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 | Quantity | ISBNs |
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The Important Book | 1 per classroom |
ISBN: 9780064432276 |
The Dot | 6 per classroom |
ISBN: 9780763619619 |
The Invisible Boy | 6 per classroom |
ISBN: 9781582464503 |
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools around the World | 6 per classroom |
ISBN: 9781926818863 |
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 |
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This is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World | Informational | 620 |
The Barefoot Book of Children | Informational | |
School's First Day of School | Literature | 580 |
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood | Literature | 580 |
Last Stop on Market Street | Literature | 610 |
Armando and the Blue Tarp School | Literature | 560 |
School Days around the World | Informational | 680 |
Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan | Informational | 630 |
Where Are You Going, Manyoni? | Literature | 570 |
This Is the Way We Go to School: A Book About Children Around the World | Informational | 360 |
This Is My Home, This Is My School | Informational | |
The Way to School | Informational | |
The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can | Literature | 770 |
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation | Literature | 870 |
School in Many Cultures | Informational | 220 |
School Days Around the World | Informational | |
Recess at 20 Below | Informational | 900 |
Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education | Literature | 680 |
My School In The Rain Forest: How Children Attend School Around The World | Informational | 960 |
Listen To The Wind : The Story Of Dr. Greg And Three Cups Of Tea | Informational | 740 |
It's Back To School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around The World | Informational | |
Crow Boy | Literature | 760 |
Readers Theater Script: Tent School | Literature | |
Readers Theater Script: Rainforest School | Literature | |
Readers Theater Script: Boat School | Literature | |
What Does School Mean to You? | Literature | 750 |
The Magic Bow | Literature | 870 |
Module 2
Texts to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
Text | Quantity | ISBNs |
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Curious about Fossils |
ISBN: 9780448490199 |
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Fossils |
ISBN: 9780531262504 |
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The Big Dinosaur Dig |
ISBN: 9780756655952 |
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The Dog that Dug for Dinosaurs |
ISBN: 9780689857089 |
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Paleontology: The Study of Prehistoric Life |
ISBN: 9780531282748 |
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Stone Girl, Bone Girl |
ISBN: 9781845077006 |
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Fossils Tell of Long Ago |
ISBN: 9780062382078 |
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 |
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You Can Be a Paleontologist: Discovering Dinosaurs with Dr. Scott | Informational | 890 |
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth | Informational | 860 |
Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings | Poetry | |
The Dino Files #2: Too Big to Hide | Literature | 400 |
A Mysterious Egg: The Dino Files #1 | Literature | 440 |
Dinosaurs Before Dark: Magic Tree House #1 | Literature | 240 |
Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct | Literature | 500 |
Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record (Ivy and Bean Series #3) | Literature | 520 |
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs: As Retold by Mo Willems | Literature | 910 |
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | Informational | 550 |
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth | Informational | 860 |
How Does a Bone Become a Fossil? (How Does It Happen) | Informational | 870 |
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! | Informational | 900 |
Explore Fossils!: With 25 Great Projects | Informational | 860 |
Dinosaurs | Informational | 520 |
Fossils Tell Stories | Informational | 500 |
Dinosaur Discoveries | Informational | 760 |
Life Story | Informational | 870 |
Prehistoric Actual Size | Informational | 1 130 |
Dinosaur Tracks (Let's Read and Find Out Science Stage 2) | Informational | |
My Visit to the Dinosaurs (Let's Read and Find Out Science Stage 2) | Informational | 540 |
Dinosaurs Are Different (Let's Read and Find Out Science Stage 2) | Informational | 530 |
Digging Up Dinosaurs (Let's Read and Find Out Science Stage 2) | Informational | 490 |
Dinosaur Bones (Let's Read and Find Out Science Stage 2) | Informational | 460 |
Be a Paleontologist | Informational | |
Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World | Informational | 1 010 |
Fossil (DK Eyewitness Books Series) | Informational | |
Dinosaur Detectives | Informational | 770 |
Rocks, Fossils and Arrowheads | Informational | |
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past | Informational | 1 040 |
How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum | Informational | 1 280 |
Fossil | Informational |
Module 3
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.Text | Quantity | Publisher |
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Seed to Plant | one per student |
National Geographic Society , 2014 ISBN: 9781426314704 |
What Is Pollination | oner per pair |
Crabtree, 2010 ISBN: 9780778733065 |
Plant Secrets | one per classroom |
Charlesbridge, 2009 ISBN: 9781580892056 |
From Seed to Plant | one per classroom |
Holiday House , 1991 ISBN: 9780823410255 |
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 |
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Plants Can't Sit Still | Informational | 510 |
Bees: National Geographic Reader Level 2 | Informational | 530 |
From Seed to Flower | Literature | |
From Seed to Apple Tree | Literature | |
Slugs, Bugs, And Salamanders | Informational | |
Sylvia’s Spinach | Literature | |
What If There Are No Bees? | Informational | 890 |
Achoo!: Why Pollen Counts | Literature | 670 |
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt | Informational | 730 |
In the Garden | Informational | |
The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds | Informational | |
Insect Pollinators | Informational | 490 |
Animal Pollinators | Literature | 470 |
Miss Rumphius | Literature | 680 |
Weslandia | Literature | 820 |
How a Seed Grows | Informational | 400 |
Plantzilla | Literature | 460 |
The Gardener | Literature | 570 |
Our Community Garden | Literature | |
The Garden of Happiness | Literature | 590 |
The Ugly Vegetables | Literature | 390 |
The Curious Garden | Literature | 840 |
City Green | Literature | 480 |
Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis | Literature | 810 |
What’s in the Garden? | Informational | 710 |
Seeds | Informational | |
A Seed Is Sleepy | Informational | 750 |
¡Muchas Gracias, Butterflies and Moths! | Informational | |
Forever Grateful, Flies and Wasps! | Informational | |
Thanks a Bunch, Beetles! | Informational | |
Merci Beaucoup Bees! | Informational |
Module 4
Texts to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
Text | Quantity | ISBNs |
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The Little Hummingbird | Six per classroom |
ISBN: 978-1-55365-533-6 |
A Place for Butterflies | One per student |
ISBN: 978-1-56145-784-7 |
A Place for Bats | One per pair |
ISBN: 978-1-56145-763-2 |
The Ant and the Grasshopper | One per student |
ISBN: 978-0-7787-7901-8 |
Hey, Little Ant | Six per classroom |
ISBN: 978-1-883672-54-6 |
The Lizard and the Sun | One per classroom |
ISBN: 978-0-440-41531-2 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.Text | Quantity | Publisher |
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Help Protect Butterflies! | One per student |
EL Education for instructional purposes, 2017 |
Bunnyyarl the Flies and Wurrunnunnah the Bees | One per student |
rewritten Australian Aboriginal tale, |
Bats’ Roosts in Danger! | One per student |
EL Education for instructional purposes, 2017 |
The Ants and the Grasshopper | One per student |
Project Gutenberg. , 2006 |
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 |
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bees | Informational | 920 |
The Bee Book | Informational | |
Give Bees a Chance | Informational |