K-5 RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND OTHER RESOURCES LIST Kindergarten
Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
K 1 A Stick is an Excellent Thing: Poems Singer, Marilyn Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780547124933 Poetry NP 2012 Celebrating Outdoor Play
K 1 Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures Jenkins, Emily Schwartz & Wade 9780385736619 Literary 730 2006 of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic
K 1 Jamaica’s Find Havill, Juanita Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780395453575 Literary 460 1986
K 1 The Day the Crayons Quit Daywalt, Drew Penguin Young Readers 9780399255373 Literary AD730 2013
K 1 Galimoto Williams, Karen Lynn HarperCollins 9780688109912 Literary 520 1990
K 1 Press Here Tullet, Herve Chronicle 9780811879545 Literary AD320 2011
K 1 Corduroy Freeman, Don Penguin Young Readers 9780670241330 Literary 600 1968
K 1 I Love My New Toy: Elephant & Willems, Mo Disney 9781423109617 Literary 10 2008 Piggie
K 1 Waiting Henkes, Kevin Greenwillow 9780062368430 Literary 260 2015
K 1 William’s Doll Zolotow, Charlotte HarperCollins 9780064430678 Literary 840 1972
K 1 The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary, Beverly HarperCollins 9780380709243 Literary 860 1965
K 1 Winnie-the-Pooh Milne, A.A. Penguin Young Readers 9780525444435 Literary 790 1961
K 1 10 Little Rubber Ducks Carle, Eric HarperCollins 9780060740757 Literary 2005
K 1 Not a Box Portis, Antoinette HarperCollins 9780061123221 Literary AD50 2006
K 1 Phoebe and Her Digger Springstubb, Tricia Candlewick 9780763652814 Literary 2013
K 1 Niño Wrestles the World Morales, Yuyi Square Fish 9781250062703 Literary 260 2015
K 1 What Can You Do with a Paleta Tafolla, Carmen Random House Children’s 9781582462219 Literary AD960 2014
K 1 For You Are A Kenyan Child Cunnane, Kelly Atheneum Books for 9780689861949 Literary AD760 2006 Young Readers
K 1 Too Many Toys Shannon, David Scholastic 9780439490290 Literary AD600 2008
| Language Arts Curriculum 1 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
K 1 The Nowhere Box Zuppardi, Sam Candlewick 9780763663674 Literary 2013
K 1 Oliver Sif, Birgittta Candlewick 9780763662479 Literary 2012
K 1 Look at This!: Play Onyefulu, Ifeoma Frances Lincoln 9781847802675 Informational 2013
K 2 Clouds: Ready to Read Level One Bauer, Marion Dane Simon Spotlight 9780689854415 Informational 360 2004
K 2 Rain: Ready to Read Level One Bauer, Marion Dane Simon Spotlight 9780689854392 Informational 170 2004
K 2 Wind: Ready to Read Level One Bauer, Marion Dane Simon Spotlight 9780689854439 Informational 370 2004
K 2 Snow: Ready to Read Level One Bauer, Marion Dane Simon Spotlight 9780689854378 Informational 480 2004
K 2 The First Snowfall Rockwell, Anne Aladdin 9781481411356 Literary AD470 1987
K 2 Clouds: National Geographic Kids Delano, Marfe Ferguson National Geographic Kids 9781426318795 Informational 2015 Explore My World
K 2 Clouds: Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Rockwell, Anne HarperCollins 9780064452205 Informational 2008 Science Level 1
K 2 Feel the Wind: Let’s-Read-and- Dorros, Arthur HarperCollins 9780064450959 Informational AD600 1990 Find-Out Science Level 2
K 2 I Face the Wind Cobb, Vicki HarperCollins 9780688178406 Informational AD540 2003
K 2 What Will the Weather Be: Let’s- DeWitt, Linda HarperCollins 9780064451130 Informational 500 1991 Read-and-Find-Out Science Level 2
K 2 The Wind Blew Hutchins, Pat Aladdin 9780689717444 Literary 50 1974
K 2 A Letter to Amy Keats, Ezra Jack Viking Books for 9780670880638 Literary 170 1968 Young Readers
K 2 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Barrett, Judy Atheneum Books for 9780689707490 Literary 730 1978 Young Readers
K 2 Tracks in the Snow Yee, Wong Herbert Square Fish 9780312371340 Literary 260 2003
K 2 Mushroom in the Rain: Adapted Ginsberg, Mirra Aladdin 9780689714412 Literary 380 1987 from the Russian of V. Suteyev
K 2 Who Took the Farmer’s Hat Nodset, Joan L HarperCollins 9780064431743 Literary 210 1963
K 2 Thunder Cake Polacco, Patricia Puffin 9780698115811 Literary 630 1990
| Language Arts Curriculum 2 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
K 2 Thunderstorm Geisert, Arthur Enchanted Lion 9781592701339 Literary 2013
K 2 One Hot Summer Day Crews, Nina Greenwillow 9780688133931 Literary 1995
K 2 Weather: Poems for All Seasons Hopkins, Lee Bennett, HarperCollins 9780064441919 Poetry NP 1995 selector
K 2 Outside Your Window: Davies, Nicola Candlewick 9780763655495 Informational 2012 A First Book of Nature
K 2 Snow Shulevitz, Uri Square Fish 9780374468620 Literary 220 1998
K 2 Rain Stojic, Manya Dragonfly 9780385737296 Literary 120 2000
K 2 Tap Tap Boom Boom Bluemle, Elizabeth Candlewick 9780763656966 Literary 2014
K 2 Big Snow Bean, Jonathan Farrar, Straus and Giroux 9780374306960 Literary 470 2003
K 3 How Do Plants Help Us? Kalman, Bobbie Crabtree 9780778795865 Informational 450 2011
K 3 Who Will Plant a Tree? Pallota, Jerry Sleeping Bear Press 9781585365029 Literary 2010
K 3 A Grand Old Tree DePalma, Mary Newell Scholastic 9780439623346 Informational 460 2005
K 3 Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Gibbons, Gail Little Brown 9780316309035 Informational 580 2002 Kids
K 3 A Tree Is a Plant Bulla, Clyde Robert HarperCollins 9780062382108 Informational 1995
K 3 The Busy Tree Ward, Jennifer Marshall Cavendish 9780761455509 Literary AD890 2009
K 3 Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Nivola, Claire A. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780374399184 Informational AD1030 2008 Story of Wangari Maathai
K 3 Poetrees Florian, Douglas Beach Lane 9781416986720 Poetry 2010
K 3 Tree For All Seasons Bernard, Robin National Geographic 9780792266747 Informational 420 2001
K 3 The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees Roth, Susan L.& Trumbore, Lee & Low 9781600604591 Informational NC1190 2011 to Feed Families Cindy
K 3 Leaf Man Ehlert, Lois Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152053048 Literary 310 2005
K 3 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle, Eric Penguin Young Readers 9780399208539 Literary AD460 1969
K 3 The Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack Penguin Young Readers 9780670654000 Literary AD500 1962
K 3 Birdsongs Franco, Betsy Margaret K. McElderry 9780689877773 Literary 2007
| Language Arts Curriculum 3 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
K 3 Actual Size Jenkins, Steve Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780547512914 Informational IG1080 2004
K 3 Say Hello! Isadora, Rachel Penguin Young Readers 9780399252303 Literary AD570 2010
K 3 The Tiny Seed Carle, Eric Little Simon 9781416979173 Literary 400 1987
K 3 City Shapes Murray, Diana Little, Brown 9780316370929 Literary AD930 2016
K 3 Old Mikamba Had a Farm Isadora, Rachel Penguin Young Readers 9780399257407 Literary 2013
K 3 Celebritrees: Historic & Famous Preus, Margi Holt 9780805078299 Informational 1020 2011 Trees of the World
K 3 Call Me Tree/Llámame arbol Gonzalez, Maya Christina Lee & Low 9780892392940 Literary 2014
K 3 Branching Out: How Trees Are Part Galat, Joan Marire Owlkids 9781771470490 Informational NC1200 2014 of Our World
K 3 House Held Up By Trees Kooser, Ted Candlewick 9780763651077 Literary 2012
K 3 Just Like Me, Climbing a Tree Bernard, Durga Yael Wisdom Tales 9781937786342 Informational AD760 2015
K 3 Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Ehlert, Lois Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152661977 Literary AD680 1991
K 3 The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of Cherry, Lynn Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152026141 Literary 670 1990 Amazon Rain Forest
K 3 From Seed to Apple Tree Anderson, Steven Cantata 9781632904584 Literary
K 4 As An Oak Tree Grows Karas, G. Brian Penguin Young Readers 9780399252334 Literary 2014
K 4 Luna and Me: The True Story of a Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue Holt 9780805099768 Informational 2015 Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest
K 4 The Tree Lady: The True Story Hopkins, H. Joseph Beach Lane Books 9781442414020 Informational 760 2013 of How One Tree-loving Woman Changed A City Forever
K 4 Trout Are Made of Trees Sayre, April Pulley Charlesbridge 9781580891387 Informational 450 2008
K 4 Tap the Magic Tree Matheson, Christie HarperCollins 9780062274458 Literary 2013
K 4 Picture a Tree Reid, Barbara Albert Whitman 9780807565261 Literary 2013
K 4 A Leaf Can Be Salas, Laura Purdie Millbrook Press 9780761362036 Literary 170 2012
K 4 Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book Teckentrup, Britta Random House Children’s 9781101932421 Literary 2015
| Language Arts Curriculum 4 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
K 4 Because of an Acorn Schaefer, Lola M. and Adam Chronicle 9781452112428 Informational BR 2016
K 4 Wangari’s Trees Of Peace Winter, Jeanette Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152065454 Informational 730L 2008
