Leveled Readers / Grade One Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 7 / I Think I Can Nan Can Dance Approaching Level Reader 1 0.1 D Reality and Fantasy stomped, pace, kite, meadow, silky, fine We Know We Can! Approaching Level Reader 2 0.7 D Making Inferences riddles, fine, dining car, stomped, rather, yards To The Moon! Approaching Level Reader 3 0.8 G Sequence rather, meadow, fine, dew, kite, pace Trying Something New On Level Reader 1 1 F Compare and Contrast meadow, dew, silky, kite, fine, stomped We Can Do It! On Level Reader 2 1.3 F Making Inferences dew, pace, fine, stomped, rather, silky Christopher Columbus Explores On Level Reader 3 1.6 I Sequence rather, fine, silky, kite, pace, riddles You Can Do It, Bao Above Level Reader 1 2.4 H Cause and Effect fine, stomped, rather, silky, meadow, pace A Team Sport Above Level Reader 2 2.3 H Compare and Contrast riddles, yards, meadow, rather, kite, fine Sue Hendrickson: Explorer Above Level Reader 3 2.8 I Sequence meadow, dew, fine, rather, riddles, pace Nicks Art English Learner Reader 1 0.4 C Compare and Contrast meadow, silky, dew, kite, fine, stomped Keep Trying! English Learner Reader 2 0.1 E Making Inferences dew, pace, fine, stomped, rather, silky Christopher Columbus English Learner Reader 3 0.4 G

Sequence rather, fine, silky, kite, pace, riddles Unit 8 / Away We Grow! Wonderful Water Plants Approaching Level Reader 1 0.7 E Compare and Contrast petals, seems, roots, wetlands, shouted, shrub, aside The Apple Man Approaching Level Reader 2 0.6 E Cause and Effect tight, roots, flower, quite, insects, attracts Pumpkins! Approaching Level Reader 3 0.5 E Sequence roots, energy, vine, flower, attracts, quite Fruits with Seeds On Level Reader 1 1.2 G Making Connections stems, tight, quite, attracts, insects, energy George Washington Carver On Level Reader 2 1.1 G Main Idea and Details quite, roots, aside, energy, flower, stems These Plants Eat Bugs! On Level Reader 3 1 F Classify and Categorize insects, shouted, trapping, bright, quite, tight The Great Mushroom Hunt Above Level Reader 1 2.4 H Visualizing quite, energy, roots, flower, petals, shouted Luther Burbank Loved Plants Above Level Reader 2 2.6 I Main Idea and Details quite, energy, flower, bright, shouted, attracts Bread is for Everyone Above Level Reader 3 2.5 I Making Connections quite, trapping, tight, energy, attracts, wetlands Fruits Have Seeds English Learner Reader 1 0.2 D Making Connections stems, tight, quite, attracts, insects, energy The Plant Man English Learner Reader 2 0.5 E Main Idea and Details quite, roots, aside, energy, flower, stems A Fun Class Trip English Learner Reader 3 0.3 E Classify and Categorize insects, quite, shouted, trapping, bright, tight Unit 9 / Home, Sweet Home A Trip to the City Approaching Level Reader 1 0.7 F Drawing Conclusions comfort, famous, president, cement, electrician, roof Now and Then Approaching Level Reader 2 0.8 E Compare

and Contrast tunnels, creatures, sturdy, roof, clay, packed Homes to Go Approaching Level Reader 3 0.8 E Classify and Categorize sturdy, hut, trudge, shared, shady, porch, comfort Neena's New Home On Level Reader 1 1.1 G Cause and Effect porch, packed, shared, trudge, comfort, shady Homes Over Time On Level Reader 2 1.9 H Compare and Contrast sturdy, clay, roof, porch, cement, electrician Animals in the Woods On Level Reader 3 1.3 G Reality and Fantasy creatures, hibernating, shady, sturdy, packed, tunnels Going Home Above Level Reader 1 2.6 H Drawing Conclusions shared, packed, sturdy, roof, porch, creatures, hut Before Electricity Above Level Reader 2 2.8 K Summarizing cement, sturdy, hut, roof, comfort, clay, creatures Animals Underground Above Level Reader 3 2.4 J Classify and Categorize creature, famous, shared, shady, tunnels, sturdy A New Home English Learner Reader 1 0.3 E Cause and Effect porch, packed, shared, trudge, comfort, shady Homes Then and Now English Learner Reader 2 0.6 F Compare and Contrast clay, roof, porch, cement, sturdy, electrician Who Lives in the Woods? English Learner Reader 3 0.3 E Reality and Fantasy creatures, hibernating, shady, sturdy, packed, tunnels Unit 10 / I Am Brave Lynn Goes to Camp Approaching Level Reader 1 0.4 E Making Connections trembling, changed ind, thrill, peeking, match, solo Will Wants a Beard Approaching Level Reader 2 0.3 E Clarifying beards, underneath, problem, trembling, suggest, usually Helen Keller Learns to Speak Approaching Level Reader 3 0.8 G Asking Questions problem, clenched, thrill, trembling, clumsy, excitement Time to Fly! On Level Reader 1 1.3 F Making Inferences changed mind, suggest, underneath, thrill, clumsy, trembling Going on an Airplane On Level Reader 2 1.8 G Predicting

usually, trembling, clenched, underneath, peeking, excitement Rosa Parks Sits Down On Level Reader 3 1.5 I Cause and Effect excitement, usually, problem, clenched, trembling, thrill Terrell's Undersea Adventure Above Level Reader 1 2.5 I Predicting excitement, problem, underneath, usually, suggest, trembling Amber Can Spell Above Level Reader 2 2.4 H Making Inferences usually, suggest, trembling, changed mind, match, excitement Martin Luther King Jr. A Great Leader Above Level Reader 3 2.1 L Asking Questions problem, changed mind, excitement, usually, sugest, thrill Fly Andy! English Learner Reader 1 0.6 D Making Inferences changed mind, suggest, underneath, thrill, clumsy, trembling A Plane Ride English Learner Reader 2 0.8 E Predicting usually, trembling, clenched, underneath, peeking, excitement Rosa Parks English Learner Reader 3 0.5 G Cause and Effect usually, excitement, problem, trembling, clenched, thrill

Social Studies Leveled Readers / Grade One Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Unit 9 / Home, Sweet Home Topic 1 Living in Different Homes Social Studies Approaching Level 0.9 1 2.2 0.7 Main Ideas and Details sturdy, cement porch, shady, creatures, hibernating My Home: America Social Studies On Level Main Ideas and Details creatures, shared, packed, comfort, president, famous Old Homes and New Homes Social Studies Above Level

Compare and Contrast shady, trudge, electrician, roof, comfort, cement America is My Home Social Studies English Learner Main Ideas and Details creatures, packed, shared, comfort, president, famous Topic 2 From Mexico to California! Social Studies Approaching Level 1.3 Drawing Conclusions president, packed, comfort, shared, camous, creatures European Ideas in America Social Studies On Level 3.3 Cause and Effect shared, creatures, sturdy, packed, comfort, famous America's First People Social Studies Above Level 3.6 Sequence hut, shared, creatures, roof, clay, president

Europeans Come to America Social Studies English Learner 1.5 Cause and Effect creatures, sturdy, packed, shared, comfort, famous Unit 10 / I Am Brave Topic 1 A Brave President Social Studies Approaching Level Making Connections usually, changed mind, suggest, problem, excitement, thrill A Nurse of Courage Social Studies On Level Compare and Contrast excitement, thrill, suggest, usually, problem, underneath Sacagawea's Journey Social Studies Above Level Main Ideas and Details usually, suggest, thrill, problem, changed mind, excitement

A Life of Caring: Clara Barton Social Studies English Learner Compare and Contrast excitement, thrill, suggest, usually, problem, underneath Topic 2 A Brave Leader Social Studies Approaching Level 1.1 * Main Ideas and Details clumsy, beards, underneath, problem, trembling, excitement Coming to America Social Studies On Level 1.3 * Summarizing trembling, sneaking, clumsy, suggest, problem, usually Our Brave Founders Social Studies Above Level 2.2 * Summarizing clumsy, sneaking, peeking, clenched, underneath, trembling Moving to a New Home Social Studies English Learner 0.4 * Summarizing trembling, sneaking, clumsy, suggest, problem, usually * Readability Formula = Fry Science Leveled Readers / Grade One Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Fry Unit 7 / I Think I Can Topic 1 Peanuts! The First Airplane

Science Approaching Level Science English Learner 1.5 0.9 Summarizing Sequence meadow, fine, pace, riddles, dining car, rather riddles, kite, meadow, rather, silky, fine How Do Penguins Live in a Cold Place? Science On Level 1.8 Cause and Effect meadow, fine, silky, pace, stomped, rather What Helps You Go, Go, Go? Science Above Level 1.6 Making Connections riddles, meadow, kite, pace, fine, stomped Living in a Cold Place! Science English Learner 1.4 Cause and Effect meadow, fine, pace, silky, stomped rather Topic 2 Alexander Graham Bell: A Busy Inventor! Science Approaching Level 2.3 Cause and Effect fine, riddles, rather, kite, meadow, pace The Wright Brothers ¥Flying High Science On Level 1.2 Sequence riddles, kite, meadow, rather, silky, fine What Is in Space? Science Above Level 3.7 Sequence riddles, fine, dew, meadow, rather, silky Unit 8 / Away We Grow! Topic 1 In the Garden What Can Grow There? Are They Living? Where Plants Grow Topic 2 People Grow! People Change! Animals Grow and Change How a Maple Tree Grows How Animals Grow Science Approaching Level

Science On Level Science Above Level Science English Learner Science Approaching Level Science On Level Science Above Level Science English Learner 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.9 Compare and Contrast quite, shouted, tight, energy, insects, trapping 1 Making Connections trapping, insects, energy, bright, flower, quite 1.3 Cause and Effect roots, stems, aside, quite, attracts, energy, bright 0.9 Making Connections trapping, insects, bright, flower, energy, quite Making Connections Summarizing Compare and Contrast Summarizing flower, stems, roots, insects, bright, petals flower, bright, roots, vine, shrub, stems, quite flower, bright, roots, vine, energy, stems, quite bright, flower, roots, vine, shrub, stems, quite

Leveled Readers / Grade Two Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Kindness Helping Anna Approaching Level Reader 1 1.5 F Main Idea and Details glows, snoozing, dashing, finest, repay, kind Beach Walk Approaching Level Reader 2 1.3 F Summarizing dawn, share, litter, yanked, gnaw, leather Helping Hands Approaching Level Reader 3 1.5 I Main Idea and Details kind, flash, care, share, feelings, finest Taking Care of Mom On Level Reader 1 2.2 H Sequence dawn, dashing, care, flash, kind, elves River Grove Cleanup On Level Reader 2 2.6 H Making Inferences litter, furious, engines, flash, yanked, glows Nurses are Teachers and Healers On Level Reader 3 2.1 H Main Idea and Details escalator, snoozing, kind, feelings, witness, care The Lost Puppy Above Level Reader 1 3.4 J Cause and Effect dashing, yanked, gnaw, care, leather, snoozing Habitat for Humanity Above Level Reader 2 3.4 J Asking Questions care, palace, engines, litter, share, preciuos The New Student Above Level Reader 3 3.3 J Predicting dawn, fastened, feelings, elves, kind, share, flash Being Kind to Mom English Learner Reader 1 1.2 F

Sequence dawn, dashing, care, flash, kind elves Cleaning Up River Grove English Learner Reader 2 1.7 F Making Inferences litter, furious, engines, flash, yanked, glows Nurses are Kind English Learner Reader 3 1 G Main Idea and Details escalator, snoozing, kind, feelings, witness, care Unit 2 / Let's Explore From Tadpole to Frog Approaching Level Reader 1 1.1 H Making Inferences trace, cycle, sprouts, sensing, insects, outstretched Spiders Spin Webs Approaching Level Reader 2 1.2 I Author's Purpose insects, antenna, fussy, limbs, stems, sensing Planting a Garden Approaching Level Reader 3 1.4 F Cause and Effect dull, insects, print, sprouts, stems, invade, chain A Colorful Hike On Level Reader 1 2.3 H Compare and Contrast insects, sprouts, cycle, examined, print, trace Earthworms Make Black Gold On Level Reader 2 2 K Cause and Effect tunnels, fussy, stems, minerals, invade, sprouts Fine Feathered Nests On Level Reader 3 2 J Compare and Contrast ememies, fussy, invade, limbs, vacant, trunks Busy Bees Above Level Reader 1 3.3 L Compare and Contrast insects, limbs, vacant, ememies, invade, antenna The Secret World of Soil Above Level Reader 2 3.1 L Cause and Effect examined, minerals, insects, print, trace, tunnels Starry Night Above Level Reader 3 3 J Reality and Fantasy outstretched, dull,, chain, stems, trunks, limbs A Fun Hike English Learner Reader 1 1 G Compare and Contrast insects, sprouts, cycle, examined, print, trace Worms Help Soil English Learner Reader 2 1.1 I Cause and Effect tunnels, fussy, stems, minerals, invade, sprouts Many Nests English Learner Reader 3 1 I Compare and Contrast enemies, fussy, invade, limbs, vacant, trunks

