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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Lightning Thief | one per student |
ISBN: 978-0786838653, 0786838655 |
| D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths | Teacher copy only |
ISBN: 978- 0440406945, 0440406943 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Theseus and the Minotaur | ||
| The Fates |
Module 2A
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bud, Not Buddy | One per student |
ISBN: 978-0440413288, 043940200X |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Jobs, “Stanford University Commencement Address,” speech | 2005 | |
| President Barack Obama, “Back-to-School Speech,” | 2009 | |
| If | 1910 | |
| “A Skateboarder Goes Green,” | 2012 | |
| “Live by Design, Not Default” | 2009 | |
| “Earth Day, Your Way: Celebrate Earth Day, April 22,” | 2006 | |
| “The Life of a Cell Phone” | ||
| “Health Rocks,” Skipping Stones, Jan./Feb. 2013. 23 | 2013 | |
| “Make Your Move” | 2010 | |
| “Recipe for Health” | 2008 | |
| "Adults cut back fast food, but U.S. kids still eat too much fat: CDC” | 2013 | |
| “Bullies Behind Bars” | 2012 | |
| “Is the Cafeteria Ruining Your Life?” | 2012 | |
| “Cyberbullying Statistics” |
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 Dirty Thirties: The United States from 1929–1941 | Informational | 570 |
| Oh, The Places You’ll Go! | Literary | 600 |
| A Year Down Yonder | Literary | 610 |
| Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression | Literary | 660 |
| Bird in a Box | Literary | 670 |
| The Everlasting Now | Literary | 690 |
| A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt | Literary | 690 |
| Ida Early Comes over the Mountain | Literary | 720 |
| The Mighty Miss Malone | Literary | 750 |
| Moon over Manifest | Literary | 800 |
| Esperanza Rising | Literary | 750 |
| Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | Informational | 800 |
| Rose’s Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression | Literary | 820 |
| The Truth about Sparrows | Literary | 820 |
| The Miner’s Daughter | Literary | 850 |
| Migrant Mother: How a Photograph Defined the Great Depression | Informational | 900 |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Literary | 920 |
| Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning | Collective Biography | 930 |
| The New Deal | Informational | 1 020 |
| The Great Depression: A Nation in Distress | Informational | 1 130 |
| Children of the Great Depression | Informational | 1 170 |
| Jazz | Informational | |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens | Informational | |
| Out of the Dust | Poetry | |
| The New Deal: Hope for the Nation | Informational | 1 220 |
| The Great Depression and the New Deal | Informational | 1 550 |
Module 2B
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village |
ISBN: 978-0763650940 |
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| Technically, It’s Not My Fault |
ISBN: 978-0618503612 |
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| Blue Lipstick |
ISBN: 978-0-618-56860-4 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| "Middle Ages” |
World Book Online InfoFinder, |
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| “Middle Ages” |
Britannica Student Encyclopedia, |
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| “Middle Ages” |
New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Online, 2013 |
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| “The Middle Ages for Kids: What Is a Fief?” |
Mr. Donn’s Social Studies Site, http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/fiefs.html, |
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| Blast to the Past | ||
| Dark Death |
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 Middle Ages for Kids: The Manorial System & Common People” | Informational | |
| “Serfs in the Middle Ages” | Informational | |
| “The Middle Ages for Kids: Life of the Nobility: Kings, Lords, Ladies, Knights” | Informational | |
| “Daily Life of a Noble Lord in the Middle Ages” | Informational | |
| “Lords and Ladies” | Informational | |
| The Miserable Life of Medieval Peasants | Informational | 520 |
| Medieval Knights | Informational | 620 |
| A Year in a Castle | Informational | 500 |
| Knights Survival Guide | Informational | 650 |
| Seedfolks | Literary | 710 |
| Kids in the Middle Ages | Informational | 750 |
| The Middle Ages | Informational | 750 |
| Raleigh’s Page | Literary | 750 |
| Days of the Knights: A Tale of Castles and Battles | Informational | 760 |
| The Making of a Knight: How Sir James Earned his Armor | Literary | 760 |
| Crispin: The Cross of Lead | Literary | 780 |
| A Street Through Time | Informational | 790 |
| You Wouldn’t Want to be Joan of Arc!: A Mission You Might Want to Miss | Informational | 800 |
| Fallout | Literary | 840 |
| Matilda Bone | Literary | 850 |
| Same Sun Here | Literary | 890 |
| Kizzy Ann Stamps | Literary | 920 |
| Timeline of the Middle Ages | Informational | 950 |
| Joan of Arc | Literary | 980 |
| Under the Mesquite | Literary | 990 |
| DK Eyewitness Books: Medieval Life | Informational | 1 000 |
| Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page | Literary | 1 010 |
| The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History | Informational | 1 080 |
| Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck | Poetry | 1 170 |
| Outcast | Literary | |
| Men of Iron | Literary | |
| Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto | Poetry | |
| Aleutian Sparrow | Poetry | |
| Becoming Billie Holliday | Poetry | |
| Home of the Brave | Poetry | |
| Keesha’s House | Poetry | |
| Locomotion | Poetry | |
| Partly Cloudy | Poetry | |
| The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano | Poetry | |
| Poetry Speaks Who I am | Poetry | |
| Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial: A Novel | Poetry | |
| Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems | Poetry | |
| Worlds Afire | Poetry |
Module 3A
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dragonwings | One per student |
ISBN: 978-006440085, 0064400859 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehending the Calamity |
Overlook Magazine, 1906 |
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| Poem of the Earthquake | ||