K 4 The Falling Flowers Reed, Jennifer Lee & Low 9781885008282 Literary 2005
K 4 Dear Bobab Foggo, Cheryl Second Story Press 9781897187913 Literary 890L 2011
K 4 Tree House in A Strom Burk, Rachelle Stemmer House 9780916144234 Literary 2013
K 4 Poetrees Florian, Douglas Beach Lane Books 9781416986720 Poetry 2010
K 4 Celebritrees: Historic & Famous Preus, Margi Holt 9780805078299 Informational 2010 Trees Of The World
K 4 The Great Paper Caper Jeffers, Oliver Penguin Young Readers 9780399250972 Literary 2009
K 4 Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Sidman, Joyce Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780547014944 Poetry 2009 Colors
K 4 Tree of Cranes Say, Allen Scholastic 9780547350486 Literary 470L 1991
K 4 Our of the Way! Out of the Way! Krishnaswami, Uma Groundwood Books 9781554981304 Literary 960L 2010
| Language Arts Curriculum 5 K-5 RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND OTHER RESOURCES LIST Grade 1
Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
1 1 Building Our House Bean, Jonathan Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780374380236 Literary AD820 2013
1 1 Tools Rule! Meshon, Aaron Atheneum 9781442496019 Literary BR 2014
1 1 Whose Tools Are These: A Look at Cooper, Sharon Katz Capstone 9781404819788 Literary AD670 2006 Tools Workers Use - Big, Sharp and Smooth
1 1 Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop Shulman, Lisa Penguin Young Readers 9780142401866 Literary NP 2004
1 1 The Pencil Ahlberg, Allan Candlewick 9780763660888 Literary AD540 2012
1 1 Rosie Revere, Engineer Beaty, Andrea Abrams 9781419708459 Literary AD860 2013
1 1 Whose Tools? Buzzeo, Toni Abrams 9781419714313 Literary 2015
1 1 When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Bang, Molly Scholastic 9780590189798 Literary BR 1999 Really Angry
1 1 Lady Hahn and Her Seven Friends Heo, Yumi Holt 9780805041279 Literary 2012
1 1 The Eraserheads Banks, Kate Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780374399207 Literary 2010
1 1 Yasmin’s Hammer Malaspina, Ann Lee & Low 9781600603594 Literary AD610 2015
1 1 Brush of the Gods Look, Lenore Schwartz & Wade 9780375870019 Literary 580 2013
1 1 The Chickens Build A Wall Dumont, Jean-Francois Eerdmans 9780802854223 Literary AD850 2013
1 1 Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad Rumford, James Roaring Brook 9781596432765 Literary AD830 2008
1 1 The Little Red Pen Stevens, Janet Harcourt 9780152064327 Literary AD300 2011
1 1 Chopsticks Rosenthal, Amy Krouse Disney 9781423107965 Literary AD240 2012
1 1 The Red Pencil Pinckney, Andrea Davis Little, Brown Books for 9780316247825 Literary HL620 2015 Young Readers
1 1 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Kamkwamba, William and Dial Books 9780803735118 Informational 910 2014 Bryan Mealer
1 1 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Kamkwamba, William and Penguin Young Readers 9780147510426 Informational 860 2016 Young Readers Edition Bryan Mealer
| Language Arts Curriculum 6 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
1 1 Tooling Around: Crafty Creatures Jackson, Ellen Charlesbridge 9781580895651 Informational AD1050 2014 and the Tools They Use
1 1 Whose Tools Are These (Community Tourville, Amanda Doering Capstone 9781429660815 Informational 270 2011 Helper Mysteries)
1 1 Peaceful Piggy Meditation MacLean, Kerry Lee Albert Whitman 9780807563816 Informational 2004
1 1 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Kamkwamba, William Dial Books 9780803735118 Informational 910 2014
1 1 Sam & Dave Dig a Hole Klassen, Jon Candlewick 9780763662295 Informational 310 2014
1 1 Brick by Brick Smith, Charles R. HarperCollins 9780061920844 Informational 2015
1 1 Can We Help: Kids Volunteering To Ancona, George Candlewick 9780763673673 Informational 2015 Help Their Communities
1 2 On Earth Karas, G. Brian Puffin 9780142410639 Informational AD660 2005
1 2 What Makes Day and Night (Let’s- Branley, Frankyn M. HarperCollins 9780064450508 Informational 230 1961 Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
1 2 Sunshine Makes the Seasons (Let’s- Branley, Frankyn M. HarperCollins 9780060592059 Informational AD510 1974 Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
1 2 The Moon Seems to Change (Let’s- Branley, Frankyn M. HarperCollins 9780064450652 Informational 470 1960 Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
1 2 Sun Up, Sun Down Gibbons, Gail Voyager 9780152827823 Informational 490 1983
1 2 The Reasons for Seasons Gibbons, Gail Holiday House 9780823412389 Informational 620 1995
1 2 The Moon Book Gibbons, Gail Holiday House 9780823413645 Informational 740 1997
1 2 Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei Sis, Peter Square Fish 9780374470272 Informational 830 1996
1 2 The Librarian Who Measured Lasky, Kathryn Little, Brown Books for 9780316515269 Informational 840 1994 the Earth Young Readers
1 2 There is Day and Night Brennan, Linda Crotta Cherry Lake 9781631880070 Informational 430 2014 (Tell Me Why)
1 2 Sun Up, Sun Down: The Story of Bailey, Jacqui Picture Window Books 9781404811287 Informational 800 2004 Day and Night (Science Works)
1 2 The Sun Our Nearest Star (Let’s Branley, Frankyn M. HarperCollins 9780064452021 Informational AD570 1989 Read and Find Out Science Level 2)
| Language Arts Curriculum 7 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
1 2 What the Moon is Like (Let’s-Read- Branley, Frankyn M. HarperCollins 9780064451857 Informational 490 2000 and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2)
1 2 I Wonder Why the Sun Rises: and Walpole, Brenda Kingfisher 9780753465295 Informational NC820 1996 Other Questions About Time and Seasons
1 2 Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Mitton, Jacqueline National Geographic 9780792259350 Informational 750 2006 Constellations
1 2 Our Seasons Lin, Grace Charlesbridge 9781570913617 Informational 2006
1 2 Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Bruchac, Joseph Puffin 9780698115842 Literary 960 1992 Native American Year of Moon
1 2 How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Oughton, Jerrie HMH Books for 9780395779385 Literary 780 1992 Navajo Legend Young Readers
1 2 Raven: A Trickster Tale from the McDermott, Gerald HMH Books for 9780152024499 Literary AD380 1993 Pacific Northwest Young Readers
1 2 Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the McDermott, Gerald HMH Books for 9780805003116 Literary AD290 1987 Ashanti Young Readers
1 2 The Earth Under Sky Bear’s Feet: Bruchac, Joseph Puffin 9780698116474 Poetry 1995 Native American Poems of the Land
1 2 Coyote Places the Stars Taylor, Harriet Peck Aladdin 9780689815355 Literary 780 1993
1 2 Henry’s Stars Elliott, David Philomel 9780399171161 Literary AD500 2015
1 2 If You Decide to Go to the Moon McNulty, Faith Scholastic 9780590483599 Literary AD690 2005
1 2 Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 Floca, Brian Atheneum/Richard 9781416950462 Informational AD990 2009 Jackson Books
1 2 Many Moons Thurber, James HMH Books for 9780156569804 Literary 790 1973 Young Readers
1 2 Sun and Moon Yankey, Lindsey Simply Read Books 9781927018606 Literary 2015
1 2 Flashlight Boyd, Lizi Chronicle Books 9781452118949 Literary 2014
1 2 Come Back, Moon Kheridan, David Beach Lane Books 9781442458871 Literary 2013
1 2 Owl Moon Yolen, Jane Philomel 9780399214578 Literary 630 1987
| Language Arts Curriculum 8 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
1 2 Kitten’s First Full Moon Henkes, Kevin Greenwillow 9780060588281 Literary 360 2004
1 2 Why the Sun and the Moon Live in Dayrell, Elphinstone HMH Books for 9780395539637 Literary 570 1968 the Sky Young Readers
1 2 Moon Rope / Un lazo a la luna Ehlert, Lois HMH Books for 9780152017026 Literary 2003 Young Readers
1 2 Arrow to the Sun: McDermott, Gerald Puffin 9780140502114 Literary 480 1977 A Pueblo Indian Tale
1 2 Coyote in Love With a Star: Tales of De Montano, Marty Kreipe Abbeville Kids 9780789201621 Literary 640 1998 the People
1 2 Fly Guy Presents: Space (Scholastic Arnold, Tedd Scholastic 9780545564922 Informational 590 2013 Reader, Level 2)
1 2 Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Florian, Doug HMH Books for 9780152053727 Poetry 2007 Space Poems and Paintings Young Readers
1 2 Gravity Chin, Jason Roaring Brook Press 9781596437173 Informational BR 2014
1 3 Fur and Feathers Feldman, Thea & Llewellyn, Macmillan 9780753470886 Informational 540 2013 Claire
1 3 A Bird Is a Bird Rockwell, Lizzy Holiday House 9780823430420 Informational 190 2015
1 3 Birds: Nature’s Magnificent Arnold, Caroline Charlesbridge 9781570915727 Informational IG850 2003 Flying Machines
1 3 Birds Squire, Ann O. Scholastic 9780531223369 Informational 880 2013
1 3 What Bluebirds Do Kirby, Pamela F. Highlights Press 9781590786147 Informational 870 2009
1 3 What Do You Do With a Tail Like Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780439703840 Informational 620 2003 This?