Unit 3 / Around the Town A Learning Place Approaching Level Reader 1 1.1 G Making Inferences public, employees, huddled, aisles, perched, borrow The Many Jobs of Firefighters Approaching Level Reader 2 1.6 H Main Idea and Details public, routes, practice, recognize, employees, taxes International Breakfast Approaching Level Reader 3 1.8 H Predicting perched, international, ingredients, jalapeno, mayor, huddled, cashier Comfort for Creatures On Level Reader 1 2.7 L Main Idea and Details employees, recognize, perched, construction, public, huddled See the Sea On Level Reader 2 2.3 I Classify and Categorize sharp, recognize, cashier, practice, perched, employees A Card's Journey On Level Reader 3 2.5 L Sequence employees, automatically, international, routes, arrangement, public A Day at the Zoo Above Level Reader 1 3.8 J Adjusting Reading Speed public, employees, routes, construction, huddled, culture, arrangement Plenty of Food Above Level Reader 2 3.3 J Main Idea and Details ingredients, aidles, emplyees, jalapeno, cashier, auomatically Visiting the Vet Above Level Reader 3 3.1 J Author's Purpose culture, employees, public, recognize, routes, practice Help the Animals English Learner Reader 1 1.6 I Main Idea and Details employees, recognize, perched, construction, public, huddled From Me to You English Learner Reader 2 1.4 K Sequence employees, automatcally, international, routes, arrangement, public Aquarium Day English Learner Reader 3 1.4 H Classify and Categorize sharp, recognize, cashier, practice, perched, employees Unit 4 / Look Again Hiding and Hunting in the Rain Forest Approaching Level Reader 1 1.9 J Making Connections creatures, camouflage, mimicry, protective, blend, reeds The Wild Woods Approaching Level Reader 2 1.2 J

Clarifying creatures, patterns, blend, pond, glides, camouflage Creatures that Change Color Approaching Level Reader 3 1.9 J Compare and Contrast creatures, blend, surroundings, coloration, hare, unaware, disguise The Ladybug's Spots On Level Reader 1 2.7 K Reality and Fantasy designed, scent, amired, protective, delicate, meadow Hide and Seek in the Sea On Level Reader 2 2.7 L Fact and Opinion coloration, disguise, creatures, camouflage, blend, surroundings Great Pretenders On Level Reader 3 2.8 L Compare and Contrast imitator, creatures, mimicry, patterns, coloration, pretenders We Lost Leo the Lizard! Above Level Reader 1 3.4 M Fact and Opinion blend, camouflage, patterns, disguise, available, surroundings, proceeds Arctic Animals Above Level Reader 2 3.5 M Visualizing surroundings, camouflage, blend, hare, glides, protective Amazing Desert Animals Above Level Reader 3 3.9 M Clarifying coloration, camouflage, blend, surroundings, scenet, natural Ladybug, Ladybug English Learner Reader 1 1.7 I Reality and Fantasy designed, scent, admired, protective, delicate, meadow Hiding in the Sea English Learner Reader 2 1.1 I Fact and Opinion coloration, disguise, creatures, camouflage, blend, surroundings Animals that Pretend English Learner Reader 3 1.8 K Compare and Contrast imitator, creatures, mimicry, patterns, coloration, pretenders

Leveled Readers / Grade Two (continued) Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 5 / Courage I Can Do That! Approaching Level Reader 1 1.3 G Drawing Conclusions squinted, shifted, numb, brave, afraid, snowdrift, courage Mo's Hospital Tour Approaching Level Reader 2 1.9 I Making Connections afraid, dreaded, mysterious, tended, transferred, qualified Deborah Sampson: Brave Soldier Approaching Level Reader 3 1.1 J Main Idea and Details brave, tended, afraid, dreaded, transferred, courage Brave Heroes On Level Reader 1 2 J Fact and Opinion brave, leaping, stomping, trembling, puffing, qualified Chico the Rescue Dog On Level Reader 2 2.3 J Making Inferences brave, leaping, inform, mountain lion, rugged, trembling My Day as a Rooster On Level Reader 3 2.6 J Reality and Fantasy tended, dreaded, afraid, brave, shifted, snapped, courage Camping Out Above Level Reader 1 3.8 L Summarizing trembling, leaping, mysterious, squinted, courage, inform, rumble The Piano Recital Above Level Reader 2 3.4 M Author's Point of View dreaded, numb, puffing, stomping, transferred, courage Amelia Earhart Above Level Reader 3 3.7 M Making

Connections courage, afraid, brave, mysterious, inform, shifted, qualified Heroes English Learner Reader 1 1.9 H Fact and Opinion brave, leaping, stomping, trembling, puffing, qualified Chico English Learner Reader 2 1.2 I Making Inferences brave, leaping, inform, mountain lion, rugged, trembling I Am a Rooster English Learner Reader 3 1.7 I Reality and Fantasy tended, dreaded, afraid, brave, shifted, snapped, courage Unit 6 / America's People The Old Days Approaching Level Reader 1 1.8 I Fact and Opinion leather, slipped, chores, crops, awarded, popular The Statue of Liberty Approaching Level Reader 2 1.6 J Sequence glimpse, popular, section, citizens, adopted, pale Rosa Parks Takes a Stand Approaching Level Reader 3 1.7 J Making Inferences laws, fair, citizens, treated, arrested, boycott Naoki, My Friend from Japan On Level Reader 1 2.3 I Drawing Conclusions adopted, brisk, strolled, popular, fabric, treated Memories of Finland On Level Reader 2 2.6 J Visualizing pounding, pale, fabric, section, crops, popular The Top Job On Level Reader 3 2.8 L Sequence laws, fair, treated, glimpse, popular, citizens Block Party Above Level Reader 1 3.9 L Drawing Conclusions graduated, glimpse, sesame, strolled, awarded, popular Abraham Lincoln Above Level Reader 2 3.4 N Making Inferences crops, chores, adopted, fair, popular, section, citizens Early Native Americans in North America Above Level Reader 3 3.8 N Classify and Categorize discovered, explorer, adopted, crops, leather, fabric Naoki English Learner Reader 1 1.5 G Drawing Conclusions adopted, brisk, strolled, popular, fabric, treated The Fabric of Finland English Learner Reader 2 1.7 H Visualizing pounding, pale, fabric, section, crops, popular A Hard Job English Learner Reader 3 1.7 K Sequence

laws, fair, treated, glimpse, popular, citizens

Social Studies Leveled Readers / Grade Two Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Fry Unit 1 / Kindness Topic 1 Earth Day The Lady with the Lamp Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies English Learner 1.4 1.6 Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences care, litter, precious, finest, witness, share finest, furious, dashing, dawn, repay, witness When We Recycle É Social Studies On Level 2.8 Asking Questions litter, kind, precious, care, share, feelings Taking Care of Earth Social Studies Above Level 3.4 Summarizing dawn, escalator, kind, repay, engines, care What Happens When We Recyle Social Studies English Learner 1.5 Asking Questions litter, kind, precious, care, share, feelings Topic 2 Anne Sullivan: A Kind Teacher Social Studies Approaching Level 1.6 Clarifying kind, furious, raged, dashing, yanked, repay Florence Nightingale: Lady with the Lamp Social Studies On Level 2.2 Making Inferences finest, furious, dashing, dawn, repay, witness Mother Teresa: Giving to Others Social Studies Above

Level 2.6 Sequence precious, feelings, fastened, fasten, litter, share, witness Unit 3 / Around the Town Topic 1 Goods and Services Social Studies Approaching Level Classify and Categorize cashier, aisles, recognize, automatically, ingredients, practice Sold Out! Social Studies On Level Asking Questions construction, public, jalapeno, ingredients, cashier, aisles Choices About Money Social Studies Above Level Cause and Effect deposits, withdrawals, aisles, huddled, employees, borrow Buying or Producing? Social Studies English Learner Asking Questions construction, public, jalapeno, ingredients, cashier,

aisles Topic 2 Rules and Laws Social Studies Approaching Level 1.2 Cause and Effect employees, council, international, elect, public, culture Every Vote Counts! Social Studies On Level 2.1 Asking Questions elect, taxes, international, public, automatically, arrangement The Job of Government Social Studies Above Level 3.1 Summarizing elect, taxes, council, public, sharp, employees Choosing a Leader Social Studies English Learner 1.9 Asking Questions elect, taxes, council, public, sharp, employees

Unit 6 / America's People Topic 1 Thomas Jefferson: An American Founder Social Studies Approaching Level Famous Faces Carved in Stone Social Studies On Level "We the People" Social Studies Above Level Mount Rushmore: A National Treasure Social Studies English Learner Topic 2 Lady of Liberty Social Studies Approaching Level Welcome to the United States! Social Studies On Level Becoming a United States Citizen Social Studies Above Level Ellis Island Social Studies English Learner 1.2 Sequence laws, fair, citizens, popular, border, discovered 1.9 Drawing Conclusions pounding, glimpse, strolled, section, popular, citizens 3.2 Main Idea and Details adopted, laws, treated, fair,

citizens, popular 1.2 Drawing Conclusions pounding, glimpse, strolled, section, popular, citizens 1 Asking Questions section, glimpse, prejudice, treated, popular, pale 2.3 Clarifying brisk, adopted, shuffled, ached, discovered, treated 2.9 Making Inferences border, prejudice, laws, arrested, content, section, awarded 1.3 Clarifying brisk, adopted, shuffled, ached, discovered, treated

Science Leveled Readers / Grade Two Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Fry Unit 2 / Let's Explore Topic 1 Earth's Rocks The Moon and Its Shapes Science Approaching Level Science English Learner 1.8 1.3 Compare and Contrast Cause and Effect minerals, dull, cycle, sprouts, print, examined trace, cycle, examined, insects, stems, dull Digging the Soil Science On Level 1.9 Clarifying tunnels, cycle, examined, minerals, stems, insects A Trip Back in Time Science Above Level 3.9 Main Idea and Details fossil, print, examined, insects, trunks, dull Rocks and Soil Science English Learner 1.6 Clarifying tunnels, cycle, examined, minerals, stems, insects Topic 2 A Star Close By Science Approaching Level 1.4 Summarizing outstretched, tunnels, cycle, dull, stems, sensing One of Earth's Neighbors Science On Level 1.8 Cause and Effect trace, cycle, examined, insects, stems, dull Our Solar System Science Above Level 2.6 Classify and Categorize examined, minerals, dull, vacant, trace,

trunks Unit 4 / Look Again Topic 1 The Pumpkin Contest Science Approaching Level Cassie's Butterfly Diary Science On Level Sharing Energy for Life Science Above Level A Visitor in Cassie's Yard Science English Learner 2.8 4 3 3.4 Summarizing designed, available, meadow, delicate, coloration, protective Sequence delicate, available, glossy, protective, coloration, natural Main Idea and Details surroundings, creatures, protective, natural, hare, reeds Sequence

delicate, available, glossy, protective, coloration, natural Topic 2 The Arctic Habitat Science Approaching Level 2.1 Drawing Conclusions available, protective, coloration, camouflage, creatures, surroundings Living in a Desert Habitat Science On Level 2.3 Main Idea and Details available, creatures, glossy, natural, protective, surroundings Life in the Ocean Science Above Level 3.1 Compare and Contrast creatures, delicate, blend, surroundings, coloration, protective, camouflage Earth's Deserts Science English Learner 2

Main Idea and Details available, creatures, glossy, natural, protective, surroundings Unit 5 / Courage Topic 1 The Courage to Fly Science Approaching Level The First Flight to the Moon Science On Level Going Up! The First Hot Air Balloon Flight Science Above Level Brave Enough to Fly to the Moon Science English Learner Topic 2 What is Lightning? Science Approaching Level Franklin's Stove Science On Level A New Way of Seeing Science Above Level A New Way to Stay Warm Science English Learner

2 Drawing Conclusions trembling, mysterious, brave, afraid, shifted, leaping, courage 2.5 Asking Questions mysterious, brave, qualified, trembling, rumbling, leaping, courage 3.2 Clarifying mysterious, shifted, courage, tended, leaping, trembling, brave 2.3 Asking Questions mysterious, brave, qualified, trembling, rumbling, leaping, courage 2.4 Cause and Effect rumble, mysterious, trembling, brave, afraid, inform, courage 3.5 Summarizing snowdrift, tended, transferred, qualified, courage, brave 4 Sequence squinted, transferred, shifted, brave, inform, courage 3 Summarizing snowdrift, tended, transferred, qualified, courage, brave

Leveled Readers / Grade Three Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Friendship Pet Friends Approaching Level Reader 1 2.4 J Making Connections energy, possess, responded, clung, permission, timidly Keeping in Touch Approaching Level Reader 2 2.1 J Cause and Effect enthusiastic, glum, worried, responded, insisted, permission, grateful, exchange Odd Friendships Approaching Level Reader 3 2.8 M Drawing Conclusions curious, exchange, grateful, miserable, energy, peculiar Edward Lear: The Gift of Nonsense On Level Reader 1 3.3 N Sequence insisted, permission, curious, persuaded, peculiar, despair, enthusiastic Friends Are Not for Me On Level Reader 2 3 K Author's Purpose glum, struggled, ignore, especially, energy, miserable, insisted, sighed An Unexpected Friend On Level Reader 3 3.3 J Making Connections especially, responded, sighed, glum, worried, miserable, enthusiastic, grateful Two Friends Above Level Reader 1 4.2 P Compare and Contrast curious, challenge, worried, enthusiastic, foreign, opponents, faith No Walls in Friendship Above Level Reader 2 4.3 N Author's Purpose peculiar, clung, curious, chores, struggled, ignore, timidly, translation

