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 and Resources to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
| Text or Resource | Quantity | ISBNs |
|---|---|---|
| Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan | one per student |
ISBN: 9781416994374 |
| My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World | one per classroom |
ISBN: 9781590780930 |
| Rain School | one per student |
ISBN: 9780547243078 |
| Thank You, Mr. Falker | one per classroom |
ISBN: 9780399257629 |
| Waiting for the Biblioburro | one per classroom |
ISBN: 9781582463537 |
| More Than Anything Else | one per classroom |
ISBN: 9780531094648 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Remember | Literary | 660 |
| Sequoyah | Informational | 620 |
| Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation | Literary | 870 |
| The Story Circle / El círculo de cuentos | Literary | |
| Light in the Darkness | Literary | 580 |
| With Books and Bricks | Informational | |
| A Library for Juana | Literary | 600 |
| The Upside Down Boy / El niño de cabeza | Literary | 450 |
| When I Was Eight | Literary | |
| Book Uncle and Me | Literary | |
| Mango, Abuela, and Me | Literary | |
| Tomás and the Library Lady | Literary | |
| The Girl Who Hated Books | Literary | |
| Miss Little’s Gift | Literary | |
| Steamboat School | Informational | 660 |
| Six Dots: A Story of Louis Braille | Informational | 590 |
| First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial | Informational | 770 |
| Who Is Malala Yousafzai? | Informational | 680 |
| Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education | Literary | 680 |
| My Name Is Sangoel | Literary | 440 |
| La Mariposa | Literary | 750 |
| Freedom's School | Literary | |
| Four Feet, Two Sandals | Literary | 620 |
| Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia | Informational | 640 |
Module 2
Texts and Resources to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
| Text or Resource | Quantity | ISBNs |
|---|---|---|
| Everything You Need to Know about Frogs: And Other Slippery Creatures | 1 per student |
ISBN: 9780756682323 |
| Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle | 1 per student |
ISBN: 9781607270690 |
| Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs: Poems and Paintings | 1 per class |
ISBN: 9780152052485 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Transparent Wonder | ||
| The Amazon Horned Frog | ||
| All about the Water-Holding Frog | ||
| Poison Dart Frog | ||
| Why the Poison Dart Frog Is So Colorful | ||
| Why the Frog Has a Long Tongue |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Hidden Life of a Toad | Informational | 540 |
| Toad Weather | Literary | 530 |
| And the Bullfrogs Sing | Informational | |
| I Don’t Want to Be a Frog | Literary | 380 |
| Frog in a Bog | Informational | |
| Life According to Og the Frog | Literary | |
| So Cool: Frogs | Informational | |
| Frogs (Explore My World Series) | Informational | 620 |
| Frogs | Informational | 150 |
| The Life Cycle of a Frog | Informational | 910 |
| Leaps and Bounce | Literary | |
| Frogs | Informational | 600 |
| The Wind in the Willows | Literary | 1 140 |
| Tuesday | Literary | |
| Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout | Literary | 500 |
| A Place for Frogs | Informational | 930 |
| Marsh Music | Literary | |
| Frogs | Informational | |
| Frogs | Informational | 890 |
| Frog Song | Informational | 950 |
| Face to Face with Frogs (Face to Face with Animals | Informational | 940 |
| Fabulous Frogs | N/A |
Module 3
Texts and Resources to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
| Text or Resource | Quantity | ISBNs |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Pan (Classic Starts) | 1 per student |
ISBN: 9781402754210 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| “Peter Pan: The Author and Historical Context.” | (Included in the module materials) | |
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26998/26998-h/26998-h.htm
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(Included in the module materials) |
Project Gutenberg, 2008 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Finding Winnie | Literary | 590 |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | Literary | 700 |
| The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea | Literary | |
| Tuck Everlasting | Literary | 770 |
| Zeely | Literary | |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Literary | |
| Arabian Nights (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| The Call of the Wild (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| Pinocchio (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| Black Beauty (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| The Three Musketeers (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| The Swiss Family Robinson (Classic Starts) | Literary | |
| Peach Boy and Other Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories | Literary | |
| Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales | Literary | |
| Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection | Literary | |
| The Hundred Dresses | Literary | 870 |
| Boy: Tales of Childhood | Informational | 1 090 |
| James and the Giant Peach | Literary | 870 |
| The Borrowers | Literary | 780 |
| Some Writer: the Story of E. B. White | Informational | 1 030 |
| Charlotte’s Web | Literary | 680 |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | Literary | 790 |
Module 4
Texts and Resources to Buy
Texts that need to be procured. Please download the Trade Book List for procurement guidance.
| Text or Resource | Quantity | ISBNs |
|---|---|---|
| Water Dance | 1 per class |
ISBN: 9780152163969 |
| The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | 1 per class |
ISBN: 9780803735118 |
| One Well: The Story of Water on Earth | 1 per student |
ISBN: 9781553379546 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Days in Australia |
Junior Scholastic , 2007 |
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| Real Lives: Angola, Africa | 2016 | |
| Population Growth |
USGS, 2016 |
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| Access to Freshwater. |
Triple Pundit, 2013 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole | Poetry | |
| The Water Walker | Literary | |
| I Am the Rain | Literary | |
| The Dust Bowl | Literary | |
| Water Everywhere | Informational | 610 |
| Water | Informational | |
| Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems | Poetry | |
| Rivers of Sunlight: How the Sun Moves Water Around the Earth | Informational | 830 |
| Hydrology: The Study of Water | Informational | 790 |
| A Good Trade | Literary | 1 030 |
| Voices of the Dust Bowl | Informational | |
| Water Rolls, Water Rises: El agua rueda, el agua sube | Literary | 930 |
| Clean Water (Sally Ride Science) | Informational | 930 |
| Water Wow! A Visual Exploration | Informational | 1 070 |
| Our World of Water: Children and Water Around the World | Informational | 890 |
| Water (National Geographic Kids Reader Level 3) | Informational | 740 |
| Water Is Water | Informational | |
| You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Clean Water! | Informational | 1 070 |
| Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home | Informational | 1 050 |
| Anna Carries Water | Literary | |
| The Water Princess | Literary | 290 |
| Hope Springs | Literary | |
| Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain | Literary |