1 3 About Birds: A Guide for Children Sill, Cathryn Peachtree 9781561456888 Informational 220 2013
1 3 About Hummingbirds: A Guide Sill, Cathryn Peachtree 9781561458370 Informational 770 2011 for Children
1 3 About Raptors: A Guide for Children Sill, Cathryn Peachtree 9781561455362 Informational 530 2010
1 3 Birdology: 30 Activities and Russo, Monica Chicago Review Press 9781613749494 Informational NC1070 2015 Observations for Exploring the World of Birds
| Language Arts Curriculum 9 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
1 3 Hummingbirds Arnold, Quinn The Creative Company 9781628323337 Informational 230 2016
1 3 Eagles Riggs, Kate The Creative Company 9780898126914 Informational 270 2012
1 3 Penguins Riggs, Kate The Creative Company 9781608182794 Informational 320 2012
1 3 Bring On the Birds Stockdale, Susan Peachtree 9781561455607 Informational 2011
1 3 Birdsongs Franco, Betsy Margaret K. McElderry 9780689877773 Literary 2007 Books
1 3 Honk, Honk, Goose!: Sayre, April Pulley Henry Holt 9780805071030 Informational 2009 Canada Geese Start a Family
1 3 The Cuckoo’s Haiku and Other Rosen, Michael J. Candlewick 9780763630492 Poetry 2009 Birding Poems
1 3 I’m New Here O’Brien, Anne Sibley Charlesbridge 9781580896122 Literary 2015
1 3 Each Kindness Woodson, Jacqueline Penguin Young Readers 9780399246524 Literary AD640 2012
1 3 The Other Side Woodson, Jacqueline Penguin Young Readers 9780399231162 Literary AD300 2001
1 3 Crow Boy Yashima, Taro Penguin Young Readers 9780140501728 Literary AD760 1955
1 3 The Invisible Boy Ludwig, Trudy Knopf Young Readers 9781582464503 Literary AD680 2013
1 3 Those Shoes Boelts, Maribeth Candlewick 9780763642846 Literary AD680 2007
1 3 Even An Ostrich Needs A Nest Kelly, Irene Holiday House 9780823421022 Informational AD930 2009
1 3 About Hummingbirds: Sill, Cathryn Peachtree 9781561458370 Informational 770 2011 A Guide for Children
1 3 Parrots Over Puerto Rico Trumbore, Cindy Lee & Low 9781620140048 Informational 960 2013
1 3 About Parrots Sill, Cathryn Peachtree 9781561457953 Informational AD640 2014
1 3 Two Parrots Kheiriyeh, Rashin North-South 9780735841710 Literary AD880 2014
1 3 Inch by Inch Lionni, Leo HarperCollins 9780688132835 Literary 210 1960
1 3 Sylvie Sattler, Jennifer Random House Children’s 9780449810729 Literary 2009
1 3 The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Paterson, Katherine Penguin Young Readers 9780140557398 Literary AD930 1990
| Language Arts Curriculum 10 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
1 3 Today at the Bluebird Cafe Ruddell, Deborah Margaret K. McElderry 9780689871535 Poetry 2007 Books
1 3 Loon Griek, Susan Vande Groundwood 9781554980772 Literary AD920 2011
1 3 Ducks Don’t Get Wet Goldin, Augusta R. HarperCollins 9780064451871 Informational AD660 1999
1 3 National Wildlife Federation’s Kurki, Kim & National Black Dog & Leventhal 9781579129699 Informational 2014 World of Birds Wildlife Federation
1 3 Brilliant Birds Feldman, Thea Kingfisher 9780753471999 Informational 2015
1 3 Birds, Nests, And Eggs Boring, Mel Turtleback 9780613243728 Informational 830 1998
1 3 Five Little Ducks Anderson, Steven Cantata 9781632905444 Literary
1 4 The Wild Robot Brown, Peter Little, Brown Children’s 9780316381994 Literary 740L 2016
1 4 How to Heal a Broken Wing Graham, Bob Candlewick 9780763639037 Literary 2008
1 4 Lotus and Feather Jiang, Ji-li Disney-Hyperion 9781423127543 Literary 2016
1 4 The Birdman Charles, Veronika Martenova Tundra Books 9780887767401 Literary 2006
1 4 The Dead Bird Brown, Margaret Wise HarperCollins 9780060289317 Literary 2016
1 4 Stork’s Landing Lehman-Wilzig, Tami Kar-Ben Publishing 9781467713955 Literary 630 2014
1 4 Vanilla Ice Cream Graham, Bob Candlewick 9780763673772 Literary 220 2014
1 4 Loveykins Blake, Quentin Peachtree 9781561452828 Informational AD860L 2002
1 4 Basil’s Birds Rowe, Lynn Rowe Marshall Cavendish 9780761456278 Literary AD590L 2010
1 4 Albert Napoli, Donna Jo Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152052492 Literary 350L 2001
1 4 Just a Baby Bird (Little Critter) Mayer, Mercer HarperCollins 9780061478215 Literary 340L 2016
1 4 Abby’s Birds Schwartz, Ellen Tradewind Books 9781896580869 Literary 2006
1 4 Forever Friends Berger, Carin HarperCollins 9780061915284 Literary 2010
1 4 A Mother for Choco Kasza, Keiko Penguin Young Readers 9780698113640 Literary 390L 1992
1 4 Yeti and the Bird Shireen, Nadia Atheneum 9781481403894 Literary AD530L 2015
1 4 The Origami Master Lecheneyer, Nathaniel Albert Whitman 9780807561348 Literary 630L 2008
| Language Arts Curriculum 11 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
1 4 Sparrow Girl Pennypacker, Sara Hyperion 9781423111870 Literary 590L 2009
1 4 Horton Hatches the Egg Seuss, Dr. Random House Children’s 9780394800776 Literary 460L 1940
1 4 Esther the Eaglet: A True Story of Gove-Berg, Christie Adventure Publications 9781591935421 Informational 520 2015 Rescue and Rehabilitation
1 4 Fly Free! Thong, Roseanne Boyds Mills Press 9781590785508 Literary 760L 2010
1 4 Puffling Patrol Lewin, Ted Lee & Low 9781600604249 Informational 910L 2013
1 4 Say Something, Perico Harris, Trudy Millbrook Press 9780761352310 Literary 570L 2011
| Language Arts Curriculum 12 K-5 RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND OTHER RESOURCES LIST Grade 2
Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
2 1 Crow Boy Yashima, Taro Penguin Young Readers 9780140501728 Literary AD760 1955
2 1 Where Are You Going, Manyoni? Stock, Elizabeth HarperCollins 9780688103521 Literary AD570 1993
2 1 Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Suneby, Liz Kids Can Press 9781554538164 Literary 680 2013 Dream of an Education
2 1 Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Tonatiuh, Duncan Abrams Books for 9781419710544 Literary AD870 2014 Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Young Readers Desegregation
2 1 The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams Trent, Tererai Viking Books for 9780670016549 Literary NC770 2015 in a Can Young Readers
2 1 School Days around the World Ruurs, Margriet Kids Can Press 9781771380478 Informational AD680 2015
2 1 It’s Back To School We Go!: First Jackson, Ellen Lerner 9780761319481 Informational 2003 Day Stories from Around The World
2 1 This Is My Home, This Is My School Bean, Jonathan Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780374380205 Informational 2015
2 1 School Days Around the World Chambers, Catherine DK Publishing 9780756625481 Informational 2007
2 1 School in Many Cultures Adamson, Heather Capstone 9781429633833 Informational 220 2009
2 1 The Way to School McCarney, Rosemary Second Story Press 9781927583784 Informational 2015
2 1 This Is the Way We Go to School: Baer, Edith Scholastic 9780590431620 Informational 360 1992 A Book About Children Around the World
2 1 Recess at 20 Below Aillaud, Cindy Graphic Arts Books 9780882406091 Informational AD900 2005
2 1 My School In The Rain Forest: Ruurs, Margriet Highlights Press 9781590786017 Informational NC960 2009 How Children Attend School Around The World
2 1 Listen To The Wind : The Story Of Mortenson, Greg Penguin Young Readers 9780803730588 Informational AD740 2009 Dr. Greg And Three Cups Of Tea
2 1 Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Winter, Jeannette Beach Lane Books 9781416994374 Informational AD630 2009 Story from Afghanistan
| Language Arts Curriculum 13 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
2 2 Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs: Willems, Mo Balzer + Bray 9780062104182 Literary AD910 2012 As Retold by Mo Willems