Almost Moving Day Above Level Reader 3 3.8 M Author's Purpose grateful, sisghed, glum, persuaded, miserable, leagues, responded, assure Edward Lear and His Friends English Learner Reader 1 2.3 L Sequence permission, curious, persuaded, peculiar, despair, enthusiastic, insisted Franklin's Friend English Learner Reader 2 2.4 J Author's Purpose glum, struggled, ignore, especially, energy, miserable, insisted, sighed A New Friend English Learner Reader 3 2.2 J Making Connections especially, responded, signed, glum, worried, miserable, enthusiastic, grateful Unit 2 / Animals and Their Habitats Savannah Homeland Approaching Level Reader 1 2.4 N Cause and Effect responsibility, enormous, habitats, migrating, balance, prey, appreciate Exploring Polar Homes Approaching Level Reader 2 2.5 L Compare and Contrast variety, enormous, layer, prey, vast, patch, relocates, hatch Life in the Rain Forest Approaching Level Reader 3 2.1 K Compare and Contrast mild, variety, layer, population, enormous, strange Coral Reef Creatures On Level Reader 1 3.4 N Cause and Effect variety, habitats, layer, balance, prey, female, male, hatch Animals in Winter On Level Reader 2 3.2 L Asking Questions exclaimed, except, layer, cautiously, migrating, stored Animals in a High Mountain Habitat On Level Reader 3 3.3 M Visualizing variety, layer, male, female, habitats, stored, prey Nothing Grows in the Desert Above Level Reader 1 4.1 P Fact and Opinion except, stranded, exclaimed, recognize, prey, cautiously, variety, vast, appreciate From the Beaches to the Deep Ocean Floor: Life in the Sea Above Level Reader 2 4.2 P Main Idea and Details habitats, variety, dwellers, swarming, enormous, male, female Animal Builders Above Level Reader 3 4.8 P Compare and Contrast habitats, prey, enormous, male, female, stored, hollow Life on a Coral Reef English Learner Reader 1 2.4 M Cause and Effect variety, habitats, layer, balance,

prey, female, male, hatch Where Do Animals Go in Winter? English Learner Reader 2 2.5 K Asking Questions exclaimed, except, layer, cautiously, migrating, stored Mountain Animals English Learner Reader 3 2 K Visualizing variety, layer, male, female, habitats, stored, prey Unit 3 / Money The Story of Money Approaching Level Reader 1 2.7 L Sequence eventually, ancient, emblem, portrait, counterfeit, forms Spend a Penny, Save a Penny Approaching Level Reader 2 2.6 K Compare and Contrast expenses, wealth, charged, stack, inspect, deal Quarters of the Fifty States Approaching Level Reader 3 2.9 L Cause and Effect inspect, portrait, emblem, product, factory, valuable Dollars for Pesos On Level Reader 1 3.1 M Adjusting Reading Speed stack, valuable, traders, product, bundled, charged Money in the Bank On Level Reader 2 3.3 L Fact and Opinion kingdom, bundled, stack, millionaire, valuable, deal Making Good Choices with Credit Cards On Level Reader 3 3.6 N Summarizing expenses, forms, deal, product, profit, debts, managed International Trade Above Level Reader 1 4.6 P Compare and Contrast profit, traders, supply, wealth, valuable, factory Dog Wash or Craft Sale? Above Level Reader 2 4.4 P Making Inferences profit, equipment, charged, hired, solution, supply, demand Henry Ford Above Level Reader 3 4.4 P Author's Point of View equipment, inspect, profit, factory, expenses, demand, solution, supply A Gift from Mexico English Learner Reader 1 2 L Adjusting Reading Speed stack, valuable, traders, product, bundled, charged Bags or Bank? English Learner Reader 2 2.2 K Fact and Opinion kingdom, bundled, stack, millionaire, valuable, deal Let's Talk About Credit Cards English Learner Reader 3 2.3 M Summarizing expenses, forms, deal, product,

profit, debts, managed Unit 4 / Earth, Moon, and Sun Moon Models Approaching Level Reader 1 2.6 K Visualizing crescent moon, gigantic, phases, new moon, curve, orbit The Night Sky Approaching Level Reader 2 2.9 M Main Idea and Details directions, orbit, phases, horizon, bursts, atmosphere, scale, astronomers Mars Approaching Level Reader 3 2.7 L Classify and Categorize solar system, rotation, slightly, atmosphere, gravity, signs, astronaut The Secret Culprit On Level Reader 1 3.3 M Drawing Conclusions gigantic, bushy, signs, sneak, gravity, rotation Amazing Eclipses On Level Reader 2 3.6 O Clarifying phases, orbit, rays, occur, rotation, oval, slightly The Interior Planets On Level Reader 3 3.1 M Main Idea and Details orbit, solar system, oval, atmosphere, rotation, directions, pressure Why Days are Longer in the Summer Above Level Reader 1 4.2 P Clarifying rays, horizon, sliver, curve, sneak, atmosphere, signs, scraped, occur Telescopes Above Level Reader 2 4.3 P Classify and Categorize horizon, astronomers, devices, rays, atmosphere, orbit, solar system Ancient Observatories Above Level Reader 3 4.1 R Compare and Contrast rays, gigantic, occur, astronomers, devices, phases, horizon High Tide, Low Tide English Learner Reader 1 2.2 L Drawing Conclusions gigantic, bushy, signs, sneak, gravity, rotation What Is an Eclipse? English Learner Reader 2 2.6 N Clarifying phases, orbit, rays, occur, rotation, oval, slightly Mercury and Venus English Learner Reader 3 2.3 L Main Idea and Details solar system, orbit, oval, rotation, directions, atmosphere, pressure

Leveled Readers / Grade Three (continued) Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 5 / Communities Across Time Aunt Jade Comes to Visit Approaching Level Reader 1 2.9 O Making Inferences treasures, eroding, toppled, damaged, ruin, crumbling Plymouth Colony Approaching Level Reader 2 2.5 M Cause and Effect voyage, treasures, settlers, customs, featuring, produce The Oldest City in our Country Approaching Level Reader 3 2.8 N Sequence charted, ruin, acres, developed, exactly, tough Life on the Prairie On Level Reader 1 3.2 N Predicting settlers, fierce, claim, acres, tough, developed, necessities After the Hurricane On Level Reader 2 3.1 L Making Inferences necessities, fierce, section, ruin, damaged, toppled, eroding, sturdy Native Americans Live with the Land On Level Reader 3 3 N Compare and Contrast developed, customs, frames, sturdy, sheltered, fierce Leon's Treasure Chest Above Level Reader 1 4.1 O Compare and Contrast exactly, treasures, stump, fierce, damaged, section, acres, rumble Planning the Capital Above Level Reader 2 4.3 N Main Idea and Details settlers, tough, produce, developed, necessities, exactly, charted

The History of New York City Above Level Reader 3 4.8 P Drawing Conclusions damaged, sheltered, acres, settlers, voyage, section, customs, particular The Prairie English Learner Reader 1 2.1 M Predicting settlers, fierce, claim, acres, tough, developed, necessities We Can Rebuild! English Learner Reader 2 2.5 K Making Inferences necessities, fierce, section, ruin, damaged, toppled, eroding, sturdy Living with the Land English Learner Reader 3 2.1 M Compare and Contrast developed, customs, frames, sturdy, sheltered, fierce Unit 6 / Storytelling Telling Tales Approaching Level Reader 1 2.8 M Classify and Categorize modern, pure, ancestors, deny, cot, scarcely Once Upon a Quilt Approaching Level Reader 2 2.7 L Drawing Conclusions common, ancestors, traditions, eager, modern, cleared The House Mouse and the Field Mouse Approaching Level Reader 3 2.5 N Making Connections haste, affectionately, eager, boasted, drenched, exaggerated, huddled Finn McCool and the Scottish Giant On Level Reader 1 3.3 N Reality and Fantasy haste, affectionately, scarecely, howling, boasted, eager The Storytelling Festival On Level Reader 2 3.3 M Author's Point of View scarcely, affectionately, concentrate, overcome, exhausted, survived, gulps Singers of History On Level Reader 3 3.4 N Classify and Categorize eager, traditions, ancestors, survived, modern, common A Karuk Folktale Above Level Reader 1 4.1 P Drawing Conclusions ancestors, traditions, eager, streaming, settling, boasted, boast A Zulu Fable Above Level Reader 2 4.1 P Reality and Fantasy modern, traditions, ancestors, setting, eager, affectionately, boasted A Storyteller's Life Above Level Reader 3 4.6 P Cause and Effect concentrate, eager, traditions, ancestors, boasted, scarcely, cleared, gulps Finn McCool and Far Rua English Learner Reader 1 2 M Reality and Fantasy haste, affectionately, scarecely,

howling, boasted, eager No Stories of My Own English Learner Reader 2 2.3 L Author's Point of View scarcely, affectionately, concentrate, overcome, exhausted, survived, gulps Musical History English Learner Reader 3 2.6 M Classify and Categorize eager, traditions, ancestors, survived, modern, common

Social Studies Leveled Readers / Grade Three Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Friendship Friends Making a Difference Topic 1 Lewis and Clark: Friends and Adventurers Jane Addams and Friends: Making a Difference A Friendship that Changed America Topic 2 Social Studies English Learner Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies On Level Social Studies Above Level 2.8 * 2.9 * 3.9 * 4.2 * Compare and Contrast Sequence Compare and Contrast Making Inferences struggled, foreign, responded, despair, persuaded, miserable, deserted enthusiastic, especially, curious, persuaded, translation, magnificent, splendor struggled, foreign, responded, despair, persuaded, miserable, deserted

chores, challenge, opponents, worried, grateful, assure, insisted, clung A Helping Community A Helping Hand A Community of Friendship Friendships Near and Far Unit 3 / Money Social Studies English Learner Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies On Level Social Studies Above Level 2.8 * 2.8 * 3.3 * 4.4 * * Readability Formula = Fry Cause and Effect Drawing Conclusions Cause and Effect Drawing Conclusions assure, ignore, chores, grateful, especially, equal assure, energy, grateful, ignore, series, faith assure, ignore, chores, grateful, especially, equal enthusiastic, especially, faith, curious, condition, permission, foreign, exchange, glum Topic 1 Money Around the World Social Studies Approaching Level Classify and Categorize product, ancient, debts, valuable, eventually, expenses, forms, counterfeit A Park for the People Social Studies On Level Cause and Effect

hired, demand, balance, equipment, competition, inspect, eventually, managed Europe and the Trade Explosion Social Studies Above Level Drawing Conclusions forms, ancient, competition, portrait, wealth, traders A People's Government Social Studies English Learner Cause and Effect hired, demand, balance, equipment, competition, inspect, eventually, managed Topic 2 Buying and Selling Around the World Social Studies Approaching Level 2.1 Sequence demand, dupply, factory, hired, equipment, profit, emblem The Media in Your Life Social Studies On Level 3.1 Drawing Conclusions forms, stations, solution, wealth, product, profit A Savings Plan for You Social Studies Above Level 4.9 Clarifying secretary, valuable, expenses, remains, managed, debts The Media and You Social Studies English Learner 2.4 Drawing Conclusions forms, stations, solution, wealth, product, profit * Readability Formula = Fry Unit 5 / Communities Across Time Topic 1 The Roman Empire Social Studies Approaching Level Celebrating Native American Culture

Social Studies On Level Great Britain: From Conquered Land to World Power Social Studies Above Level Native Americans Social Studies English Learner Topic 2 Exploring the New Land Social Studies Approaching Level People Helping People Social Studies On Level Cultures Coming Together Social Studies Above Level People Reaching Out Social Studies English Learner 2.3 Summarizing ruin, origins, fierce, developed, customs, exactly, crumbling, treasures 3.2 Sequence settlers, charted, customs, produce, acres, treasures 4.2 Compare and Contrast frames, origins, developed, fierce, ruin, crumbling, voyage, claim, parcicular 2.7 Sequence settlers, charted, customs, produce, acres, treasures 2.3 Making Inferences charted, voyage, installed, settlers, claim, necessities 3.2 Making Inferences damaged, ruin, sturdy, sheltered, necessities, particular 4.1 Main Idea and Details sheltered, trickle, voyage, tough, necessities, customs, section, acres, installed 2.7 Sequence damaged, ruin, sturdy, sheltered,

necessities, particular

Science Leveled Readers / Grade Three Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Fry Fountas/Pinnell Unit 2 / Animals and Their Habitats Topic 1 Systems in Nature What Lives in the Ocean? Science Approaching Level Science English Learner 2.8 3 Cause and Effect Classify and Categorize variety, dwellers, stored, hatch, male, female enormous, habitats, layer, prey, female, hollow, hatch, detect, population Our Changing Earth Science On Level 3.1 Cause and Effect relocates, aboard, habitats, vast, layer, rich, enormous Caring for Earth Science Above Level 4.4 Drawing Conclusions bacteria, balance, hatch, population, responsibility, recognize How Earth Changes Science English Learner 3 Cause and Effect relocates, aboard, habitats, vast, layer, rich, enormous Topic 2 Desert Dwellers Science Approaching Level 2.8 Classify and Categorize habitats, vast, dwellers, stored, maze,

prey Life in the Ocean Science On Level 3.1 Classify and Categorize enormous, habitats, layer, prey, female, hollow, hatch, detect, population Living in a Tropical Rain Forest Science Above Level 3.4 Asking Questions strange, habitats, layer, variety, prey, balance, rich Unit 4 / Earth, Moon, and Sun Topic 1 Staying Cool and Safe in the Sun Science Approaching Level Earth's Energy Science On Level Welcome to the Water Planet! Science Above Level Energy and You Science English Learner 2.6 4.5 5.5 3.2 Cause and Effect gigantic, solar system, directions, rays, atmosphere, bushy

Compare and Contrast rays, atmosphere, slightly, devices, rotation, pressure Clarifying astronaut, gigantic, atmossphere, slightly, solar system, rotation, signs Compare and Contrast rays, atmosphere, slightly, devices, rotation, pressure Topic 2 Stars and Planets: How Do They Move? Science Approaching Level 4.8 Summarizing solar system, orbit, astronomers, oval, gravity, astronaut What Goes Up Must Come Down Science On Level 5.1 Cause and Effect solar system, orbit, astronomers, gigantic, gravity, bursts Exploring: Space Science Above Level 5.6 Clarifying

astronomers, solar system, orbit, commander, gravity, atmosphere, signs What Weighs You Down? Science English Learner 5 Cause and Effect solar system, orbit, astronomers, gigantic, gravity, bursts Unit 6 / Storytelling Topic 1 The Case of the Missing Ball Science Approaching Level Star Flight Science On Level The Fire Cycle Science Above Level Journey to the Stars Science English Learner 2.2 3.2 4.8 2 Drawing Conclusions Compare and Contrast

