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ELA 2017 Grade 4 Required and Recommended Texts

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
Love That Dog
by Sharon Creech
1 per student
ISBN: 9780064409599
A River of Words
by Jen Bryant
1 per class
ISBN: 9780802853028

Texts included in the module

Texts that are included in the lesson materials.

Text Quantity Publisher
Expert Group Poet Biographies: Walter Dean Myers
by El Education
Expert Group Poet Biographies: Valerie Worth
by EL Education
Expert Group Poet Biographies: Robert Frost
by EL Education

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
Forget-Me-Nots
by Mary Ann Hoberman
Poetry
Poems to Learn by Heart
by Caroline Kennedy (Ed.)
Poetry
Keep a Pocket in Your Poem
by J. Patrick Lewis
Poetry 630
Imagine
by Juan Felipe Herrera
Poetry
i carry your heart with me
by e.e. cummings
Poetry
Slam Poetry (Just Right Words)
by Elizabeth Siris Winchester
Informational 740
Feathers
by Jacqueline Woodson
Literary 710
The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
by Laura Shovan
Poetry
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander
Literary
Bravo!
by Margarita Engle
Poetry 1 150
Word After Word After Word
by Patricia MacLachlan
Literary 450
Visiting Langston
by Willie Perdomo
Literary
The Boy Who Loved Words
by Roni Schotter
Literary 780
Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook
by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter
Informational 830
Poems in the Attic
by Nikki Grimes
Poetry
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
Informational 730
No Mirrors in My Nana's House
by Ysaye M. Barnwell
Poetry
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems
by Marilyn Singer
Poetry
Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
by Sally Derby
Informational
Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
by Linda Glaser
Informational 790
Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America
by Jorge Argueta
Poetry
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
by Katherine Lasky
Informational 940

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
Animal Behavior: Animal Defenses
by Christina Wilsdon
1 per student
ISBN: 9780816085125
Venom
by Marilyn Singer
1 per class
ISBN: 9781467749091
Can You Survive the Wilderness?
by Matt Doeden
1 per class
ISBN: 9781429679961

Texts included in the module

Texts that are included in the lesson materials.

Text Quantity Publisher
"Fight to Survive!"
by EL Education

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
Nature’s Deadliest Creatures
by DK Publishing
Informational
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Literary 1 020
Alone in the Wild
by Jesse Wiley
Literary
The Wagon Train Trek
by Jesse Wiley
Literary
Hurry and the Monarch
by Antoine O Flathartha
Literary
Journey into Adaptation with Max Axiom
by Agnieszka Jòzefina Biskup
Informational
Creepy Creatures
by Sneed B. Collard III
Informational 890
Can You Survive the Jungle?
by Matt Doeden
Literary 650
Alien Ocean Animals (National Geographic Readers Series: L3)
by Rosie Colosi
Informational
Amazing Armadillos
by Jennifer Guess McKerley
Informational 700
Trickiest: 19 Sneaky Animals
by Steve Jenkins
Informational 880
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t: Poems About Creatures That Hide
by David L. Harrison
Poetry
Hidden Wildlife: How Animals Hide in Plain Sight
by Jim Arnosky
Informational 1 150
Frozen Wild: How Animals Survive in the Coldest Places on Earth
by Jim Arnosky
Informational 1 130
Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth
by Nicola Davies
Informational 1 100
When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses
by Rebecca L. Johnson
Informational
Rain Forest Animal Adaptations
by Lisa J. Amstutz
Informational 680
101 Animal Super Powers
by Melvin Berger and Gilda Berger
Informational 1 020
Where in the Wild?: Camouflaged Creatures Concealed... and Revealed
by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy
Informational
What Do You Do When Something Wants To Eat You?
by Steve Jenkins
Informational 580
Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors
by Joyce Sidman
Poetry 1 300
Animals That Make Me Say Look Out! (National Wildlife Federation)
by Dawn Cusick
Informational
Animals That Make Me Say Ouch! (National Wildlife Federation)
by Dawn Cusick
Informational
Animals That Make Me Say Wow! (National Wildlife Federation)
by Dawn Cusick
Informational

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
Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak
by Kay Winters
One per classroom
ISBN: 9780147511621
Divided Loyalties: The Barton Family during the American Revolution
by Gare Thompson
One per student
ISBN: 9780792258674

Texts included in the module

Texts that are included in the lesson materials.