2 2 Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Willems, Mo Disney Press 9780786837489 Literary AD500 2006 Know She Was Extinct
2 2 Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems Florian, Doug Beach Lane Books 9781416979784 Poetry 2009 and Paintings
2 2 Dinosaurs Before Dark: Osborne, Mary Pope Random House 9780679824114 Literary 240 1992 Magic Tree House #1
2 2 A Mysterious Egg: The Dino Files #1 McAnulty, Stacy Random House 9780553521917 Literary 440 2016
2 2 Paleontology: The Study of Pre- Gray, Susan Heinrichs Scholastic 9780531282748 Informational 860 2012 historic Life (True Book: Earth Sciences)
2 2 Dinosaur Bones (Let’s Read and Aliki HarperCollins 9780064450775 Informational 460 1988 Find Out Science Stage 2)
2 2 Digging Up Dinosaurs (Let’s Read Aliki HarperCollins 9780064450782 Informational 490 1988 and Find Out Science Stage 2)
2 2 Dinosaurs Are Different (Let’s Read Aliki HarperCollins 9780064450560 Informational 530 1986 and Find Out Science Stage 2)
2 2 My Visit to the Dinosaurs (Let’s Aliki HarperCollins 9780064450201 Informational 540 1969 Read and Find Out Science Stage 2)
2 2 Dinosaur Discoveries Gibbons, Gail Holiday House 9780823420308 Informational IG760 2005
2 2 Dinosaur Tracks (Let’s Read and Zoehfeld, Kathleen HarperCollins 9780060290245 Informational 2007 Find Out Science Stage 2) Weidener
2 2 Barnum’s Bones: How Barnum Fern, Tracy Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780374305161 Informational 1010 2012 Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
2 2 Prehistoric Actual Size Jenkins, Steve HMH Books for 9780544582385 Informational IG1130 2015 Young Readers
2 2 Boy, Were We Wrong About Kudlinski, Kathleen V. Puffin Books 9780142411933 Informational AD900 2005 Dinosaurs!
2 2 How the Dinosaur Got to the Hartland, Jessie Blue Apple Books 9781609050900 Informational AD1280 2011 Museum
| Language Arts Curriculum 14 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
2 2 Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Bang, Molly and Chisholm, Scholastic 9780545577854 Informational NC860 2014 Have Changed the Earth Peggy
2 2 The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Kerley, Barbara Scholastic 9780439114943 Informational 550 2001 Hawkins
2 2 How Does a Bone Become a Fossil? Stewart, Melissa Raintree 978-1410985293 Informational 870L 2010 (How Does It Happen)
2 2 Living Fossils: Clues to the Past Arnold, Caroline Charlesbridge 978-1580896917 Informational 1040 2016
2 2 Fossil Thomson, Bill Two Lions 978-1477847008 Informational NP 2013
2 2 Explore Fossils!: With 25 Great Brown, Cynthia Light & Nomad Press 978-1619303355 Informational 860 2016 Projects Grace Brown
2 2 The Dino Files #2: Too Big to Hide McAnulty, Stacy Random House Books 978-0553521948 Literary 400 2016 for Young People
2 2 DK Eyewitness Books: Fossil Taylor, Paul DK Publishing 978-0756606824 Informational 2004
2 2 Curious About Fossils Waters, Kate Grosset & Dunlap 978-0448490199 Informational 2016
2 2 Ivy and Bean break the fossil record Barrows, Annie Chronicle Books 978-0811862509 Literary 520 2007
2 2 Dinosaurs Zoehfeld, Kathleen National Geographic 978-1426307751 Informational 520 2011 Weidener Children’s Books
2 2 Rocks, fossils, and arrowheads Evert, Laura Cooper Square Publishing 978-1559717861 Informational 2001
2 2 Life story : a play in five acts Burton, Virginia Lee & An- HMH Books for 978-0547203591 Informational 2009 drew H Knoll Young Readers
2 2 Fossils Tell Stories Cowley, Joy Lerner Publications 978-1925186161 Informational AD500L 2015
2 2 Be a Paleontologist Dowell, Lori Gareth Stevens 978-1482412093 Informational 2015
2 2 Dinosaur Detectives Chrisp, Peter DK Childrens 978-0756655976 Informational 770 2001
2 3 Our School Garden! Swann, Rick Readers to Eaters 9780983661504 Informational 2012
2 3 A Seed Is Sleepy Aston, Dianna Hutts Chronicle 9781452131474 Informational AD750 2014
2 3 Seeds Robbins, Ken Atheneum 9780689850417 Informational 2004
2 3 What’s in the Garden? Berkes, Marianne Dawn Publications 9781584691907 Informational AD710 2013
| Language Arts Curriculum 15 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
2 3 Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make Gourley, Robbin Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780544809017 Literary AD810 2008 You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis
2 3 City Green DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne HarperCollins 9780688127862 Literary 480 1994
2 3 The Curious Garden Brown, Peter Little, Brown 9780316015479 Literary AD840 2009
2 3 The Ugly Vegetables Lin, Grace Charlesbridge 9781570914911 Literary 390 1999
2 3 The Garden of Happiness Tamar, Erika Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152305826 Literary 590 1996
2 3 Our Community Garden Pollak, Barbara Beyond Words 9781582701097 Literary 2004
2 3 The Gardener Stewart, Sarah Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780312367497 Literary AD570 1997
2 3 Plantzilla Nolen, Jerdine Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152053925 Literary 460 2002
2 3 How a Seed Grows Jordan, Helene J. HarperCollins 9780062381880 Informational AD400 1992
2 3 Weslandia Fleischman, Paul Candlewick 9780763610524 Literary AD820 1999
2 3 Miss Rumphius Cooney, Barbara Penguin Young Readers 9780140505399 Literary 680 1982
2 3 Animal Pollinators Boothroyd, Jennifer Lerner 9781467760690 Informational 470 2015
2 3 Insect Pollinators Boothroyd, Jennifer Lerner 9781467760683 Informational 490 2015
2 3 The Reason for a Flower: A Book Heller, Ruth Penguin Young Readers 9780698115590 Informational NP 1983 About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds
2 3 In the Garden Schwartz, David M. Creative Teaching Press 9781574712162 Informational 1999
2 3 Up in the Garden and Down in the Messner, Kate Chronicle 9781452119366 Informational AD730 2015 Dirt
2 3 Achoo!: Why Pollen Counts Bersani, Shennen Arbordale 9781628555509 Literary 670 2015
2 3 What If There Are No Bees? Slade, Suzanne Capstone 9781404863941 Informational 890 2011
2 3 Sylvia’s Spinach Pryor, Katherine Readers to Eaters 9780983661511 Literary 2012
2 3 Slugs, Bugs, And Salamanders Kneidel, Sally Fulcrum 9781555913137 Informational 1997
2 3 The Ugly Vegetables Lin, Grace Charlesbridge 9781570914911 Literary 390 1999
| Language Arts Curriculum 16 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
2 3 From Seed to Apple Tree Anderson, Steven Cantata 9781632904584 Literary 2015
2 3 From Seed to Flower Anderson, Steven Cantata 9781632904560 Literary 2015
2 4 Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story Thompson, Laurie Ann Random House Children’s 9780449817445 Informational AD770 2015 of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
2 4 My Name Is Sangoel Williams, Karen Lynn and Eerdmans 9780802853073 Literary AD440 2009 Khadra Mohammed
2 4 My Three Best Friends and Me, Best, Cari Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780374388195 Literary 2015 Zulay
2 4 A Boy and a Jaguar Rabinowitz, Alan Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780547875071 Informational 670 2014
2 4 Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Engle, Margarita Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780544102293 Informational 2015 Courage Changed Music
2 4 Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Tonatiuh, Duncan Abrams 9781419710544 Informational 870 2014 Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
2 4 One Hen: How One Small Loan Milway, Katie Smith Kids Can Press 9781554530281 Informational 810 2008 Made a Big Difference