Drawing Conclusions Compare and Contrast mantel, borrow, modern, scarcely, affectionately, eager setting, exaggerated, stored, streaming, pure, claim gust, haste, natural, cleared, stored, survived, eager setting, exaggerated, stored, streaming, pure, claim streaming, modeling, modern, natural, exaggerated, affectionately common, scarcely, howling, calculate, package, modern, pure, ancestors eager, modern, overcome, siren, errand, modeling, setting, stored common, scarcely, howling, calculate, package, modern, pure, ancestors Topic 2 Making Pictures Move! Science Approaching Level 2.7 * Main Idea and Details The Evidence is In! Science On Level 3.4 * Making Inferences The Technology of Movies Science Above Level 5 * Sequence Looking at the Evidence Science English Learner

3.1 * Making Inferences * Readability Formula = Flesch-Kincaid

Leveled Readers / Grade Four Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Risks and Consequences Keisha's Favorite Tree Approaching Level Reader 1 3 L Predicting recalled, tangled, shuddered, concerned, brilliant, hastened, astonishmnet, obviously, sympathetic Running for President Approaching Level Reader 2 3.1 M Cause and Effect merriment, nudged, pleading, companion, tensely, opportunities Emma Edmonds: Soldier and Spy Approaching Level Reader 3 3.1 P Author's Purpose miserable, idly, concealed, cover, pursued, deserted Taking a Chance On Level Reader 1 3 N Predicting crowed, astonishmnet, recalled, obviously, pleading, opportunities, concerned, circumstances, plunged Conquering the Storm On Level Reader 2 3.9 N Cause and Effect companion, despairing, tensely, brilliant, cover, sympathetic, shuddered A Talent for Teaching On Level Reader 3 4.2 Q Author's Purpose strive, pursued, decent, lacking, nudged, delivered A Fair Science Project Above Level Reader 1 4.9 O Predicting hastened, concerned, miserable, recalled, crowed, obviously, tensely, lacking, decent Exploring Underwater Wonders Above Level Reader 2 5 O Author's Purpose plunged, despairing, astonishmnet,

brilliant, flickering, gnawing Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farm Workers' Rights Above Level Reader 3 5.9 T Cause and Effect opportunities, strive, deserted, sympathetic, circumstances, companion, spread A Risky Climb English Learner Reader 1 3 M Predicting crowed, astonishmnent, recalled, obviously, pleading, opportunities, concerned, circumstances, plunged Facing a Fear English Learner Reader 2 3.3 M Cause and Effect companion, despairing, tensely, brilliant, cover, sympathetic, shuddered A Desire for Learning English Learner Reader 3 3.9 P Author's Purpose strive, pursued, decent, lacking, nudged, delivered Unit 2 / Nature's Delicate Balance Shaping the Earth Approaching Level Reader 1 3.9 O Asking Questions raging, soar, release, energy, smoldering, shrivel A Sedimentary Wonder Approaching Level Reader 2 3.8 P Summarizing trickled, particles, brittle, transferred, jagged, decays, contains Turtle Crossing Approaching Level Reader 3 3 L Reality and Fantasy eventually, clinging, slightly, burrow, linked, predator, depend, start, ancestors Water and the Weather On Level Reader 1 4.8 Q Asking Questions reservoir, glacier, circulate, particles, flowed, transferred, raging, linked How a Hermit Crab Grows On Level Reader 2 4.4 O Summarizing predator, oxygen, release, jagged, decays, depend, seaweed, energy, contains Rebuilding the Forest On Level Reader 3 4 M Reality and Fantasy clinging, eventually, brittle, stored, wither, smoldering The Carbon Cycle Above Level Reader 1 5.7 T Asking Questions oxygen, release, stored, decays, eventually, contains, fuels Nature's Great Protector Above Level Reader 2 5.2 S Summarizing jagged, flowed, raging, glacier, circulate, trickled, wither The Migrating Monarchs of Prairie Sun Above Level Reader 3 5.7 P Reality and Fantasy shrivel, depend, start, ancestors, swarming, pollinate, bitterly Wind, Storms, and Oceans English Learner Reader 1 3.9 P

Asking Questions reservoir, glacier, circulate, particles, flowed, transferred, raging, linked Finding a New Home English Learner Reader 2 4.4 N Summarizing predator, oxygen, release, jagged, decays, depend, seaweed, energy, contains Animals Working Together English Learner Reader 3 3.2 L Reality and Fantasy clinging, eventually, brittle, stored, wither, smoldering Unit 3 / A Changing America Civil War Diary Approaching Level Reader 1 3.6 Q Classify and Categorize elegant, engaged, contribute, liberty, distract, typical Danger on the River Approaching Level Reader 2 3.2 Q Author's Point of View permanent, provisions, detained, tremendous, deserted, site, vast Andrew Jackson His Mark Remains Approaching Level Reader 3 3.9 R Sequence impressed, skill, politics, declared, rumors, independence, original Free to Go to School On Level Reader 1 4.2 Q Classify and Categorize liberty, contribute, impressed, distract, politics, intelligence Surviving the Alamo On Level Reader 2 4.1 R Author's Point of View rebelling, independence, rumors, engaged, positions, detained Changing Times, Changing Land On Level Reader 3 4.9 S Sequence abundance, skill, permanent, site, typical, vast, tremendous, provisions A New Life for Genji Above Level Reader 1 5.2 R Classify and Categorize provisions, rumors, impressed, skill, proper, declared Exploring Fort Ross Above Level Reader 2 5.3 T Author's Point of View tremendous, vast, deserted, abundance, settle, distract, contribute, permanent California Trailblazer Above Level Reader 3 5.6 T Sequence typical, debates, detained, positions, original, intelligence, liberty, site Freedom to Learn English Learner Reader 1 3.4 P Classify and Categorize liberty, contribute, impressed, distract, politics, intelligence A Fierce Battle English Learner Reader 2 3.7 Q Author's Point of View rebelling, independence, rumors, engaged, positions, detained Life in a New World English Learner Reader 3 3.1 R

Sequence abundance, skill, permanent, site, typical, vast, provisions, tremendous Unit 4 / Science Fair Thrill Rides Approaching Level Reader 1 3.9 P Drawing Conclusions attract, major, examine, previous, friction, inventions, common, certain Robot Helpers Approaching Level Reader 2 3.9 P Main Idea and Details anxious, crabbier, genuine, publication, observations, competitor, pace A Peek at Dinosaurs Approaching Level Reader 3 3.8 M Clarifying related, overwhelm, environment, drizzly, peered, react Mae Jemison: Lifelong Scientist On Level Reader 1 4.7 R Drawing Conclusions certain, common, observations, examine, environment, major, pursuit Astronauts in Training On Level Reader 2 4.8 R Main Idea and Details force, genuine, inventions, techniques, attract, related, react, pace, previous Science Fair Surprise On Level Reader 3 4.3 O Clarifying results, findings, current, crabbier, peered, friction Women Inventors Above Level Reader 1 5.8 S Drawing Conclusions genuine, common, results, rarely, drizzly, techniques, pursuit Fun Careers in Science Above Level Reader 2 5.8 S Main Idea and Details attract, force, charted, react, environment, related, forecasts Isabel's Invention Above Level Reader 3 5.1 R Clarifying peered, anxious, major, previous, examine, certain, observations, inventions, findings, local A Scientist in Space English Learner Reader 1 3.6 P Drawing Conclusions certain, common, observations, examine, environment, major, pursuit Space Camp English Learner Reader 2 3.3 O Main Idea and Details force, genuine, inventions, techniques, attract, related, react, pace, previous A Surprising Problem English Learner Reader 3 3.9 N Clarifying results, findings, current, crabbier, peered, friction

Leveled Readers / Grade Four (continued) Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 5 / America on the Move Train Ride to the Past Approaching Level Reader 1 3.3 P Compare and Contrast transcontinental, laborers, locomotives, ceremony, thrive, era, skim The Story of Hoover Dam Approaching Level Reader 2 3.8 P Visualizing borders, strain, wages, assistance, ditches, buzzing, muscular, locals America Through a Photographer's Eyes Approaching Level Reader 3 3 Q Fact and Opinion ashamed, yearning, generous, desperate, dreaded, hastily A Move to Remember On Level Reader 1 4 R Compare and Contrast dreaded, buzzing, assistance, hastily, muscular, skim, era, locals, yearning How Canals Changed California On Level Reader 2 4.9 S Visualizing legend, desperate, ditches, ceremony, bulged, strikes, binoculars America on the Move: Interstate Highways On Level Reader 3 4.9 Q Fact and Opinion laborers, wages, borders, transcontinental, demand, thrive A Promising Route Above Level Reader 1 5.7 R Compare and Contrast transcontinental, scarlet, borders, assistance, hastily, generous, legend, ceremony The Brooklyn Bridge Above Level Reader 2 5.6 T Visualizing laborers, wages, thrive, binoculars, strikes, dreaded

Oil, Railroads, and Sun Above Level Reader 3 5.4 T Fact and Opinion buzzing, demand, desperate, era, locals, mainland, locomotives North to a Better Life English Learner Reader 1 3.1 Q Compare and Contrast dreaded, buzzing, assistance, hastily, muscular, skim, era, locals, yearning California Canals English Learner Reader 2 3.9 R Visualizing legend, desperate, ditches, ceremony, bulged, strikes, binoculars The Roads That Connect Us English Learner Reader 3 3.7 P Fact and Opinion laborers, wages, borders, transcontinental, demand, thrive Unit 6 / Dollars and Sense Pennies for Police Dogs Approaching Level Reader 1 3.9 P Making Connections longed, discarded, worthless, provide, confident, opinion, dared Luke's Coin Keeper Approaching Level Reader 2 3 Q Adjusting Reading Speed profits, product, wove, clutched, possessions, perched, gleefully, pride Maria's Bike Approaching Level Reader 3 3.2 N Making Inferences corny, embarrassed, wearily, stencils, wealth, investment, fine, value Money Through the Ages On Level Reader 1 4.7 S Making Connections possessions, product, longed, value, fine, protested, demanded A Pocketful of History On Level Reader 2 4.1 O Adjusting Reading Speed century, clutched, investment, pounded, opinion, wealth The Seeds of a Good Idea On Level Reader 3 4.9 P Making Inferences misfortune, wearily, provide, gleefully, worthless, dawn, pruned, profits Madam C. J. Walker: A Woman of Wealth Above Level Reader 1 5.9 T Making Connections product, wealth, longed, provide, confident, dared, pride, fine, profits An Unexpected Treasure Above Level Reader 2 5.5 S Adjusting Reading Speed perched, daydream, investment, clutched, demanded, worthless, protested, embarrassed Life as a Medieval Merchant Above Level Reader 3 5.5 T Making Inferences century, gleefully, wobbled, wove, value, possessions, dawn, opinion Money's History English Learner Reader 1 3.9 R Making Connections possessions, product, longed, value, fine, protested, demanded

Collecting History English Learner Reader 2 3.8 N Adjusting Reading Speed century, clutched, investment, pounded, opinion, wealth Save the Newspaper English Learner Reader 3 3.8 O Making Inferences misfortune, wearily, gleefully, worthless, dawn, pruned, profits

Social Studies Leveled Readers / Grade Four Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Risks and Consequences Topic 1 Christopher Columbus Native Americans of the West Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies English Learner 4.3 3.1 Summarizing Classify and Categorize hastened, lacking, concerned, circumstances, miserable, decent deserted, lacking, circumstances, miserable, concealed, companion Exploration in Florida and California Social Studies On Level 4.9 Cause and Effect opportunities, luxurious, spread, fiber, sympathetic, stable Early Exploration Social Studies Above Level 5.7 Sequence opportunities, astonishment, luxurious, companion, deserted, despairing Searching for Gold Social Studies English Learner 4.4 Cause and Effect opportunities, luxurious, spread, fiber, sympathetic, stable Topic 2 Native Americans of the Plains Social Studies

Approaching Level 3.3 Making Inferences strive, luxurious, pursued, opportunities, cover, delivered Western Native Americans Social Studies On Level 4 Classify and Categorize deserted, lacking, circumstances, miserable, concealed, companion Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands Social Studies Above Level 5 Main Idea and Details decent, stable, recalled, concerned, hastened, nudged Unit 3 / A Changing America Topic 1 Knowing Your Rights The United States and Mexico Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies English Learner 3.6 3.7 Asking Questions Clarifying liberty, colonies, independence, debates, violate, declared, politics impressed, abundance, proper, rumors, violate, vast A New Nation Social Studies On Level 4.1 Sequence declared, independence, colonies, rebelling, settle, tremendous, debates, capital A Need for Independence Social Studies Above Level 5 Summarizing colonies, tremendous, politics, abundance, proper, declared, provisions, liberty, independence The Birth of a Country Social Studies English Learner 3.1 Sequence declared, independence, colonies, rebelling, settle, tremendous, debates, capital Topic 2 A Growing Nation Social Studies Approaching Level 3.9 Sequence original, permanent, typical, abundance, tremendous, site, vast Mexican Rule in the West Social Studies On Level 4.7 Clarifying impressed, abundance, proper, rumors, violate, vast The Spanish Empire Social Studies Above Level 5.8 Making Inferences vast, contribute, skill, impressed, capital, deserted, original, site, permanent Unit 5 / America on the Move

Topic 1 The Entertainment Industry Regions of America Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies English Learner 3.3 3 Drawing Conclusions Summarizing demand, strain, era, thrive, assistance, borders mainland, borders, locomotives, locals, ditches, dreaded, translated Fast Cars and Long Roads Social Studies On Level 4.4 Main Idea and Details laborers, assistance, wages, buzzing, era, demand, transcontinental, thrive Information in the Twentieth Century Social Studies Above Level 5.1 Cause and Effect era, locomotives, borders, thrive, strain, demand, assistance, transcontinental, mainland The Open Road Social Studies English Learner 3.4 Main Idea and Details laborers, assistance, wages, buzzing, era, demand, transcontinental, thrive Topic 2 Experiencing the Past Social Studies Approaching Level 3.5 Main Idea and Details translated, legend, laborers, generous, desperate, locals America's Geographic Regions Social Studies On Level 4.3 Summarizing mainland, borders, locomotives, locals, ditches, dreaded, translated Connecting Cultures Social Studies Above Level 5.5 Asking Questions hastily, locals, buzzing, translated, yearning, ceremony

