story Condoleezza Rice: United States Madame Secretary, Condoleezza Rice: Foreign Chapter 17 730 840 950 Diplomat Condoleezza Rice Policy Expert TryPearsonTexas.com 800-527-2701 Copyright Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved. W1114-005 .
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