2 4 First Come The Zebra Barasch, Lynne Lee & Low 9781600603655 Literary AD600L 2010
2 4 Follow The Moon Home Cousteau, Philippe Chronicle Books 9781452112411 Literary NC520L 2016
2 4 Kids Who Are Changing the World Jankeliowitch, Anne Sourcebooks 9781402295324 Informational 950 2014
2 4 Ada’s Violin: The Story Of The Recy- Hood, Susan Simon & Schuster 9781481430951 Informational 820 2016 cled Orchestra Of Paraguay
2 4 One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and Paul, Miranda Millbrook Press 9781467716086 Informational AD480L 2015 the Recycling Women of the Gambia
2 4 The Amazing Age of John Roy Barton, Chris Eerdmans 9780802853790 Informational 920 2015 Lynch
2 4 Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Binder, Phil Chronicle 9781452125787 Literary AD560L 2015 Katrina And The Spirit Of New Orleans
| Language Arts Curriculum 17 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
2 4 The Grasshopper and the Ants Pinkney, Jerry Little, Brown Children’s 9780316400817 Literary 2015
2 4 Fables Lobel, Arnold HarperCollins 9780064430463 Literary 540 1980
2 4 Aesop’s Fables Aesop and Pinkney, Jerry Chronicle 9781587170003 Literary 760L 2000
2 4 What If There Were No Bees?: A Slade, Suzanne Picture Window Books 9781404863941 Informational 890L 2010 Book About Grassland Ecosystem
| Language Arts Curriculum 18 K-5 RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND OTHER RESOURCES LIST Grade 3
Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
3 1 Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Suneby, Liz Kids Can 9781554538164 Literary 680 2013 Dream of an Education
3 1 My Name Is Sangoel Williams, Karen Lynn and Eerdmans 9780802853073 Literary AD440 2009 Khadra Mohammed
3 1 Who is Malala Yousafzai? Brown, Dinah Penguin Young Readers 9780448489377 Informational 680 2015
3 1 The Breadwinner Ellis, Deborah Groundwood 9781554987658 Literary 630 2015
3 1 Freedom’s School Cline-Ransome, Lesa Disney Press 9781423161035 Literary 2015
3 1 La Mariposa Jimenez, Francisco HMH Books for Young 9780618073177 Literary 750 2000 Readers
3 1 Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys Howard, Elizabeth Simon & Schuster Books 9780689800764 Literary 190 2000 Fitzgerald for Young Readers
3 1 Four Feet, Two Sandals Williams, Karen Lynn Eerdmans 9780802852960 Literary 620 2007
3 1 Bibiloburro: A True Story from Winter, Jeanette and Beach Lane Books 9781416997788 Informational AD640 2010 Colombia Emily Dickinson
3 2 Marsh Music Berkes, Marianne Lerner 9780761374619 Literary 2000
3 2 The Wind in the Willows Grahame, Kenneth Aladdin 9780689713101 Literary 1140 1989
3 2 Frankly, I Never Wanted to Kiss Loewen, Nancy Capstone 9781479519521 Literary 540 2013 Anybody!
3 2 The Frog Prince, Continued Scieszka, Jon Viking Books for 9780140542851 Literary AD600 1991 Young Readers
3 2 Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout McDonald, Megan Candlewick 9780763666880 Literary 500 2014
3 2 Tuesday Wiesner, David Clarion 9780395870822 Literary NP 1991
3 2 With the Frogs Greenburg, J.C. Random House Children’s 9780375846687 Literary 570 2008
3 2 Frog Song Guiberson, Brenda Z. Henry Holt 9780805092547 Informational AD950 2012
3 2 A Place for Frogs Stewart, Melissa Peachtree 9781561459025 Informational 930 2016
3 2 Frogs! Strange and Wonderful Pringle, Laurence Highlights Press 9781590783719 Informational 980 2012
| Language Arts Curriculum 19 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
3 2 Frogs Simon, Seymour HarperCollins 9780062289117 Informational 2015
3 2 Frogs Bishop, Nic Scholastic 9780439877558 Informational 890 2008
3 2 Amphibian (Eyewitness DVD) Hanson, David (writer); DK Publishing 9781223073149 Multimedia 2008 Miller, Perry (director)
3 2 Fabulous Frogs Thompson, Sally (filmmak- PBS 9781627890731 Multimedia 2014 er), Attenborough, David
3 3 Boy: Tales of Childhood Dahl, Roald Penguin Young Readers 9780142413814 Informational 1090 1984
3 3 The Hundred Dresses Estes, Eleanor Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152052607 Literary 870 1944
3 3 Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Andersen, Hans Christian Puffin Books 9780141329017 Literary 2010 Tales
3 3 Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Penguin Young Readers 9780147509499 Literary 2012 Grimm: Deluxe Hardcover Classic
3 3 Aesop’s Fables Pinkney, Jerry Chronicle Books 9781587170003 Literary 760 2000
3 3 The Random House Book of Fairy Ehrlich, Amy Random House Children’s 9780394856933 Literary 810 1985 Tales
3 3 The People Could Fly: American Hamilton, Virginia Random House Children’s 9780679843368 Literary 660 1985 Black Folktales
3 3 Native American Stories Bruchac, Joseph & Caduto, Fulcrum 9781555910945 Literary 1991 Michael J.
3 3 The Adventures of Spider: West Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper Little, Brown 9780316051071 Literary 710 1964 African Folktales
3 3 Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispan- Ada, Alma Flor & Campoy, Atheneum 9780689825835 Literary 2006 ic Folktale Collection F. Isabel
3 3 Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Mandela, Nelson W. W. Norton 9780393329902 Literary 2002 Folktales
3 3 Asian Children’s Favorite Stories: A Romulo, Liana & Conger, Tuttle 9780804836692 Literary 2006 Treasury of Folktales from China, David, et al. Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia
3 3 Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary, Beverly HarperCollins 9780380709588 Literary 910 1983
| Language Arts Curriculum 20 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
3 3 Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave Mayer, Marianna HarperCollins 9780688085001 Literary 820 1994
3 3 Lost Boy: The Story Of The Man Yolen, Jane Penguin Young Readers 9780525478867 Informational 970 2010 Who Created Peter Pan
3 3 The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale Heo, Yumi Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780618432288 Literary 790 1996
3 3 El Cucuy!: A Bogeyman Cuento in Hayes, Joe Cinco Puntos 9780938317784 Literary 770 2001 English and Spanish
3 3 The Storyteller Turk, Evan Atheneum 9781481435185 Literary AD870 2016
3 3 Lady Hahn And Her Seven Friends Heo, Yumi Henry Holt 9780805041279 Literary 2012
3 3 A Spoon for Every Bite/Una cuchara Hayes, Joe Cinco Puntos 9780938317937 Literary 700 2005 para cada bocado
3 3 Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Aardema, Verna Penguin Young Readers 9780140549058 Literary 770 1975 Ears
3 3 Nasreddine Weulersse, Odile Eerdmans 9780802854162 Literary AD680 2013
3 3 Joha Makes A Wish Kimmel, Eric A. Amazon Childrens 9781477816875 Literary AD500 2010
3 4 Lila and the Secret of Rain Conway, David Frances Lincoln 9781847800350 Literary 2007
3 4 Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Aardema, Verna Penguin Young Readers 9780140546163 Literary 1981
3 4 The Storyteller Turk, Evan Atheneum 9781481435185 Literary AD870L 2016
3 4 Water in the Park: A Book About Jenkins, Emily Random House Children’s 9780375870026 Literary AD590L 2013 Water and the Times of the Day
3 4 Hope Springs Walters, Eric Tundra Books 9781770495302 Literary 2014
3 4 The Water Princess Verde, Susan Penguin Young Readers 9780399172588 Literary 290L 2016
3 4 Anna Carries Water Senior, Olive Tradewind Books 9781896580609 Literary 2013
3 4 Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Mulder, Michelle Orca 9781459802230 Informational 1050 2014 Water Home
3 4 You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Canavan, Roger Scholastic 9780531213100 Informational 1070 2015 Clean Water!