Science Leveled Readers / Grade Four Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 2 / Nature's Delicate Balance Topic 1 Going in Circles! Plants and Animals: Depending on Each Other Science Approaching Level Science English Learner 3.2 * 4 Cause and Effect Drawing Conclusions contains, release, eventually, energy, soar, slightly energy, microscope, oxygen, seaweed, stored, release, particles, predator The Notion of Motion Science On Level 4.1 * Asking Questions contains, dangle, depend, particles, raging, droop Our Neighbors in the Solar System Science Above Level 5.1 * Classify and Categorize contains, release, eventually, energy, jagged, particles To Move or Not to Move Science English Learner 3.9 * Asking Questions contains, dangle, depend, particles, raging, droop Topic 2 Get a Backbone! Science Approaching Level 4 Clarifying clinging, depend, oxygen, circulate, predator, bitterly

Is It a Plant or an Animal? Science On Level 4.9 Drawing Conclusions energy, microscope, oxygen, seaweed, stored, release, particles, predator Your Body's Systems Science Above Level 5.9 Asking Questions depend, branch, circulate, release, flowed, transferred, linked Unit 4 / Science Fair Topic 1 Rocks to Soil Science Approaching Level 4 Compare and Contrast randomly, local, related, pace, examine, results Looking for Scientific Proof Science On Level 4.9 Making Inferences genuine, common, major, observations, findings, examine Tools of Science Science Above Level 5.9 Clarifying techniques, observations, examine, certain, current,

shocked, charge Is it Scientific? Science English Learner 4 Making Inferences genuine, common, major, observations, findings, examine Topic 2 Energy from Electricity Science Approaching Level 4 Classify and Categorize current, force, major, rarely, charge, shocked Heat Transfer Science On Level 4.8 Compare and Contrast previous, environment, randomly, certain, drizzly, anxious Waves at Work Science Above Level 5.8 Drawing Conclusions environment, previous, results, pure, react, common

Heat on the Move Science English Learner 3.3 Compare and Contrast previous, environment, randomly, certain, drizzly, anxious Unit 6 / Dollars and Sense Topic 1 Rachel Carson¥Saving Nature Science Approaching Level 4 Summarizing Making it Newer Science On Level 5 Cause and Effect Our Energy Future Science Above Level 5.3 Compare and Contrast Make it Like New! Science English Learner

4 Compare and Contrast Topic 2 The Florida Everglades Science Approaching Level 3.4 Sequence How Much Fishing Is Too Much? Science On Level 4.6 Asking Questions Learning About the Past from the Tar Pits Science Above Level 5.4 Main Indea and Details Too Much Fishing! Science English Learner 3.9 Asking Questions dawn, value, product, demanded, opinion, provide provide, profits, wealth, worthless, investment, confident provide, discarded, worthless, value, product, investment provide, profits, wealth, worthless, investment,

confident perched, provide, investment, value, worthless, fine century, value, opposing, confident, investment, wealth huddled, wearily, century, misfortune, profits, dared century, value, opposing, confident, investment, wealth * Readability Formula = Fry

Leveled Readers / Grade Five Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Heritage Honoring Our Ancestors Approaching Level Reader 1 4 R Compare and Contrast attitude, assumed, apparently, finest, lingered, delicate Strength in Words Approaching Level Reader 2 4 R Making Connections section, propped, unjustly, magnificent, persecuted, spellbound, inspired The Journey to Freedom Approaching Level Reader 3 4 U Clarifying claim, forbidden, vast, fluent, role, surrounded Family Connections On Level Reader 1 5 S Compare and Contrast apparently, attitude, vast, spellbound, mist, water, forbidden Cooking up the Past On Level Reader 2 5.1 S Making Connections fluent, assumed, finest, edible, propped, ship Leading an Inspired Life On Level Reader 3 5.9 T Clarifying section, reality, inspired, persecuted, role, surrounded An Ocean Away Above Level Reader 1 5.8 S Compare and Contrast fluent, magnificent, delicate, apparently, vast, inspired, finest, surrounded, lingered Rosa's Quinceanera Above Level Reader 2 5.9 S Making Connections propped, role, withered, attitude, tilted, reality Celebrating with Song Above Level Reader 3 6.9 W

Clarifying mist, forbidden, unjustly, section, concert, spellbount A Family Journey English Learner Reader 1 4.2 R Compare and Contrast apparently, attitude, vast, spellbound, mist, water, forbidden Potluck Surprise English Learner Reader 2 4.4 R Making Connections fluent, assumed, finest, edible, propped, ship From Caterpillar to Butterfly English Learner Reader 3 4.7 S Clarifying section, reality, inspired, persecuted, role, surrounded Unit 2 / Energy at Work Rain Dance! Approaching Level Reader 1 4.5 S Summarizing diet, alert, raging, demonstration, reliable, attracted The Ultimate Energy Challenge Approaching Level Reader 2 4.6 S Author's Point of View propel, converts, absorbs, severe, predict, conclusions, inspiration Racing with the Wind Approaching Level Reader 3 4.1 R Sequence gusty, ecosystem, fossil fuels, observe, economical, squinted Sleeping to Save Energy On Level Reader 1 5 S Summarizing diet, absorbs, converts, layer, predators, alert Harnessing the Wind On Level Reader 2 5.8 T Sequence propel, currents, fossil fuels, ecosystem, economical, gusty, predict My Class Trip On Level Reader 3 5 S Author's Point of View observe, squinted, inefficient, practically, donors, severe, reliable Energy in the Sky Above Level Reader 1 6.8 V Summarizing gusty, positive, negative, flickering, currents, inefficient Fueling Cars in the Future Above Level Reader 2 6.9 W Sequence expands, prediction, absorbs, economical, attracted, propel Racing with the Sun Above Level Reader 3 6.2 T Author's Point of View reliable, fossil fuels, demonstration, converts, inspiration, squinted, charged, severe A Long Winter Nap English Learner Reader 1 4.8 R Summarizing diet, absorbs, converts, layer, predators, alert Wind Work English Learner Reader 2 4.9 S Sequence

propel, currents, fossil fuels, ecosystem, economical, gusty, predict Good Friends English Learner Reader 3 4 R Author's Point of View observe, squinted, inefficient, practically, donors, severe, reliable Unit 3 / Making a New Nation No More Taxes! No More Tea! Approaching Level Reader 1 4.1 U Main Idea and Details precautions, treason, league, assigned, rights, pamphlets The Ride of an Unsung Hero Approaching Level Reader 2 4.5 T Asking Questions prompt, necessities, militia, idle, mount, liberty, accomplishment The Unsigned Oath Approaching Level Reader 3 4.4 U Cause and Effect colonies, loyal, concern, allegiance, commander, civilians, rumors, spread A Call to War On Level Reader 1 5.3 U Main Idea and Details gleam, concern, rights, liberty, rumors, retreat Revolutionary War Sailor On Level Reader 2 5.7 U Asking Questions necessities, assigned, bombarded, commander, character, treason, protest Lighthouse Victory On Level Reader 3 5.1 T Cause and Effect invaders, looting, aloft, militia, retreat, accomplishment The Federalist Papers Above Level Reader 1 6.4 W Main Idea and Details debate, central, delegates, pamphlets, assigned, rights, magnified, composition Walking the Freedom Trail Above Level Reader 2 6.8 V Asking Questions loyal, liberty, portrait, published, accomplishment, contribute My Dearest Family Above Level Reader 3 6.1 W Cause and Effect colonies, necessities, civilians, invaders, commander, treason, allegiance, militia Ride for Freedom English Learner Reader 1 4.7 T Main Idea and Details gleam, concern, rights, liberty, rumors, retreat Freedom by Sea English Learner Reader 2 4.3 T Asking Questions necessities, assigned, bombarded, commander, character, treason, protest An Army of Two English Learner Reader 3 4.7 S Cause and Effect invaders, looting, aloft, militia, retreat, accomplishment

Unit 4 / Our Corner of the Universe Sally Ride: Trailblazer in Space Approaching Level Reader 1 4.7 S Adjusting Reading Speed application, focused, processes, confidence, sensations, advance Dancing Lights in the Northern Sky Approaching Level Reader 2 4.7 T Classify and Categorize solar, awe, dramatic, impact, detect, varies, analyze, accumulate Wishing on a Shooting Star Approaching Level Reader 3 4.2 R Classify and Categorize galaxy, transferring, precise, calculations, stargazers, hospitable Wisdom from the Sky On Level Reader 1 5.6 U Adjusting Reading Speed archaeology, eclipse, stargazers, abandoned, infinity, tranquility Jupiter and Its Moons On Level Reader 2 5.5 T Classify and Categorize detect, galaxy, spiral, solar, precise, varies, bulges Siblings in the Stars On Level Reader 3 5.3 S Classify and Categorize responsibilities, cosmic, focused, thrust, dramatic Galileo A Genius of Science Above Level Reader 1 6.6 W Adjusting Reading Speed solar, precise, vertical, responsibilities, analyze, processes, clusters Spider in Space Above Level Reader 2 6 W Classify and Categorize module, abandoned, transferring, bulky, microscopic, hatch, focused Fallen Star Above Level Reader 3 6.1 U Classify and Categorize detect, discouraged, cosmic, galaxy, dramatic, awe, stargazers, hospitable Learning from the Sky English Learner Reader 1 4.5 T Adjusting Reading Speed archaeology, eclipse, stargazers, abandoned, infinity, tranquility Beyond Earth: Jupiter's Moons English Learner Reader 2 4.4 S Classify and Categorize detect, galaxy, spiral, solar, precise, varies, bulges Siblings to the Sky English Learner Reader 3 4.7 R Classify and Categorize responsibilities, cosmic, focused, thrust, dramatic

Leveled Readers / Grade Five (continued) Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 5 / Going West New Home, New Friends Approaching Level Reader 1 4 S Predicting prosperity, tattered, trench, longed, territory, centuries, bundled Shortcut on the Oregon Trail Approaching Level Reader 2 4 S Visualizing prairie, trek, challenge, pitched, raggedy, procession, desperately, rickety The Corps of Discovery Approaching Level Reader 3 4.5 S Drawing Conclusions association, endure, minerals, evidence, rationed, accurate Letters from a Pony Express Rider On Level Reader 1 5.4 T Predicting trough, inhabitants, accurate, registered, longed, straddled, lurking Travel on the Iron Horse On Level Reader 2 5.4 T Visualizing prosperity, immigrants, prairie, region, rickety, minerals, challenge Cherokee Journey On Level Reader 3 5.6 U Drawing Conclusions centuries, territory, desperately, drought, endure, trek The Wagon Train West Above Level Reader 1 6.1 T Predicting prairie, procession, rationed, ladles, region, longed, lurking, evidence, rickety Journey to a New Land Above Level Reader 2 6 T Visualizing endure, raggedy, elders, desperately, centuries, heaved, straddled, challenge Annie Oakley and the New Frontier Above Level Reader 3

6.8 T Drawing Conclusions legends, sowing, burden, accurate, territory, lasso, prospering, stunt On the Pony Express English Learner Reader 1 4.2 S Predicting trough, inhabitants, accurate, registered, longed, straddled, lurking Riding the Rails English Learner Reader 2 4.6 S Visualizing prosperity, immigrants, prairie, region, rickety, minerals, challenge The Trail of Tears English Learner Reader 3 4.4 T Drawing Conclusions centuries, territory, desperately, drought, endure, trek Unit 6 / Call of Duty The We Can Do It! Campaign Approaching Level Reader 1 4.3 R Author's Purpose challenged, task, designed, donations, species, exhausted, grateful, disturbed Make Way for the Moose! Approaching Level Reader 2 4.4 Q Making Inferences pity, lunged, lumbered, irritably, biologist, rare, worthy, distract Simple Truths, Powerful Changes Approaching Level Reader 3 4.9 W Fact and Opinion loyalty, burdened, destiny, horrified, insistently, pleading, noble, monumeht A Job That Matters On Level Reader 1 5.4 S Author's Purpose pleading, insistently, sulking, hideous, irritably, remark, gaping Operation Relocation On Level Reader 2 5.1 R Making Inferences disturbed, exhausted, noble, task, grateful, rare, distract A Man with a Vision On Level Reader 3 5.6 U Fact and Opinion loyalty, imitating, horrified, glistening, pity, murmur People Behind the Names Above Level Reader 1 6.3 U Author's Purpose equator, monument, exhausted, tropics, rare, loyalty, grateful, noble Blizzard! Above Level Reader 2 6.2 T Making Inferences irritably, glistening, fitter, disturbed, descended, designed, task, distract Turning the Tide against Yellow Fever Above Level Reader 3 6.4 W Fact and Opinion hideous, horrified, pity, burdened, amusing, quest, worthy An Important Job English Learner Reader 1 4.2 R Author's Purpose pleading, insistently, sulking, hideous, irritably, remark, gaping

A Shaky Start English Learner Reader 2 4.7 Q Making Inferences disturbed, exhausted, noble, task, grateful, rare, distract One Man's Vision English Learner Reader 3 4.2 T Fact and Opinion loyalty, imitating, horrified, glistening, pity, murmur