Text Quantity Publisher
9. Robert Barton’s letter
by EL Education for instructional purposes
William Barton’s letter
by EL Education for instructional purposes
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
by The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
2016
Revolutionary War
by Grolier Online
Grolier Online,
Loyalists
by Grolier Online
Grolier Online,
An Incomplete Revolution
by Amy Miller
Junior Scholastic, 1999
American Indians and the American Revolution
by Collin Galloway
National Park Service, 2016

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
King George: What Was His Problem?
by Steve Sheinkin
Informational 880
Reasons for a Revolution
by Jennifer Prior
Informational
Friends of Liberty
by Beatrice Gormley
Literary 820
The Prison-Ship Adventure of James Forten, Revolutionary War Captive
by Marty Rhodes Figley
Literary 580
Black Heroes of the American Revolution
by Burke Davis
Informational 1 330
The Arrow Over the Door
by Joseph Bruchac
Literary 810
Samuel’s Choice
by Richard Berleth
Literary
Phoebe the Spy
by Judith Griffin
Literary
The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution: A Handbook for Time Travelers
by Jonathan W. Stokes
Informational
Sybil Ludington: Revolutionary War Rider
by E. F. Abbott
Literary
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy - The Life, Times, and Last Words of Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy
by Nathan Hale
Literary 270
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776
by Lauren Tarshis
Literary 660
Guts & Glory: The American Revolution
by Ben Thompson
Informational
Ben’s Revolution: Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker Hill
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Informational 1 070
Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution
by Gretchen Woelfle
Informational 1 040
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
by Anne Rockwell
Informational 940
Daniel at the Siege of Boston, 1776
by Laurie Calkhoven
Literary 710
Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution
by Avi
Literary 730
The Fighting Ground
by Avi
Literary 580
American Revolution
by Stuart Murray
Informational
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Informational 930
Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence
by Gretchen Woelfle
Informational 540
George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides
by Rosalyn Schanzer
Informational 1 120
The Winter of Red Snow: The Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
by Kristiana Gregory
Literary 870

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
The Hope Chest
by Karen Schwabach
One per student
ISBN: 9780375840968

Texts included in the module

Texts that are included in the lesson materials.

Text Quantity Publisher
“The Girl Who Acted before Rosa Parks.”
by Elissa Blattman
One per student
Web ,
“The Suffragists: From Tea-Parties to Prison.”
by The Regents of the University of California
One per student
Web, 1975

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
Lifting as We Climb
by Evette Dionne
Informational
I Could Do That!
by Linda Arms White
Literary 780
The Woman’s Hour (Adapted for Young Readers)
by Elaine Weiss
Informational 910
Thank You for Voting (Young Readers’ Edition)
by Erin Geiger Smith
Informational
Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton
by Harriet Isecke
Informational 680
Women’s Suffrage
by Dorothy Alexander Sugarman
Informational
Around America to Win the Vote
by Mara Rockliff
Literary
Bold & Brave
by Kirsten Gillibrand
Informational
History Smashers: Women’s Right to Vote
by Kate Messner
Informational
Friends for Freedom
by Suzanne Slade
Informational
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
by Jean Fritz
Informational 870
What’s the Big Deal About Elections
by Ruby Shamir
Informational
What Is the Women’s Rights Movement?
by Deborah Hopkinson
Informational
Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
by Tanya Lee Stone
Informational 700
Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women’s Right to Vote
by Dean Robbins
Informational
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
by Anne Rockwell
Informational 790
My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth
by Ann Turner
Informational 1 410
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
by Nikki Grimes
Informational 960
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
Literary 670
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel
Informational 760

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