3 4 Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Latham, Irene Millbrook Press 9781467712323 Informational 2014 Other Poems from the Water Hole
| Language Arts Curriculum 21 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
3 4 Water Is Water: A Book About the Paul, Miranda Roaring Brook Press 9781596439849 Informational BR 2015 Water Cycle
3 4 One Well: The Story of Water on Strauss, Rochelle Kids Can Press 9781553379546 Informational IG960L 2007 Earth
3 4 Water (National Geographic Kids Stewart, Melissa National Geographic 9781426314759 Informational NC740L 2014 Reader Level 3)
3 4 Our World of Water: Children and Hollyer, Beatrice Holt 9780805089417 Informational 890L 2009 Water Around the World
3 4 Water Wow! A Visual Exploration Banyard, Antonia and Paula Annick Press 9781554518210 Informational 1070 2016 Ayer
3 4 A Cool Drink of Water Kerley, Barbara National Geographic 9780792267232 Informational 2002
3 4 Not a Drop to Drink: Water for a Burgan, Michael National Geographic 9781426303609 Informational 1130 2008 Thirsty World
3 4 Clean Water (Sally Ride Science) Geiger, Beth Roaring Brook Press 9781596435773 Informational 930L 2009
3 4 Green River Lee, WonKyeong Norwood House Press 9781599536606 Literary 450 2015
3 4 Water Rolls, Water Rises: El agua Mora, Pat Lee & Low 9780892393251 Literary 930 2014 rueda, el agua sube
3 4 Drop In My Drink : The Story of Hooper, Meredith Frances Lincoln 9780670876181 Informational 1998 Water on Our Planet
3 4 Voices of the Dust Bowl Garland, Sherry Pelican 9781589809642 Informational 2012
| Language Arts Curriculum 22 K-5 RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND OTHER RESOURCES LIST Grade 4
Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
4 1 The Day of Ahmed’s Secret Parry, Florence Heide and HarperCollins 9780688140236 Literary AD810 1995 Judith Heide Gilliland
4 1 Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad Rumford, James Roaring Brook Press 9781596432765 Literary AD830 2008
4 1 The Boy Who Loved Words Schotter, Roni Random House Children’s 9780375836015 Literary AD780 2006
4 1 Visiting Langston Perdomo, Willie Square Fish 9780805078817 Literary NP 2002
4 1 Stella by Starlight Draper, Sharon M. Simon & Schuster Books 9781442494985 Literary 740 2015 for Young Readers
4 1 Word After Word After Word MacLachlan, Patricia HarperCollins 9780060279714 Literary 450 2010
4 1 Poet: The Remarkable Story of Tate, Don Peachtree 9781561458257 Informational 730 2015 George Moses Horton
4 1 Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Po- Derby, Sally Candlewick 9780763660703 Informational 2014 ems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
4 1 The Dreamer Muñoz Ryan, Pam Scholastic 9780439269988 Informational 650 2012
4 1 A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Lasky, Katherine Candlewick 9780763660918 Informational 940 2012 Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
4 1 Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Glaser, Linda HMH Books for 9780544105089 Informational AD970 2010 Statue of Liberty Young Readers
4 1 Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People Brown, Monica Holt Books for 9780805091984 Informational AD970 2011 Young Readers
4 1 Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Mazer, Square Fish 9781596436282 Informational 830 2010 Handbook Anne and Potter, Ellen
4 1 Mirror Mirror: A Book of Singer, Marilyn Dutton Children’s Books 9780525479017 Poetry 2010 Reverso Poems
4 1 Poems in the Attic Grimes, Nikki Lee & Low 9781620140277 Poetry 2015
4 1 Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Argueta, Jorge Scholastic 9780590418867 Poetry 1992 Rhymes from Latin America
| Language Arts Curriculum 23 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
4 1 Guacamole: Un Poema Para Cocinar Argueta, Jorge Groundwood 9781554981335 Poetry AD820 2012
4 1 The Drum Dream Girl Engle, Margarita HMH Books for 9780544102293 Literary NP 2015 Young Readers
4 1 Tap Dancing On The Roof: Park, Linda Sue HMH Books for 9780618234837 Poetry 650 2007 Sijo (Poems) Young Readers
4 1 No Mirrors in My Nana’s House Barnwell, Ysaye M. HMH Books for 9780152018252 Poetry NP 1998 Young Readers
4 1 Double Happiness Ling, Nancy Tupper Chronicle 9781452129181 Poetry 2015
4 2 Hide-and-Seek Science: Stevenson, Emma Holiday House 9780823422937 Informational 900 2013 Animal Camouflage
4 2 Animals That Make Me Say Wow! Cusick, Dawn Charlesbridge 9781623540418 Informational 990 2014 (National Wildlife Federation): Secret Hideaways, Infrasonic Hearing, Bub- ble Gills, and More
4 2 Animals That Make Me Say Ouch! Cusick, Dawn Charlesbridge 9781623540425 Informational 990 2014 (National Wildlife Federation): Fierce Fangs, Stinging Spines, Scary Stares, and More
4 2 Animals That Make Me Say Ewww! Cusick, Dawn Charlesbridge 9781623540630 Informational NC1080 2016 (National Wildlife Federation)
4 2 Animals That Make Me Say Look Cusick, Dawn Charlesbridge 9781623540807 Informational IG990 2016 Out! (National Wildlife Federation)
4 2 What’s for Dinner?: Quirky, Hauth, Katherine B. Charlesbridge 9781570914720 Poetry 2011 Squirmy Poems from the Animal World
4 2 Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Sidman , Joyce HMH Books for 9780618717194 Poetry NC1300 2010 Survivors Young Readers
4 2 What Do You Do When Something Jenkins, Steve HMH Books for 9780618152438 Informational AD580 2001 Wants To Eat You? Young Readers
4 2 Where Else in the Wild? Schwartz, David M. and Random House Children’s 9781582462837 Informational 2009 Schy, Yael
| Language Arts Curriculum 24 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
4 2 101 Animal Super Powers Berger, Melvin and Berger, Scholastic 9780545826242 Informational 1020 2015 Gilda
4 2 101 Hidden Animals Berger, Melvin and Berger, Scholastic 978-0545670166 Informational NC1080L 2014 Gilda
4 2 101 Animal Secrets Berger, Melvin and Berger, Scholastic 978-0545051224 Informational 830L 2009 Gilda
4 2 What are Camouflage and Mimicry? Kalman, Bobbie & Crossing- Crabtree 9780865059627 Informational NC930 2000 ham, John
4 2 Rain Forest Animal Adaptations Amstutz, Lisa J. Capstone 9781429670340 Informational 680 2011
4 2 Camouflage and Mimicry: Animal Riehecky, Janet Capstone 9781429680073 Informational 690 2012 Weapons and Defenses
4 2 The Best Peterson, Megan C. Capstone 9781429679022 Informational 670 2012 Camouflaged Animals (Extreme Animals)
4 2 When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Johnson, Rebecca L. Lerner 9781467721097 Informational 2014 Clever Animal Defenses
4 3 What Is the Declaration of Harris, Michael C. Penguin Young Readers 9780448486925 Informational 880 2016 Independence?
