Note: MetaMetrics® made changes to the Lexile® levels in June 2017 in order to provide more accurate measures for early readers. These changes affected 32% of all previously assigned Lexile® levels, including some texts for elementary and middle grade readers. The Lexile® levels listed on EL Education materials were added before this shift and do not reflect updated Lexile® levels.
Module 1
Texts to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
| Text or Resource | Quantity | ISBNs |
|---|---|---|
| A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World | 1 per classroom |
ISBN: 9780756618032 |
| Esperanza Rising | 1 per student |
ISBN: 9780439120425 |
Recommended texts for independent reading
Optional texts for students to read on their own to learn more about the topic. You can also download a PDF of this list.| Text | Genre | Lexile Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Todos Iguales/All Equal | Informational | 1 100 |
| That’s Not Fair! | Informational | 650 |
| Dreams of Freedom | Literary | |
| Rise Up! The Art of Protest | Informational | 1 130 |
| Soldier for Equality | Informational | 860 |
| The Undefeated | Poetry | |
| Side By Side | Literary | 760 |
| La Frontera | Informational | |
| Refugee 87 | Literary | |
| Stella by Starlight | Literary | 740 |
| Return to Sender | Literary | 890 |
| Refugee | Literary | 800 |
| I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) | Informational | 830 |
| Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March | Informational | 780 |
| Sylvia & Aki | Literary | 760 |
| Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation | Literary | 870 |
| Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai | Informational | 1 030 |
| Iqbal | Literary | 730 |
| I Have a Right to Be a Child | Informational | |
| How I became a Ghost: a Choctaw Trail of Tears story | Literary | 480 |
| Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | Informational | 1 050 |
| Boys without Names | Literary | 670 |
Module 2
Texts to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
| Text or Resource | Quantity | ISBNs |
|---|---|---|
| The Most Beautiful Roof in the World | 1 per student |
ISBN: 9780152008970 |
| Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace | 1 per class |
ISBN: 9781600603679 |
| The Great Kapok Tree | 1 per class |
ISBN: 9780152026141 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| “Bite at Night!” |
Recommended texts for independent reading
Optional texts for students to read on their own to learn more about the topic. You can also download a PDF of this list.| Text | Genre | Lexile Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Who Needs a Jungle? | Informational | |
| Margarito’s Forest | Informational | |
| Rainforests | Informational | 670 |
| The Amazon (DK Eyewitness Books Series) | Informational | |
| A Walk in the Rain Forest | Informational | |
| Mez’s Magic | Literary | |
| My Home in the Rainforest | Poetry | |
| Rain Forest Relay | Literary | 650 |
| Life in the Amazon Rainforest | Informational | |
| The Explorer | Literary | 600 |
| Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish are Saving the World’s Largest Rainforest (Scientists in the Field) | Informational | 1 050 |
| Rainforest Food Chains | Informational | 860 |
| No Monkeys, No Chocolate | Informational | 740 |
| The Forever Forest: Kids Save a Tropical Treasure | Informational | 950 |
| Tropical Rainforests | Informational | 1 060 |
| Breakfast in the Rainforest: A Visit with Mountain Gorillas | Informational | 1 180 |
| One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest | Informational | 880 |
| Journey to the River Sea | Literary | 860 |
| Animal Poems of the Iguazú: Animalario del Iguazú | Literary | |
| Jaguar | Literary | 690 |
| Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal | Literary |
Module 3
Texts to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
| Text or Resource | Quantity | ISBNs |
|---|---|---|
| Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America | 1 per student |
ISBN: 9780439425926 |
Recommended texts for independent reading
Optional texts for students to read on their own to learn more about the topic. You can also download a PDF of this list.| Text | Genre | Lexile Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Go for the Goal | Informational | |
| Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women’s Running Revolutionary | Informational | |
| Black Brother, Black Brother | Literary | |
| Pelé | Informational | |
| Muhammad Ali Visual Encyclopedia | Informational | |
| Roberto Clemente | Informational | 930 |
| Proud (Young Readers Edition) | Informational | |
| The Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku | Informational | |
| The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe | Informational | |
| The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics (Young Readers Edition) | Informational | 1 000 |
| Rising Above: Inspiring Women in Sports | Informational | 1 070 |
| Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars | Informational | 1 010 |
| Patina (Track #2) | Literary | 710 |
| Olympic Gold 1936: How the Image of Jesse Owens Crushed Hitler's Evil Myth | Informational | 1 080 |
| Jim Thorpe: Original All American | Informational | 950 |
| Ghost (Track #1) | Literary | 730 |
| Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court | Informational | 990 |
| Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues | Informational | 820 |
| America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle | Informational | 580 |
| Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer | Informational | 920 |
| Catching The Moon: The Story Of A Young Girl’s Baseball Dream | Informational | 760 |
| Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman | Informational | 730 |
| Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion | Informational | 1 060 |
| We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | Informational | 900 |
| Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII | Informational | 800 |
Module 4
Texts to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
| Text or Resource | Quantity | ISBNs |
|---|---|---|
| Eight Days: A Story of Haiti | 1 per student |
ISBN: 9780545278492 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Job | 1 per student |
National Women's History Museum , |
| O’ Beautiful Storm | 1 per student | |
| In the Water Where the City Ends | 1 per student |
youtube , |
| Know the Facts, Be Empowered! |
Ready.gov, 2017 |
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| How Well Is Your Community Prepared? |
Scholastic , 2017 |
Recommended texts for independent reading
Optional texts for students to read on their own to learn more about the topic. You can also download a PDF of this list.| Text | Genre | Lexile Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Volcano & Earthquake | Informational | 1 060 |
| Quake | Literary | |
| Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World | Literary | |
| I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 | Literary | 640 |
| I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 | Literary | 710 |
| I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, 79 A.D. | Literary | 700 |
| I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 | Literary | 650 |
| I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 | Literary | |
| Hurricane & Tornado | Informational | 1 090 |
| Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World | Informational | |
| Eye of the Storm: NASA, Drones, and the Race to Crack the Hurricane Code (Scientists in the Field) | Informational | |
| Natural Disasters | Informational | 1 220 |
| Inside Tornadoes | Informational | |
| When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis | Informational | 1 290 |
| Wildfires | Informational | 990 |
| Hurricanes | Informational | |
| Earthquakes | Informational | 1 010 |
| Volcanoes | Informational | 880 |
| Finding Someplace | Literary | 680 |
| Escaping the Giant Wave | Literary | 750 |
| Earthquake Terror | Literary | 690 |
| The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 | Literary | 510 |
| Serafina’s Promise | Literary | |
| Ninth Ward | Literary | 470 |
| Saint Louis Armstrong Beach | Literary | 660 |