Social Studies Leveled Readers / Grade Five Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Heritage Topic 1 The Civil War New Inventions Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies English Learner 4.9 4.9 Sequence Making Inferences vast, freighter, section, inspired, forbidden, inhabit luxury, ship, vast, magnificent, inspired, civilizations The Industrial Revolution Social Studies On Level 5.7 Asking Questions traders, apparently, finest, vast, civilizations, ship, inhabit That All the People Are Created Equal: Independence and Slavery Social Studies Above Level 6.6 Compare and Contrast traders, section, lingered, vast, assumed, forbidden, logic From Farm to Factory: The Industrial Revolution Social Studies English Learner 4.8 Asking Questions traders, apparently, finest, vast, civilizations, ship, inhabit Topic 2 The Rights of Americans Social Studies Approaching

Level 4.8 Summarizing traders, section, assumed, unjustly, persecuted, claim, role New-Fangled Inventions Social Studies On Level 5.9 Making Inferences luxury, ship, vast, magnificent, inspired, civilizations Why We Need a Government Social Studies Above Level 6.7 Summarizing sewage, edible, inhabit, persecuted, unjustly, role Unit 3 / Making a New Nation Topic 1 Land of Opportunity America's Early Days Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies English Learner 4 4 Asking Questions Compare and Contrast colonies, liberty, necessities, contribute, settlers, retreat colonies, militia, contribute, delegates, rights, assigned Exploring New Lands Social Studies On Level 5.1 Classify and Categorize necessities, contribute, colonies, published, settlers, rights Our Country's Regions Social Studies Above Level 6.2 Main Idea and Details character, settlers, necessities, liberty, contribute, rights, concern Early Explorers Social Studies English Learner 4.1 Classify and Categorize necessities, contribute, colonies, published, settlers, rights Topic 2 Mercantilism, Imperialism, and Independence Social Studies Approaching Level 4.3 Compare and Contrast colonies, delegates, liberty, declaration, rights, protest Thirteen Colonies: One Nation Social Studies On Level 5.4 Compare and Contrast colonies, militia, contribute, delegates, rights, assigned America's Debt to the Renaissance Social Studies Above Level 6 Drawing Conclusions necessities, colonies, protest, loyal, lessen, league

Unit 5 / Going West Topic 1 The Economy of the United States World War II Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies English Learner 4.1 4.3 Clarifying Main Idea and Details prospering, territory, challenge, predict, investment, regard desperately, rationed, association, territory, prosperity, challenge Free Enterprise and the Consumer Social Studies On Level 5.2 Main Idea and Details territory, inhabitants, challenge, prospering, accurate, predict Industrialization in the United States Social Studies Above Level 6.2 Drawing Conclusions accurate, prospering, sowing, inhabitants, endure, registered The Economy and You Social Studies English Learner 4 Main Idea and Details territory, inhabitants, challenge, prospering, accurate, predict Topic 2 World War I Social Studies Approaching Level 4 Clarifying association, challenge, inhabitants, trek, territory, burden The World at War Social Studies On Level 5.2 Main Idea and Details desperately, rationed, association, territory, prosperity, challenge The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression Social Studies Above Level 6.3 Drawing Conclusions rationed, prospering, prosperity, territory, predict, regard

Science Leveled Readers / Grade Five Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 2 / Energy at Work Topic 1 Blood Circulation: The Flow of Life Atoms All Around Science Approaching Level Science English Learner 5 4.8 Sequence Summarizing expands, propel, layer, dissolve, absorbs, diet predict, currents, insulators, electrocuted, layer, reliable Mixing Matter Science On Level 5.9 Classify and Categorize observe, demonstration, practically, layer, conclusions, disolve, prediction Changing Properties Science Above Level 6.9 Clarifying propel, observe, inspiration, demonstration, reliable, layer, converts, dissolve All Mixed Up Science English Learner 4.8 Classify and Categorize observe, demonstration, practically, layer, conclusions, disolve, prediction Topic 2 Marvelous Metals Science Approaching Level 4.9 Classify and Categorize observe, currents, reliable, economical,

converts, layer Atom Antics Science On Level 5.5 Summarizing predict, currents, insulators, electrocuted, layer, reliable All Sorts of Matter Science Above Level 6.4 Classify and Categorize predict, expands, currents, insulators, positive, negative, attracted Unit 4 / Our Corner of the Universe Topic 1 The Great Force of Gravity Science Approaching Level 4.9 Summarizing devised, calculations, solar, eclipse, module, analyze Everyday Forces Science On Level 5.7 Asking Questions pressure, detect, confidence, varies, solar, galaxy Cycles All Around Science Above Level 6.1 Clarifying mankind, transferring, detect, varies, dramatic,

microscopic Forces at Work Science English Learner 4.3 Asking Questions pressure, detect, confidence, varies, solar, galaxy Topic 2 Earth and Moon Science Approaching Level 4.5 Compare and Contrast observatories, detect, dramatic, mankind, harsh, impact Sizing Up Matter Science On Level 5.4 Drawing Conclusions precise, analyze, devised, accumulate, calculations, bulky Earth's Changing Surface Science Above Level 6.2 Cause and Effect processes, pressure, vertical, collapse, impact,

thrust, harsh, clusters, accumulate Measuring Matter Science English Learner 4.4 Drawing Conclusions precise, analyze, devised, accumulate, calculations, bulky Unit 6 / Call of Duty Topic 1 A Life-Saving Move Energy from Earth's Resources Science Approaching Level Science English Learner 4.4 5 Making Inferences Cause and Effect burdened, descended, quest, exhausted, noble, destiny, fitter spring, insistently, designed, gaping, quest, worthy Donating Blood: A Sense of Duty Science On Level 5.5 Classify and Categorize horrified, donations, imitating, task, sport, rare The Gift of Life Science Above Level 6.9 Sequence descended, task, fitter, exhausted, grateful, noble Giving Blood, Helping Others Science English Learner 4.9 Classify and Categorize horrified, donations, imitating, task, sport, rare Topic 2 The Circle of Life Science Approaching Level 4.9 Clarifying lumbered, exhausted, task, gaping, species, descended Earth's Energy Resources Science On Level 6 Cause and Effect spring, insistently, designed, gaping, quest, worthy Life on the Tundra Science Above Level 6.9 Main Idea and Details biologist, disturbed, loyalty, amusing, challenged, sport

Leveled Readers / Grade Six Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Taking a Stand A Tea Party in Boston Harbor Approaching Level Reader 1 5.2 U Author's Purpose boycotted, injustices, resolved, superiors, proprietor, rebel, crescent Love of the Game Approaching Level Reader 2 5 T Predicting awesome, indispensable, appreciation, overwhelming, humility, human nature A Woman of Action: Jane Addams Approaching Level Reader 3 5.3 U Drawing Conclusions compassionate, despair, reform, modest, humanity, self-sacrifice North to Freedom! On Level Reader 1 6.1 U Drawing Conclusions despair, creed, restrictions, overwhelming, clung, refugees Hook, Line, and Sinker On Level Reader 2 6 U Predicting fowl, self-sacrifice, restrained, proprietor, crescent, resisted Ryan White: A Voice Still Heard On Level Reader 3 6.5 U Author's Purpose unsuspecting, reluctantly, segregation, injustices, compassionate, human nature Kiki's Campaign Above Level Reader 1 6.9 U Author's Purpose restrictions, controversial, human nature, boycotted, resolved, reform, reluctantly Grandpa's Secret Journals Above Level Reader 2 6.9 V Predicting despair, revelations, unsuspecting,

injustices, relics, clung The Valiant Five Above Level Reader 3 7.8 W Drawing Conclusions self-evident, humanity, resign, authority, indispensable, overwhelming Fighting for Freedom! English Learner Reader 1 5.1 T Drawing Conclusions despair, creed, restrictions, overwhelming, clung, refugees For the Birds English Learner Reader 2 5.1 T Predicting fowl, self-sacrifice, restrained, proprietor, crescent, resisted Ryan White: Leading a Full Life English Learner Reader 3 5.4 T Author's Purpose unsuspecting, reluctantly, segregation, injustices, compassionate, human nature Unit 2 / Ancient Civilizations Rulers of the Nile Approaching Level Reader 1 5.5 T Summarizing reed, fertile, anxious, elegant, bewildering, curious, imbedded, immortality Arctic Tools Approaching Level Reader 2 5.5 T Making Connections decipher, remains, complex, barren, vast, bulk, elaborate Survival in the Stone Age Approaching Level Reader 3 5 T Compare and Contrast enabled, quest, gasping, frantically, catastrophic, horrified Two Civilizations, One Home On Level Reader 1 6.9 U Making Connections elegant, inspired, dignified, remains, elaborate, immortality Living in Harmony with Nature On Level Reader 2 6.1 U Summarizing fertile, fortification, barren, canals, reservoirs, enabled Voyage to Greenland On Level Reader 3 6 U Compare and Contrast abroad, curious, quest, vast, anxious, frantically, catastrophic, presumed Saving the Sphinx Above Level Reader 1 6.9 U Making Connections complex, elegant, bewildering, quest, curious, interval, anxious, elaborate Roads, Ships, and Coins: The Growth of the Roman Empire Above Level Reader 2 7.3 W Summarizing currerncy, vast, enabled, unified, unify, circulated, bulk, immmortality The Reign of Asoka Above Level Reader 3 7.6 W Compare and Contrast enabled, catastrophic, horrified, inscriptions, frantically, presumed, interpretations Two Cultures in One Land English Learner Reader 1 5.6 T Making Connections elegant, inspirec, dignified,

remains, elaborate, immortality Harmony with Nature English Learner Reader 2 5 T Summarizing fertile, fortification, barren, canals, reservoirs, enabled Going to Greenland English Learner Reader 3 5.1 T Compare and Contrast abroad, curious, quest, vasat, anxious, frantically, catastrophic, presumed Unit 3 / Ecology Life Near a Volcano Approaching Level Reader 1 5.4 S Classify and Categorize devoured, nutrients, diversity, vital, classify, lush, endure Return of the Falcons Approaching Level Reader 2 5.3 S Cause and Effect warily, inhabitants, alarming, perilous, thrive, ample White Fox's Long Arctic Winter Approaching Level Reader 3 5.2 S Visualizing encased, dense, densely, variety, habitats, intrigued, perched Unstoppable Kudzu On Level Reader 1 6.3 T Classify and Categorize thrive, dense, habitats, lush, canopy, warily, alarming Living in Death Valley On Level Reader 2 6.2 T Cause and Effect endure, burro, perilous, delicate, affect, minerals, vital, ample Journal of a Storm On Level Reader 3 6 T Visualizing devoured, humid, inhabitants, perched, intrigued, transforms Perch in Peril? Above Level Reader 1 7.2 W Classify and Categorize inhabitants, diversity, descend, variety, devoured, ascended, thrive, delicate It's Hard to Live in a Dead Zone Above Level Reader 2 7.7 W Cause and Effect nutrients, interlocking, transforms, perilous, shunned, densely, quality Oil Spill! Above Level Reader 3 7.5 U Visualizing endure, currents, alarming, dense, habitats, affect, vital, ample Conquering Kudzu English Learner Reader 1 5.4 S Classify and Categorize thrive, dense, habitats, lush, canopy, warily, alarming Life in the Desert English Learner Reader 2 5 S Cause and Effect endure, burro, perilous, delicate, affect, minerals, vital, ample Flood! A Journal English Learner Reader 3 5 S Visualizing devoured, humid, inhabitants, perched,

intrigued, transforms Unit 4 / Great Expectations Rocket Dreams Approaching Level Reader 1 5.3 T Author's Point of View optimistic, capacity, elements, data, calculations, hazardous, labor The Horseless Carriage Comes to Town Approaching Level Reader 2 5.3 T Clarifying giddy, acquaintances, clustered, suitable, informed, bound, pesky, terrain Reaching for the Sky Approaching Level Reader 3 5.7 S Main Idea and Details humbler, era, perpendicular, eliminate, ornamental, grandeur, original The Peaceful Fight On Level Reader 1 6.4 U Author's Point of View pondered, decade, commence, negotiating, giddy, era, labor A Game to Remember On Level Reader 2 6 T Clarifying chaotic, clustered, optimistic, sustained, hub, eliminate, perpendicular Following Dreams: The Great Migration On Level Reader 3 6.8 U Main Idea and Details notoriously, despaired, circulated, literature, informed, nationalities Small Town Changes Above Level Reader 1 7 U Author's Point of View acquaintances, clustered, perpendicular, giddy, pondered, chaotic, tragedy, optimistic A Trip Back in Time Above Level Reader 2 7 U Clarifying pesky, hazardous, deliberately, emphasis, exhibition, circulated, original The Dawn of Hollywood Above Level Reader 3 7.6 V Main Idea and Details elements, decade, eliminate, grandeur, hub, era, suitable Right to Vote One Girl's Journal English Learner Reader 1 5.6 T Author's Point of View pondered, decade, commence, negotiating, giddy, era, labor The Greatest Game English Learner Reader 2 5.9 S Clarifying chaotic, clustered, optimistic, sustained, hub, eliminate, perpendicular The Great Migration English Learner Reader 3 5.1 T Main Idea and Details notoriously, despaired, circulated, literature, informed, nationalities