4 3 The Winter of Red Snow: The Diary Gregory, Kristiana Scholastic 9780545238021 Literary 870 1996 of Abigail Jane Stewart
4 3 Cannons at Dawn: The Second Dia- Gregory, Kristiana Scholastic 9780545213196 Literary 740 2011 ry of Abigail Jane Stewart
4 3 George Washington’s Spy Woodruff, Elvira Scholastic 9780545104883 Literary 710 2010
4 3 An Overview of the American Revo- Micklos, John Enslow 9780766041356 Informational 810 2013 lution - Through Primary Sources
4 3 George vs. George: The American Schanzer, Rosalyn National Geographic 9781426300424 Informational 1120 2004 Revolution As Seen from Both Sides
4 3 America’s Black Founders: Revo- Sanders, Nancy I. Chicago Review Press 9781556528118 Informational 2010 lutionary Heroes & Early Leaders with 21 Activities
| Language Arts Curriculum 25 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
4 3 Discovering Black America: Tarrant-Reid, Linda Abrams 9780810970984 Informational 1370 2012 From the Age of Exploration to the Twenty-First Century
4 3 Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Fradin, Dennis Brindell Bloomsbury 9780802797117 Informational NA 2005 Concord: First Battles of the Ameri- can Revolution
4 3 Let It Begin Here!: April 19, 1775: Brown, Don Roaring Brook Press 9781596436459 Informational 970 2008 The Day the American Revolution Began
4 3 Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Byrd, Robert Penguin Young Readers 9780803737495 Informational NC1050 2012 Times of Benjamin Franklin
4 3 Mumbet’s Declaration of Woelfle, Gretchen Lerner 9780761365891 Informational 540 2014 Independence
4 3 Independent Dames: What You Anderson, Laurie Halse Simon & Schuster 9780689858086 Informational 930 2008 Never Knew About the Women and Young Readers Girls of the American Revolution
4 3 American Revolution Murray, Stuart DK Children 9781465438584 Informational 2002
4 3 The American Revolution for Kids: Herbert, Janis Chicago Review Press 9781556524561 Informational 2002 A History with 21 Activities
4 3 Henry and the Cannons: An Brown, Don Roaring Brook Press 9781596432666 Informational AD820 2013 Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
4 3 The Fighting Ground Avi HarperCollins 9780064401852 Literary 580 1984
4 3 Sophia’s War: Avi Beach Lane Books 9781442414426 Literary 730 2012 A Tale of the Revolution
4 3 One Dead Spy Hale, Nathan Abrams 9781419703966 Informational GN270 2012
4 3 George Washington’s Socks Woodruff, Elvira Scholastic 9780590440363 Literary 840 1991
4 3 Daniel at the Siege of Boston, 1776 Calkhoven, Laurie Penguin Young Readers 9780142417508 Literary 710 2010
4 3 Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Bryan, Ashley Atheneum 9781481456906 Poetry 730 2016 Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
| Language Arts Curriculum 26 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
4 3 I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of Grady, Cynthia Eerdmans 9780802853868 Poetry 990 2012 American Slavery
4 3 For Liberty: The Story Of The Bos- Decker, Timothy Highlights Press 9781590786086 Informational 730 2009 ton Massacre
4 3 Aaron and Alexander: The Most Brown, Don Roaring Brook Press 9781596439986 Informational 890 2015 Famous Duel in American History
4 4 Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebra- Winter, Jonah Random House Children’s 9780385390286 Informational 1030 2015 tion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
4 4 Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: Lowery, Lynda Blackmon (as Penguin Young Readers 9780147512161 Informational 780 2015 My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting told to Elspeth Leacock and Rights March Susan Buckley)
4 4 Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up Pinkney, Andrea Davis Little, Brown Children’s 9780316070164 Informational AD500L 2010 by Sitting Down
4 4 The First Step: How One Girl Put Goodman, Susan E. Bloomsbury 9780802737397 Informational 770L 2016 Segregation on Trial
4 4 Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Tonatiuh, Duncan Abrams 9781419710544 Informational 870 2014 Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
4 4 Ruth and the Green Book Ramsey, Calvin Alexander Lerner 9780761352556 Literary 810L 2010 with Gwen Strauss
4 4 Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Markel, Michelle HarperCollins 9780061804427 Informational AD760L 2013 Makers’ Strike of 1909
4 4 The Youngest Marcher: The Story Levinson, Cynthia Atheneum 9781481400701 Informational 2017 of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
4 4 The Voting Rights Act of 1965: An Burgan, Michael Capstone 9781491418055 Informational 740L 2015 Interactive History Adventure
4 4 Through My Eyes Bridges, Ruby Scholastic 9780590189231 Informational 860L 1999
4 4 Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to Bandy, Michael S. and Eric Candlewick 9780763665937 Literary AD670L 2015 the Ballot Box Stein
| Language Arts Curriculum 27 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
4 4 Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys Grimes, Nikki Scholastic 9780439793384 Informational 960L 2015 of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
4 4 Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride Pinkney, Andrea Davis Disney Press 9780786807673 Informational AD650L 2009
4 4 My Name Is Truth: The Life of Turner, Ann HarperCollins 9780060758981 Informational AD1410L 2015 Sojourner Truth
4 4 Only Passing Through: The Story of Rockwell, Anne Random House Children’s 9780440417668 Informational AD790L 2000 Sojourner Truth
4 4 Miss Paul and the President: The Robbins, Dean Random House Children’s 9781101937204 Informational 2016 Creative Campaign for Women’s Right to Vote
4 4 Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Stone, Tanya Lee Holt 9780312602369 Informational AD700L 2008 Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
4 4 I Pledge Allegiance Mora, Pat Random House Children’s 9780307931818 Literary AD580L 2014
4 4 Iqbal D’Adamo, Francesco Atheneum 9780786263851 Literary 730 2003
4 4 Paper Wishes Sepahban, Lois Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780374302160 Literary 550L 2016
4 4 Desmond And the Very Mean Word Tutu, Desmond Candlewick 9780763652296 Literary 2013
4 4 Lion Island: Chinese Cuba’s Warrior Engle, Margarita Atheneum 9781481461122 Literary 2016 of Words
| Language Arts Curriculum 28 K-5 RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND OTHER RESOURCES LIST Grade 5
Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
5 1 Bat 6 Wolff, Virginia Euwer Scholastic 9780590897990 Literary 930 1998
5 1 Ruth and the Green Book Ramsey, Calvin A. Lerner 9780761352556 Literary 810 2010
5 1 Revolution (The Sixties Trilogy) Wiles, Deborah Scholastic 9780545106078 Literary 840 2014
5 1 Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Tonatiuh, Duncan Abrams 9781419710544 Literary 870 2014 Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
5 1 Sylvia & Aki Conkling, Winifred Yearling 9781582463452 Literary 760 2013
5 1 The Lions of Little Rock Levine, Kristin Penguin Young Readers 9780142424353 Literary 630 2012
5 1 A Long Walk to Water: Based on a Park, Linda Sue Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780547577319 Literary 720 2010 True Story
5 1 Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: Blumenthal, Karen Simon & Schuster Books 9780689859571 Informational 1140 2005 The Law That Changed The Future for Young Readers of Girls in America
5 1 Not a Drop to Drink: Water for a Burgan, Michael National Geographic 9781426302671 Informational 1130 2008 Thirsty World
5 1 Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Mulder, Michelle Orca Book Publishers 9781459802230 Informational 1050 2014 Water Home
5 1 Marching for Freedom: Walk Partridge, Elizabeth Penguin Young Readers 9780670011896 Informational 960 2009 Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary
5 1 Heart and Soul: The Story of Ameri- Nelson, Kadir Balzer + Bray 9780061730795 Informational 1050 2013 ca and African Americans
5 1 Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Nivola, Claire Farrar, Straus & Giroux 9780374399184 Informational 1030 2008 Story of Wangari Maathai
5 1 Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: Lowry, Linda Blackmon and Penguin Young Readers 9780803741232 Informational 780 2015 My Story of the Selma Voting Rights Elspeth Leacock and Susan March Buckley
5 1 We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birming- Levinson, Cynthia Peachtree 9781561456277 Informational 1020 2012 ham Children’s March
| Language Arts Curriculum 29 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
5 1 Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Chikwanine, Michel and Kids Can 9781771381260 Informational 680 2015 Are Used in War Jessica Dee Humphreys
5 1 I Have a Right to be a Child Serres, Alain Groundwood 9781554981496 Informational 2012
5 1 Iqbal D’Adamo, Francesco Aladdin 9781416903291 Literary 730 2003
5 1 Boys without Names Sheth, Kashmira HarperCollins 9780061857621 Literary 670 2011
5 1 How I became a Ghost: A Choctaw Tingle, Tim The RoadRunner Press 9781937054533 Literary HL480 2013 Trail of Tears story
5 1 Weedflower Kadohata, Cynthia Aladdin 9780547722399 Literary 750 2006
5 1 When My Name Was Keoko Park, Linda Sue Yearling 9780440419440 Literary 610 2002
5 1 Arcady’s Goal Yelchin, Eugene Square Fish 9781250068149 Literary 630 2014
5 1 No Ordinary Day Ellis, Deborah Groundwood 9781554981083 Literary 580 2011
5 1 Across the Tumen Moon, Young Sook Seoul Selection 9781624120091 Literary 2014
5 1 Night On Fire Kidd, Ronald Albert Whitman 9780807570241 Literary 600 2015
5 1 A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk Coates, Jan L. Fitzhenry & Whiteside 9780889954519 Literary 2010
5 1 Caminar Brown, Skila Candlewick 9780763665166 Poetry NP 2014
5 2 Silver People: Voices from the Pan- Engle, Margarita Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780544109414 Literary 2014 ama Canal
5 2 Jaguar Smith, Roland Disney-Hyperion 9780786813124 Literary 690 1997
5 2 Animal Poems of the Iguazú: Ani- Alarcón, Francisco X. Lee & Low 9780892392995 Literary 2013 malario del Iguazú
5 2 Journey to the River Sea Ibbotson, Eva Penguin Young Readers 9780142501849 Literary 860 2001
5 2 Jungle of Bones Mikaelsen, Ben Scholastic 9780545442862 Literary 770 2014
5 2 One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest George, Jean Craighead HarperCollins 9780064420167 Informational 880 1995
5 2 Breakfast in the Rainforest: A Visit Sobol, Richard Candlewick 9780763651343 Informational 1180 2010 with Mountain Gorillas
5 2 Tropical Rainforests Simon, Seymour HarperCollins 9780061142536 Informational NC1060 2010
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5 2 Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvel- Messner, Kate Chronicle 9781452112480 Informational NC1060 2015 ous Lives of a Rainforest Tree
5 2 Navigators: Rainforest Langley, Andrew Kingfisher 9780753469385 Informational 2013
5 2 This Place Is Wet Cobb, Vicki Walker Children’s 9780802734006 Informational 900 2013
5 2 Rain Forests Vogt, Simon & Schuster 9781416938668 Informational 2009 Richard C.