| Scene 1: The Great Earthquake and Fires of 1906: A Dramatic Remembrance | ||
| Waking Up in a Nightmare | ||
| One Boy’s Experience | ||
| Casualties and Damage after the 1906 Earthquake | ||
| Sandy wreaks havoc across Northeast; at least 11 dead | 2012 | |
| The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake | ||
| Timeline of the San Francisco Earthquake, April 18–23, 1906 | ||
| The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 | ||
| The Lost Garden |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chang’s Paper Pony | Literary | 440 |
| Walk Across the Sea | Literary | 600 |
| Good Fortune: My Journey to Gold Mountain | Biography | 630 |
| The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island | Literary | 640 |
| Nineteenth Century Migration to America | Informational | 770 |
| Landed | Literary | 790 |
| Hannah Is My Name | Literary | 800 |
| Tales from Gold Mountain | Literary | 850 |
| Kai’s Journey to Gold Mountain: An Angel Island Story | Literary | 970 |
| Gold! Gold from the American River | Informational | 1 010 |
| Laurence Yep | Biography | 1 090 |
| Chinese Americans | Collective Biography | 1 140 |
| Chinese Americans | Informational | 1 150 |
| Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America | Informational | |
| Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present | Informational | |
| Shanghai Messenger | Literary |
Module 3B
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flush | One per student |
ISBN: 978-0375861253, 0375861254 |
| World Without Fish |
ISBN: 978-0761185000, 761185003 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Protecting Ocean Habitat from Bottom Trawling | ||
| Destructive Fishing | ||
| Case Study: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna | ||
| Sustainable Fishing Methods | ||
| Threat 1: Overfishing | ||
| A Rapidly Disappearing Fish | ||
| Choosing Sustainable | ||
| 5 Creative Tips From Carl Hiaasen, Florida's Cleverest Chronicler | ||
| Sustainable Fishing | ||
| Florida: 'A Paradise of Scandals' |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oceans | Literary | 500 |
| What Eats What in an Ocean Food Chain | Informational | 650 |
| What Can We Do about Oil Spills and Ocean Pollution? | Informational | 730 |
| Hoot | Literary | 760 |
| Fishing | Informational | 770 |
| Make a Splash! A Kid’s Guide to Protecting Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands | Informational | 780 |
| What if There Were No Sea Otters? A Book about the Ocean Ecosystem | Informational | 820 |
| Salmon Creek | Literary | 850 |
| Smog, Oil Spills, Sewage, and More: The Yucky Pollution Book | Informational | 875 |
| Green Boy | Literary | 875 |
| Environmental Awareness: Water Pollution | Informational | 890 |
| Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf | Informational | 890 |
| Makers and Takers: Studying Food Webs in the Ocean | Informational | 910 |
| Pollution | Informational | 920 |
| Endangered Planet | Informational | 1 070 |
| Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands | Informational | 1 170 |
| Overfishing (Habitat Havoc) | Informational | |
| Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Motion | Informational | 1 200 |
| The River Cottage Fish Book: The Definitive Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Fish and Shellfish | Informational |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frightful's Mountain | One per student |
ISBN: 978-0141312354, 0141312351 |
Texts included in the module
Texts that are included in the lesson materials.| Text | Quantity | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| “The Exterminator,” in Current Science | 2004 | |
| “Rachel Carson: Sounding the Alarm on Pollution,” In Boys’ Life | 1994 | |
| “Rachel Carson: Environmentalist and Writer,” in Scholastic Junior Magazine | 2013 | |
| "Malaria Carrying Mosquito Crash Lands Due to His Insecticide,” at ScienceHeroes.com | ||
| “How DDT Harmed Hawks and Eagles,” Helium.com | 2007 | |
| “A New Home for DDT,” The New York Times | 2007 | |
| “Welcome Back,” in Skipping Stones, March–April 2010, 26. | ||
| “Biological Energy—Here, Let Me Fix It!” | ||
| John Stossel video on DD | ||
| Earth Tones |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amazing Champion of the Earth Rachel Carson | Informational | 440 |
| Good Food, Good for Earth | Informational | 680 |
| Rachel Carson: Extraordinary Environmentalist | Informational | 690 |
| What Can We Do about Toxins in the Environment? | Informational | 730 |
| Peregrine Falcons | Informational | 770 |
| Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World | Informational | 890 |
| Earth-Friendly Food | Informational | 900 |
| The Frog Scientist | Informational | 950 |
| Rachel Carson: Fighting Pesticides and Other Chemical Pollutants | Informational | 960 |
| The Devil’s Breath | Informational | 970 |
| Thoreau at Walden | Literary | 990 |
| An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming | Informational | 1 070 |
| The Highest Tide | Literary | 1 100 |
| Pesticides and Your Body | Informational | 1 120 |
| Pesticides | Informational | 1 150 |
| Silent Spring at 50: The False Crises of Rachel Carson | Informational | |
| The War on Bugs | Informational | |
| “At War with the Mosquito,” in Faces (Vol. 13, Issue 2) | Informational | |
| “Follow That Bird!” in Science World (Vol. 69, Issue 2) | Informational | |
| “Bacteria, Insects Join Forces against Pesticide,” in Science News for Kids | Informational | |
| “Alien invasion!”in Current Science (Vol. 84, Issue 9) | Informational | |
| John Stossel - DDT video | Informational | |
| http://planetark.org/enviro-news/ | Informational | |
| http://www.rachelcarson.org/ | Informational | |
| http://www.panna.org/issues/persistent-poisons/environmental-impacts | Informational | |
| http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/9166.aspx | Informational | |
| http://www.hww.ca/en/issues-and-topics/pesticides-and-wild-birds.html | Informational | |
| https://water.usgs.gov/edu/pesticidesgw.html | Informational | |
| http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/riskassess.htm | Informational | |
| "You Think YOU Have It Tough?”in Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids, Issue 39 | Informational | |
| Flush | Literary | 830 |