Leveled Readers / Grade Six (continued) Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 5 / Earth in Action Avalanche! Approaching Level Reader 1 5.7 T Asking Questions anxiously, phenomena, sweeping, occasional, average, accustomed, urgently, predict Grand Canyon: Earth's Great Wonder Approaching Level Reader 2 5.3 U Fact and Opinion eroded, layer, geologists, collide, lava, ash, precipitation A Trip to Niagara Falls Approaching Level Reader 3 5.5 T Sequence entirely, basin, raged, channel, minor, wreckage, navigation The Longest Cave in the World On Level Reader 1 6.5 U Asking Questions precipitation, channel, funnel, eroded, oozed, occasional Mysteries of the Mariana Trench On Level Reader 2 6.4 U Fact and Opinion layer, lava, collide, geologists, pressure, predict, dwell, accustomed Surviving the Flood On Level Reader 3 6.2 U Sequence wealth, entirely, anxiously, raged, urgently, persist, column, wreckage Climate Detectives Above Level Reader 1 7.5 W Asking Questions geologists, entirely, ash, tributaries, eroded, crater, predict, average The Santa Ana Winds Above Level Reader 2 7.5 W Fact and Opinion sweeping, cinders, pressure, layer, phenomena,

funnel, scalding, navigation, nuisance Snowed In! Above Level Reader 3 7.2 U Sequence accustomed, anxiously, precipitation, collide, dwell, raged, column Mammoth Cave English Learner Reader 1 5.4 T Asking Questions precipitation, channel, funnel, eroded, oozed, occasional The Deepest Place on Earth English Learner Reader 2 5.2 T Fact and Opinion layer, lava, collide, geologists, pressure, predict, dwell, accustomed The Great Flood of 1900 English Learner Reader 3 5.8 T Sequence wealth, entirely, anxiously, raged, urgently, persist, column, wreckage Unit 6 / Art and Impact Buildings of Tomorrow Approaching Level Reader 1 5.5 T Compare and Contrast architect, specialty, alert, technical, memorial merely, quivering, sleek, scale, stern Coloring the Community Approaching Level Reader 2 5.7 S Making Inferences heritage, diverse, palette, dawdled, publicity, mounted, solemn, triumph Journey into Jazz Approaching Level Reader 3 5.9 T Adjusting Reading Speed distinctly, jazz, blues, tempo, predictable, impoverished, prosperous, dignity Wishes for Sale On Level Reader 1 6.2 T Visualizing specialty, distinctly, memorial, quivering, merely, sleek Marian's Song On Level Reader 2 6.1 U Making Inferences jazz, blues, controversy, dignity, transformation, alert, heritage, triumph Artwork of the Ancients On Level Reader 3 6.6 U Adjusting Reading Speed abundant, technical, scale, palette, intact, diverse, labored, anthropologist Javier's Quest Above Level Reader 1 7.2 W Compare and Contrast boundary, quivering, distinctly, parched, merely, neglected, dawdled, triumph, alert Expressions in Dance Above Level Reader 2 7 W Making Inferences choreography, jazz, sleek, heritage, publicity, journalists, debut Art for All Above Level Reader 3 7.8 V Adjusting Reading Speed scale, prosperous, anthropologist, memorial, architect, controversy, dignity, impoverished The Wishing Pot English Learner Reader 1 5.3 S

Visualizing specialty, distinctly, memorial, quivering, merely, sleek The Song of Marian Anderson English Learner Reader 2 5.7 T Making Inferences jazz, blues, controversy, dignity, transformation, alert, heritage, triumph Ancient Cave Art English Learner Reader 3 5.4 T Adjusting Reading Speed abundant, technical, scale, palette, intact, diverse, labored, anthropoligist

Social Studies Leveled Readers / Grade Six Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 2 / Ancient Civilizations Topic 1 The Grandeur that was Rome Early India Social Studies Approaching Level Social Studies English Learner 5.2 5.7 Summarizing Summarizing remains, currency, restored, abroad, vast, dignified fertile, inscriptions, decipher, canals, imported, enabled Rome: Republic to Empire Social Studies On Level 6.5 Sequence equivalents, unified, complex, horrified, interval, inspire Athens and Sparta Social Studies Above Level 7.4 Asking Questions remains, elaborate, enabled, catastrophic, philosopher, curculated, bulk The Roman Empire Social Studies English Learner 5.2 Sequence equivalents, unified, complex, horrified, interval, inspire Topic 2 The Han Dynasty Social Studies Approaching Level 5.9

Classify and Categorize fertile, canals, fortification, immortality, curious, elegant Ancient India Social Studies On Level 6.9 Summarizing fertile, inscriptions, decipher, canals, imported, enabled The Persian Empire Social Studies Above Level 7.4 Making Inferences dignified, imported, quest, restored, remains, inspired Unit 4 / Great Expectations Topic 1 Capitalism Across Time Social Studies Approaching Level Compare and Contrast labor, era, constitute, despaired, suitable, literature Traveling the Silk Road Social Studies On Level Cause and Effect ornamental, bound, suitable, original, era, excavated The King's Highway Social Studies Above Level Cause and Effect conducted, fortunes, excavated, modified, terrain, hazardous, suitable, capacity, hub The Silk Road Social Studies English Learner

Cause and Effect ornamental, bound, suitable, original, era, excavated Topic 2 Being a Good Citizen Social Studies Approaching Level 5.1 Making Inferences calculations, eliminate, informed, transplant, optimistic, suitable, decade A History of World Institutions Social Studies On Level 6 Compare and Contrast sustained, pondered, eliminate, emphasis, nationalities, exhibition, excavated, chaotic Tracing the Pathway of Coal Social Studies Above Level 7.6 Sequence original, decade, tragedy, informed, modified, data, deliberately World Societies Social Studies English Learner 5.1

Compare and Contrast sustained, pondered, eliminate, emphasis, nationalities, exhibition, excavated, chaotic Unit 6 / Art and Impact Topic 1 The Iliad and the Odyssey Social Studies Approaching Level Songs of Expression Social Studies On Level Great Hindi Epics Social Studies Above Level Expressive Songs Social Studies English Learner Topic 2 The Second Temple Social Studies Approaching Level The Many Faces of Buddhism in Art Social Studies On Level Art and Architecture: Effect of Christianity Social Studies Above Level Art and Buddhism Social Studies English Learner 5.1 Clarifying triumph, distinctly anthropologist,

abundant, specialty, dignity 6.2 Summarizing publicity, solemn, triumph, diverse, intact, burdened, abundant, mourned 7.3 Asking Questions diverse, sacrificed, technical, controversy, transformation, neglected, burdened, heritage 5.3 Summarizing publicity, solemn, triumph, diverse, intact, burdened, abundant, mourned 5.4 Sequence sacrificed, impoverished, mourned, heritage, boundary, diverse 6.6 Cause and Effect transformation, premiered, scale, dignity, sleek, heritage 7.4 Making Inferences mourned, merely, labored, intact, solemn, premiered, palette 5.8 Cause and Effect transformation, premiered, scale, dignity, sleek, heritage

Science Leveled Readers / Grade Six Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Fountas/Pinnell Unit 1 / Taking a Stand Topic 1 Rosenfeld to the Rescue The Secret Science of Copernicus Science Approaching Level Science English Learner 6.4 6 Sequence Clarifying awesome, cherished, self-sacrifice, humanity, deed, reform, modest humanity, awesome, relics, authority, encounters, appreciation, reluctantly, controversial Just Water, Please Science On Level 7 Drawing Conclusions drought, unsuspecting, authority, controversial, injustices, picket line, compassionate, revelations William Russell and the Three Rs of Humane Research Science Above Level 8.5 Main Idea and Details appreciation, compassionate, controversial, restrictions, indispensable, boycotted, embraced, reform In Carson's Footsteps Science English Learner 5.6

Drawing Conclusions drought, unsuspecting, authority, controversial, injustices, picket line, compassionate, revelations Topic 2 Luke Sky Watcher Science Approaching Level 6 Asking Questions appreciation, awesome, overwhelming, crescent, modest, exalted Secret Science Science On Level 6.6 Clarifying humanity, awesome, relics, authority, encounters, appreciation, reluctantly, controversial International Space Station Science Above Level 7.4 Summarizing diplomat, restrictions, nourishing, encounters, restrained, human nature, prank Unit 3 / Ecology Topic 1 Ebb and Flow Science Approaching Level Solar Energy Science On Level Great Basin Basics Science Above Level Heat from the Sun Science English Learner 4.9 6.9 7.5 5.6

Cause and Effect dense, perched, affect, habitats, nutrients, thrive, currents Making Inferences transmits, inhabitants, variety, transforms, currents, accumulate Clarifying deposits, minerals, ample, perilous, adobe, habitats, thrive, variety, endure Making Inferences transmits, inhabitants, variety, transforms, currents, accumulate Topic 2 Biosphere Science Approaching Level 5.6 Clarifying isolate, encased, lush, canopy, humid, ample, vital, thrive, alarming Fighting an Invisible Enemy Science On Level 6.1 Asking Questions micro, classify, encased, intrigued, thrive, habitats

Selective Breeding Science Above Level 7.6 Classify and Categorize variety, endure, isolate, quality, nutrients, diversity Battling Bacteria Science English Learner 5.2 Asking Questions micro, classify, encased, intrigued, thrive, habitats Unit 5 / Earth in Action Topic 1 Walls of Ice Science Approaching Level Dusty Disaster Science On Level Falling Ice Science Above Level The Dust Bowl Science English Learner Topic 2 Turbulence Trouble

Science Approaching Level Atoms Everywhere! Science On Level The Pangaea Puzzle Science Above Level Atoms in Action Science English Learner 5.6 Drawing Conclusions phenomena, pressure, geologists, fragment, eroded, delta 6.6 Main Idea and Details precipitation, accustomed, frontier, tributaries, layer, revived 7.6 Drawing Conclusions precipitation, layer, collide, funnel, predict, wreckage 5.6 Main Idea and Details precipitation, accustomed, frontier, tributaries, layer, revived 5.4 Main Idea and Details sternly, anxiously, column, nuisance, urgently, predict, precipitation, navigation 6.2 Classify and Categorize average, layer, entirely, lava, collide, pressure 7.9 Compare and Contrast geologists, core, layer, wrenched, heaved, crater, ash, tension 5.3 Classify and Categorize average, layer, entirely, lava, collide, pressure

Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level A (Emergent 1.9) Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Unit 1 / Kindness The Food Bank Taking Off Level Reader 1 1 Summarizing special, thanked, thank, break, oven, stomach A Lost Puppy Taking Off Level Reader 2 1 Making Inferences frightened, frighten, dry, gnaw, special, retraced, retrace, thanked, thank The Pet Vet Taking Off Level Reader 3

1 Compare and Contrast special, stomach, unwise, roaming, roam, break Helping a Friend Taking Off Level Reader 4 1 Cause and Effect glanced, glance, silently, stomach, churned, churn, blushed, blush Baking Bread Taking Off Level Reader 5 1 Sequence tossing, toss, dry, oven, rings, ring, thanked, thank Let's Clean Up! Taking Off Level Reader 6 1 Fact and Opinion trail, nature, tangled, tangle, disbelief, ranger Unit 2 / Let's Explore Watching Robins Taking Off Level Reader 7 1.2 Sequence

spring, swoops, swoop, darts, dart, collect, gather, shredded Feeding the Birds Taking Off Level Reader 8 1.4 Summarizing surprise, crowded, crowd, swoops, swoop, darts, dart, collect, throw Bats! Taking Off Level Reader 9 1 Author's Purpose nectar, crowded, crowd, swoops, swoop, darts, dart, communicate What Is Inside? Taking Off Level Reader 10 1.3 Asking Questions surprise, hatched, hatch, cocoon, wrapped, wrap, protected, protect A Bee's Life Taking Off Level Reader 11 1 Clarifying communicate, collect, nectar, gather, share

A Pumpkin Grows Taking Off Level Reader 12 1.2 Main Idea and Details buried, spring, spread, sprout, share Unit 3 / Around the Town A Job in Town Taking Off Level Reader 13 1.3 Making Inferences library, volunteer, shelves, shelf, sirens, siren, blaring, blare, station We Can Find It! Taking Off Level Reader 14 1.1 Predicting map, store, shiny, station, library, pond, neighborhood What a Park! Taking Off Level Reader 15 1.2 Compare and Contrast neighborhood, local, pond, shiny, choose The Library Taking Off Level Reader 16 1.5 Author's Purpose

shelves, shelf, library, local, facts, choose Staying Safe Taking Off Level Reader 17 1.4 Making Connections neighborhood, sirens, siren, ladder, rescue, careful, tools, tool, information How Can We Help? Taking Off Level Reader 18 1.2 Author's Purpose volunteer, library, order, shelves, shelf, shelter, energy Unit 4 / Look Again A Winter Hare Taking Off Level Reader 19 1.1 Reality and Fantasy blend, bright, predator, escape, enemy Too Many Colors! Taking Off Level Reader 20 1 Reality and Fantasy bright, variety, useful, fade, insect Top and Bottom

Taking Off Level Reader 21 1.4 Classify and Categorize blend, harm, predator, bother, bright Zebra Stripes Taking Off Level Reader 22 1.5 Main Idea and Details useful, blend, predator, harm, escape Turtles Taking Off Level Reader 23 1.4 Cause and Effect blend, enemy, bother, useful, avoid Chameleons of the Sea Taking Off Level Reader 24 1.4 Drawing Conclusions predator, blend, avoid, bright, risk Unit 5 / Courage Jackie Robinson Taking Off Level Reader 25 1.5

Author's Point of View athletic, mistake, courageous, bravery, cheering Race Car Drivers Taking Off Level Reader 26 1.5 Adjusting Reading Speed track, intelligent, helmets, helmet, bravery, delight Search and Rescue Dogs Taking Off Level Reader 27 1.4 Asking Questions ` crashing, emergency, intelligent, trot, courageous Toby and the Cave Taking Off Level Reader 28 1.3 Adjusting Reading Speed dragged, drag, rough, winding, delight, silent The Queen's Speech Taking Off Level Reader 29 1.1 Reality and Fantasy mistake, peeked, peek, courageous, whispered, whisper, pretended, pretend, cheering, cheer, bravery The Track Meet Taking Off Level Reader 30 1.2 Fact and Opinion

trot, mistake, cheering, cheer, rough, courageous Unit 6 / America's People The Tale of Pecos Bill Taking Off Level Reader 31 1.5 Reality and Fantasy cowboys, cowboy, pioneer, wagon, rumbled, rumble, drifted, drift The Best Job for Ted Taking Off Level Reader 32 1.2 Fact and Opinion greeted, greet, rumbled, rumble, noticed, notice, prepared, prepare, travel Ponce de Leon's Search Taking Off Level Reader 33 1.5 Cause and Effect travel, fertile, soil, noticed, notice, pioneer Henry John Heinz Taking Off Level Reader 34 1.3 Classify and Categorize soil, prepared, prepare, travel, wagon, greeted, greet Mount Rushmore Taking Off Level Reader 35 1.5