5 2 No Monkeys, No Chocolate Stewart, Melissa and Alan Charlesbridge 9781580892872 Informational AD740 2013 Young
5 2 Rainforest Food Chains Aloian, Molly and Bobbie Crabtree 9780778719977 Informational NC860 2006 Kalman
5 3 Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Moss, Marisa Abrams 9781419720581 Literary 800 2013 Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII
5 3 Baseball Saved Us Mochizuki, Ken Lee & Low 9781880000199 Literary AD550 1993
5 3 Knockout!: A Photobiography of Sullivan, George National Geographic 9781426303289 Informational 830 2008 Boxer Joe Louis
5 3 Henry Aaron’s Dream Tavares, Matt Candlewick 9780763658205 Informational AD920 2010
5 3 We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro Nelson, Kadir Disney-Hyperion 9780786808328 Informational 900 2008 League Baseball
5 3 My Name Is Blessing Walters, Eric Tundra 9781770493018 Literary AD630 2013
5 3 Colors of the Wind: The Story of Powers, J.L. Purple House 9781930900738 Informational 2014 Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza
5 3 A Boy and a Jaguar Rabinowitz, Alan Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780547875071 Informational AD670 2014
5 3 Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story Thompson, Laurie Ann Random House Children’s 9780449817445 Informational AD770 2015 of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
5 3 A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Bryant, Jen Random House Children’s 9780375867125 Informational 610 2013 Horace Pippin
5 3 Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Mak- Freedman, Russell Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780544104914 Informational 1060 1999 ing of a Champion
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5 3 Babe Conquers the World: The Wallace, Rich & Wallace, Highlights Press 9781590789810 Informational 930 2014 Legendary Life of Babe Didrikson Sandra Neil Zaharias
5 3 Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Krull, Kathleen Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152020989 Informational AD730 1996 Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman
5 3 Game Changer: John Mclendon And Coy, John Lerner 9781467726047 Informational NC1170 2015 The Secret Game
5 3 Something To Prove: The Great Skead, Robert Lerner 9780761366195 Informational 800 2013 Satchel Paige Vs. Rookie Joe DiMag- gio
5 3 Catching The Moon: The Story Of A Hubbard, Crystal Lee & Low 9781600605727 Informational AD760 2005 Young Girl’s Baseball Dream
5 3 Louis Sockalexis: Native American Wise, Bill Lee & Low 9781600604287 Informational AD920 2007 Baseball Pioneer
5 3 John Tortes “Chief” Meyers: A Young, William A. McFarland 9780786468010 Informational 2012 Baseball Biography
5 3 America’s Champion Swimmer: Adler, David A. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780152052515 Informational 580 2000 Gertrude Ederle
5 3 Let Me Play: The Story Of Title IX: Blumenthal, Karen Atheneum 9780689859571 Informational 1140 2005 The Law That Changed The Future Of Girls In America
5 3 Silent Running: Our Family’s Jour- Schneider, Robyn K. Triumph 9781629370910 Informational 2015 ney To The Finish Line With Autism
5 3 Game, Set, Match, Champion Ar- Hubbard, Crystal Lee & Low 978-1620143162 Informational 960 2010 thur Ashe
5 3 Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story Smith Jr., Charles R. Candlewick 9780763616922 Poetry NP 2007 of Muhammad Ali
5 3 Becoming Joe DiMaggio Testa, Maria Candlewick 9780763624446 Poetry NP 2002
5 3 Just as Good: How Larry Doby Crowe, Chris Candlewick 9780763650261 Literary AD690 2012 Changed America’s Game
5 3 Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Stone, Tanya Lee Candlewick 9780763636111 Informational 980 2009 Dared to Dream
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5 3 Growing Up Pedro: How the Mar- Tavares, Matt Candlewick 9780763668242 Informational AD820 2015 tinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues
5 4 Saint Louis Armstrong Beach Woods, Brenda Penguin Young Readers 9780142421864 Literary 660 2012
5 4 Ninth Ward Rhodes, Jewell Parker Little, Brown Children’s 9780316043083 Literary 470 2010
5 4 Serafina’s Promise Burg, Ann E. Scholastic 9780545535670 Literary 2013
5 4 Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Philbrick, Rodman Scholastic 9780545342391 Literary 860L 2013 Katrina
5 4 Night of the Howling Dogs Salisbury, Grahaam Random House Children’s 9780440238393 Literary 530 2007
5 4 The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Yep, Laurence HarperCollins 9780060008468 Literary 510 2006 Francisco Earthquake of 1906
5 4 Earthquake Terror Kehret, Peg Penguin Young Readers 9780140383430 Literary 690L 1996
5 4 Under the Ashes Rankin, Cindy Albert Whitman 9780807536353 Literary 690L 2016
5 4 Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina Brown, Don Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9780544157774 Informational GN920L 2015 and New Orleans
5 4 Escaping the Giant Wave Kehret, Peg Aladdin 9780689852732 Literary 750L 2003
5 4 Hurricane Boy Dragon, Laura Roach Pelican Publishing 9781455619160 Literary 2014
5 4 Finding Someplace Patrick, Denise Lewis Square Fish 9781250079824 Literary 680L 2016
5 4 Upside Down in the Middle of Lamana, Julie T. Chronicle 9781452128801 Literary 750L 2014 Nowhere
5 4 Another Kind of Hurricane Smith, Tamara Ellis Random House Children’s 9780553511932 Literary 560 2015
5 4 Tsunami! Kajikawa, Komiko Penguin Young Readers 9780399250064 Literary NC620L 2009
5 4 Tornadoes Simon, Seymour HarperCollins 9780064437912 Informational 1020 1999
5 4 Earthquakes Simon, Seymour HarperCollins 9780060877156 Informational 1010 1991
5 4 Volcanoes Simon, Seymour HarperCollins 9780060877170 Informational 880 1988
5 4 Hurricanes Simon, Seymour HarperCollins 9780061170713 Informational 2003
5 4 Storms Simon, Seymour HarperCollins 9780688117085 Informational 940 1989
| Language Arts Curriculum 33 Author Pub Grade Module Title Publisher ISBN13 Text Type Lexile (Last Name, First Name) Date
5 4 Wildfires Simon, Seymour HarperCollins 9780062345066 Informational 990L 1996
5 4 When the Earth Shakes: Earth- Winchester, Simon Penguin Young Readers 9780670785360 Informational NC1290L 2015 quakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
5 4 Inside Tornadoes Carson, Mary Kay Sterling 9781402777813 Informational 2010
5 4 Natural Disasters Watts, Claire and Trevor Day DK Publishing 9781465438089 Informational NC1220L 2006
5 4 Hurricane & Tornado Challoner, Jack DK Publishing 9781465420534 Informational IG1090L 2000
5 4 Volcano & Earthquake Van Rose, Susanna DK Publishing 9781465426185 Informational 1060L 1992
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