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 |
|---|---|---|
| Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (DVD) | one per classroom |
ISBN: 024543668824 |
| The Lightning Thief | one per student |
ISBN: 9780786838653 |
Recommended texts for independent reading
Optional texts for students to read on their own to learn more about the topic.| Text | Genre | Lexile Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Mythologica: An Encyclopedia of Gods, Monsters and Mortals from Ancient Greece | Literary | |
| Have a Hot Time, Hades! | Literary | |
| Who Let the Gods Out? | Literary | |
| D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths | Literary | 1 070 |
| Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths | Literary | 800 |
| Greek Gods and Heroes | Literary | 990 |
| The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey | Literary | 1 220 |
| Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths | Poetry | 670 |
| Beast Keeper #1 (Beasts of Olympus) | Literary | 840 |
| Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, & Monsters | Literary | 860 |
| The McElderry Book of Greek Myths | Literary | |
| Odysseus: Escaping Poseidon’s Curse | Literary | 640 |
| Hercules: The Twelve Labors | Literary | 540 |
| The Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greek Myths, Retold | Literary | 890 |
| Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes | Literary | 1 040 |
| Apollo: The Brilliant One | Literary | |
| Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess | Literary | |
| Artemis: Wild Goddess of the Hunt | Literary | |
| Zeus, King of the Gods | Literary | 640 |
| Poseidon: Earth Shaker | Literary | 800 |
| Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes | Literary | 710 |
| Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods | Literary | 790 |
| The Heroes and Mortals of Greek Mythology | Literary | 990 |
| The Monsters and Creatures of Greek Mythology | Literary | 970 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition) | one per student |
ISBN: 9780147510426 |
Recommended texts for independent reading
Optional texts for students to read on their own to learn more about the topic.| Text | Genre | Lexile Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors | Informational | |
| Inventors, Makers, Barrier Breakers | Informational | 1 030 |
| Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World | Informational | 770 |
| Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors | Informational | |
| Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different | Informational | 1 110 |
| The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsorth | Informational | |
| The Fourteenth Goldfish | Literary | 550 |
| Mistakes That Worked: The World’s Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be | Informational | 1 040 |
| Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor | Informational | 1 060 |
| The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle, and Other Surprising Stories about Inventions | Informational | 1 070 |
| Super Soaker Inventor Lonnie Johnson | Informational | 780 |
| The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan: Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero | Literary | |
| The Story of Car Engineer Soichiro Honda | Informational | |
| Engineered!: Engineering Design at Work | Informational | 1 110 |
| Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World | Informational | 960 |
| Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women | Informational | |
| The Way Things Work Now | Informational | |
| Black Pioneers of Science and Invention | Informational | 1 230 |
| The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane | Informational | 1 160 |
| The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World | Informational | |
| Wind Power: 20 Projects to Make with Paper | Informational | |
| Inventions: A Visual Encyclopedia | Informational | |
| The Wind at Work: An Activity Guide to Windmills (Second Edition) | Informational | 1 030 |
| Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communication System | Informational | |
| Wind Energy | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Two Roads | one per student |
ISBN: 9780735228870 |
Recommended texts for independent reading
Optional texts for students to read on their own to learn more about the topic.| Text | Genre | Lexile Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian (Second Edition) | Informational | |
| I Am Not a Number | Literary | 640 |
| If I Ever Get Out of Here | Literary | 870 |
| Sweetgrass Basket | Poetry | 1 000 |
| Jim Thorpe: Original All-American | Informational | 950 |
| Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask | Informational | |
| The People Shall Continue | Informational | 660 |
| Indian No More | Literary | |
| Rattlesnake Mesa: Stories from a Native American Childhood | Literary | 760 |
| Bowman’s Store: A Journey to Myself | Literary | |
| My Name Is Seepeetza | Literary | 720 |
| Shin-chi’s Canoe | Literary | 810 |
| Shi-shi-etko | Literary | 860 |
| Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock: Education Is Our Right; Two One-Act Plays | Literary | |
| Black Elk Speaks (Theatrical Adaptation) | Literary | |
| An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People | Informational | |
| A Stranger at Home: A True Story | Informational | |
| When I Was Eight | Informational | |
| Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City | Informational | |
| Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices | Informational | 1 040 |
| Fatty Legs | Informational | |
| My Name Is Not Easy | Literary | |
| Native Elders: Sharing Their Wisdom (Native Trailblazers) | Informational | 1 050 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hidden Figures (Picture Book) | six per classroom |
ISBN: 9780062742469 |
| Hidden Figures (Young Readers’ Edition) | one per student |
ISBN: 9780062662378 |
Recommended texts for independent reading
Optional texts for students to read on their own to learn more about the topic.| Text | Genre | Lexile Measure |
|---|---|---|
| The Race to Space | Informational | |
| Eyes on the Stars (animated StoryCorps reminiscence of astronaut Ronald McNair by his brother Carl) | N/A | |
| Destination Moon: The Remarkable and Improbable Voyage of Apollo 11 | Informational | |
| Endurance: My Year in Space and How I Got There (Young Readers Edition) | Informational | 1 070 |
| To the Moon!: The True Story of the American Heroes on the Apollo 8 Spaceship | Informational | 1 180 |
| Disaster Strikes!: The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time | Informational | 1 190 |
| Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon | Poetry | 940 |
| Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry | Informational | |
| Astronaut Ellen Ochoa | Informational | 840 |
| Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon | Informational | |
| Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist | Informational | 960 |
| One Crazy Summer | Literary | 750 |
| American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (Young Readers’ Edition) | Informational | |
| Chasing Space (Young Readers’ Edition) | Informational | |
| Hidden No More: African American Women in STEM Careers | Informational | |
| Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow | Informational | 1 190 |
| Super Space Encyclopedia | Informational | |
| Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures | Informational | 1 080 |
| Earthrise: My Adventures as an Apollo 14 Astronaut | Informational | 1 120 |
| Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream | Informational | 980 |
| Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson | Informational | 1 040 |
| T-Minus: The Race to the Moon | Informational | |
| Rocket to the Moon!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #1 | Informational | 940 |
| Mae Carol Jemison: Astronaut and Educator (Women in Science) | Informational |