Visualizing prepared, prepare, train, opposite, travel Working on the Railroad Taking Off Level Reader 36 1.5 Drawing Conclusions travel, wagon, rider, solve, prepared, prepare Unit 1 / Kindness A Home from the Heart Approaching Level Reader 1 1.5 Author's Purpose disbelief, break, dry, special, thanked, thank Reaching for the Stars Approaching Level Reader 2 1.5 Summarizing glanced, glance, silently, special, blushed, blush, thanked, thank 23

The Kite Approaching Level Reader 3 1.7 Cause and Effect special, roaming, tangled, tangle, reattached, reattach, unwise, echoed, echo The Vegetable Garden Approaching Level Reader 4 1.9 Drawing Conclusions dry, tangled, tangle, disbelief, unwise, trail, thanked, thank Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level A (Emergent 1.9) continues Readability Formula Flesch-KincaidBook Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary A New Way to Play Approaching Level Reader 5 1.5 Sequence tossing, toss, trail, roaming, roam, rings, ring, special, thanked, thank To the Rescue Approaching Level Reader 6 1.5

Fact and Opinion roaming, frightened, frighten, special, gnaw, trail Unit 2 / Let's Explore Secrets of a Cave Approaching Level Reader 7 1.5 Cause and Effect buried, bury, result, spread, share, surprise Wolf Spiders in Your Backyard Approaching Level Reader 8 1.4 Making Connections buried, bury, darts, dart, protected, protect, wrapped, wrap, hatched hatch Let's Grow Bananas Approaching Level Reader 9 1.5 Asking Questions surprise, crowded, crowd, wrapped, wrap, protected, protect, result Hidden Homes on a Coral Reef Approaching Level Reader 10 1.5

Main Idea and Details scrapes, scrape, darts, dart, buried, bury, gulps, gulp, protected, protect Birthday Butterflies Approaching Level Reader 11 1.5 Predicting collect, spade, buried, bury, sprout, moss, surprise Fireflies at Dusk Approaching Level Reader 12 1.4 Visualizing crowded, crowd, collect swoops, swoop, gather, communicate, darts, dart, surprise Unit 3 / Around the Town Election Day Approaching Level Reader 13 1.2 Making Connections choose, local, station, volunteer, decide, facts, fact Where Does the Mail Go? Approaching Level Reader 14 2

Asking Questions spill, shelves, shelf, shiny, local, organize A Special Playground Approaching Level Reader 15 1 Predicting choose, decide, organize, tools, tool, shiny A New Road Approaching Level Reader 16 1.7 Clarifying neighborhood, decide, warehouses, warehouse, careful, spill The Water You Drink Approaching Level Reader 17 2 Compare and Contrast decide, order, shiny, local, careful My Mom, the Mayor Approaching Level Reader 18 1.4 Classify and Categorize station, neighborhood, facts, fact, organize, decide

Unit 4 / Look Again Fooled You! Approaching Level Reader 19 1.9 Summarizing variety, blend, predator, lifts, lift, escape Animals Stay Safe Approaching Level Reader 20 1.8 Classify and Categorize blend, predator, enemy, harm, escape Why Do Animals Change Color? Approaching Level Reader 21 1.9 Compare and Contrast blend, harm, alone, predator, enemy, escape How Animals Hide Approaching Level Reader 22 1.8 Adjusting Reading Speed blend, bright, predator, enemy, bother, avoid Where is Tiger?

Approaching Level Reader 23 1.8 Reality and Fantasy avoid, useful, blend, predator, harm, champion In the Swamp Approaching Level Reader 24 1.8 Sequence resembles, resemble, careless, luring, lure, alone, avoid, bother Unit 5 / Courage Summer Camp Approaching Level Reader 25 1.8 Visualizing winding, whispered, bravery, cheering, cheer, courageous, delight Neighbor to the Rescue Approaching Level Reader 26 1.8 Cause and Effect stroked, stroke, crashing, silent, peeked, peek, emergency, whispered, whisper, courageous The House on the Corner Approaching Level Reader 27 1.6

Author's Point of View bravery, pretended, peeked, peek, whispered, whisper, dragged, drag, silent Laura Bridgman: The Courage to Learn Approaching Level Reader 28 1.7 Making Inferences silent, sight, intelligent, courageous, braille Wilma Rudolph: The Courage to Run Approaching Level Reader 29 1.9 Fact and Opinion bravery, athletic, track, cheering, cheer, delight The Paralympic Games Approaching Level Reader 30 1.9 Fact and Opinion athletic, cheering, cheer, bunny hill, reins, rein, trot Unit 6 / America's People Ellis Island Approaching Level Reader 31 1.9 Clarifying

travel, greeted, greet, prepared, prepare, fertile, soil Johnny Appleseed Approaching Level Reader 32 1.7 Drawing Conclusions pioneer, fertile, soil, travel, woodsman What Was It Like? Approaching Level Reader 33 1.9 Classify and Categorize train, prepared, prepare, soil, wagon, solve Hiawatha Approaching Level Reader 34 1.9 Adjusting Reading Speed campfire, travel, greeted, greet, solve, prepared, prepare Finding Freedom Approaching Level Reader 35 1.9 Making Inferences slaves, slave, prepared, prepare, campfire, rider, creek, wagon

Two Traditions Approaching Level Reader 36 1.9 Author's Point of View pioneer, noticed, notice, greeted, greet, drifted, drift, trunk Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level B (Emergent 1.0-2.9) Unit 1 / Friendship An Unusual Friendship Taking Off Level Reader 1 1.6 Making Inferences thirsty, barely, heal, surprised, surprise, followed, follow, probably 24

Dogs that Serve Taking Off Level Reader 2 1.7 Main Idea and Details probably, wagging, wag, tears, tear, corner, rules, rule, complaining, complain What a Mess! Taking Off Level Reader 3 1 Making Connections wrecked, wreck, sobbed, sob, tears, tear, toward, favor Two Best Friends Taking Off Level Reader 4 1.8 Making Inferences mountains, mountain, wrecked, wreck, favor, suggested, suggest, probably The Mouse and the Lion Taking Off Level Reader 5 1.3 Predicting straight, toward, favor, sobbed, sob, surprised Just the Same Taking Off Level Reader 6 1 Summarizing straight, corner, surprised, surprise, tears, tear, rules, rule 25

Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level B (Emergent 1.0-2.9) continues Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Unit 2 / Animals and Their Habitats The Crab and the Fox Taking Off Level Reader 7 2 Visualizing noise, darted, dart, shelter, frightened, frighten, excellent, treat Koalas Taking Off Level Reader 8 1.1 Making Inferences nook, branch, noise, gentle, shelter

Who Lives in the Arctic? Taking Off Level Reader 9 1.1 Classify and Categorize teeming, teem, excellent, alert, treat, clever Who Lives in the Forest? Taking Off Level Reader 10 1.7 Drawing Conclusions lovely, gentle, excellent, branch, nook, shelter Harriet's Habitat Taking Off Level Reader 11 1.2 Cause and Effect branch, spied, spy, darted, dart, treat, shelter Jungle Animals Taking Off Level Reader 12 1.7 Classify and Categorize branch, excellent, shelter, roar, clever Unit 3 / Money The Perfect Present

Taking Off Level Reader 13 2 Visualizing strolling, stroll, scanned, scan, several, whole, mind A Pail of Milk Taking Off Level Reader 14 2 Author's Purpose mind, earn, several, raise, lesson Forms of Money: From Shells to Coins Taking Off Level Reader 15 2 Making Connections whole, guess, items, item, help, recipe The Five-Cent Coin Taking Off Level Reader 16 2 Compare and Contrast interested, interest, wondered, wonder, earn, several, whole Saving Money

Taking Off Level Reader 17 2 Clarifying interested, interest, lesson, effort, several, earn Budgeting Money Taking Off Level Reader 18 2 Asking Questions earn, several, items, item, help, effort Unit 4 / Earth, Moon, and Sun Moon Tales Taking Off Level Reader 19 1.9 Reality and Fantasy together, portion, science, happening, happen, reflection Cheryl Goes to Space Camp Taking Off Level Reader 20 2 Drawing Conclusions science, explore, excitement, happening, happen, completely Earth's Air

Taking Off Level Reader 21 2 Author's Purpose explore, portion, weather, produce, temperature, energy Shadow on the Moon Taking Off Level Reader 22 2 Main Idea and Details rays, ray, produce, portion, orbit, completely Freedom 7 Taking Off Level Reader 23 2 Fact and Opinion weather, science, explore, gathered, gather, samples, sample The Sun Taking Off Level Reader 24 1.6 Author's Purpose rays, ray, produce, energy, direction, together Unit 5 / Communities Across Time Hurricane Cleanup Taking Off Level Reader 25

1.8 Predicting pile, sorted, sort, formed, form, proud community All Together in Minnesota Taking Off Level Reader 26 2 Asking Questions native, community, settlers, settler, previously, supplies, supply Native Americans Taking Off Level Reader 27 1.9 Compare and Contrast native, tribes, tribe, previously, canoes, canoe, community Prairie Life Taking Off Level Reader 28 1.8 Clarifying supplies, supply, settlers, settler, trouble, community, respect The Mississippi Taking Off Level Reader 29

2 Sequence native, tribes, shipped, community, relax City Life Taking Off Level Reader 30 1.7 Asking Questions community, empties, empty, shipped, ship, proud, relax Unit 6 / Storytelling Why There Are Rainbows? Taking Off Level Reader 31 1.4 Visualizing chief, exclaimed, exclaim, commotion, realized, realize, beneath Chief of Petai Taking Off Level Reader 32 2 Reality and Fantasy chief, album, wrapped, wrap, shouting, shout, peace Bobo's Story Taking Off Level Reader 33 2.1 Predicting dozing, doze, whatever, adored, adore, realized, realize, commotion, exclaimed, exclaim

Show Me a Story Taking Off Level Reader 34 2 Adjusting Reading Speed whatever, perfect, public, commotion, liberated, liberate For the Record Taking Off Level Reader 35 2 Adjusting Reading Speed beneath, public, whatever, peace, tradition Tell Me a Story Taking Off Level Reader 36 2 Summarizing tradition, realize, realize, figures, figure, public, fabrics, fabric Unit 1 / Friendship Funny Friends Approaching Level Reader 1 2.6 Fact and Opinion rules, rule, surprised, surprise, blurry, wagging, wag, straight Horse and the Dog Approaching Level Reader 2 2.2 Author's Point of View

straight, favor, suggested, suggest, toward, followed, follow, barely Dear Pen Pal Approaching Level Reader 3 2 Drawing Conclusions desert, mountains, mountain, thirsty, probably, complaining, complain, gopher The Slave and the Lion Approaching Level Reader 4 2 Author's Purpose thirsty, barely, straight, toward, sobbed, sob Straight from the Heart Approaching Level Reader 5 2 Adjusting Reading Speed suggested, suggest, followed, follow, probably, surprised, straight The Gift of Friendship Approaching Level Reader 6 2 Fact and Opinion favor, probably, toward, heal Unit 2 / Animals and Their Habitats Who Lives on Africa's Grasslands? Approaching Level Reader 7 2.2

Classify and Categorize clever, noise, branch, treat, alert, excellent Who Lives in the Ocean? Approaching Level Reader 8 2.8 Author's Purpose lovely, frightened, frighten, noise, clever, drifted, drift, nudged, nudge, whistle Who Lives in the Desert? Approaching Level Reader 9 2.9 Main Idea and Details drifted, drift, noise, gentle, deserted, clever Giraffes Approaching Level Reader 10 2.3 Fact and Opinion branch, clever, excellent, noise, frightened, frighten 26

Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level B (Emergent 1.0-2.9) continues Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Pete Takes Off Approaching Level Reader 11 2.6 Compare and Contrast noise, drifted, drift, lovely, excellent, darted, dart The Peacock and the Crow Approaching Level Reader 12 2.1 Reality and Fantasy darted, dart, branch, lovely, clever, shelter, alert Unit 3 / Money Money Matters

Approaching Level Reader 13 2.4 Making Inferences help, wondered, wonder guess, earn lesson How Coins Are Made Approaching Level Reader 14 2.9 Making Inferences several, wondered, wonder, guess, interested, interest, lesson Your Money Approaching Level Reader 15 2.8 Main Idea and Details lesson, items, item, adopt, whole, strands, strand, several E-Money Approaching Level Reader 16 2.8 Author's Purpose earn, whole, busy, effort, wondered, wonder, items, item Tia Lana Learns a Lesson

Approaching Level Reader 17 2.7 Cause and Effect past, sign, busy, earn, lesson Bert's Business Approaching Level Reader 18 2.3 Drawing Conclusions earn, help, wondered, wonder, mind, effort Unit 4 / Earth, Moon, and Sun The Moon Approaching Level Reader 19 2.1 Compare and Contrast weather, completely, produce, mirror, temperature Space Spinoffs Approaching Level Reader 20 2.9 Author's Purpose samples, sample, direction, produce, science, temperature

The Hubble Space Telescope Approaching Level Reader 21 2.9 Drawing Conclusions orbit, explore, direction, gathered, gather, temperature The Planets Approaching Level Reader 22 2.9 Drawing Conclusions rotation, orbit, temperature, samples, sample, completely Dewey's Dreams Approaching Level Reader 23 2.5 Compare and Contrast science, temperature, weather, explore, orbit Minnie Fripp's Moon-Trip Plans Approaching Level Reader 24 2.6 Making Connections weather, explore, produce, gathered, gather, banged, band Unit 5 / Communities Across Time

William Penn's Vision Approaching Level Reader 25 2.8 Sequence community, respect, settlers, settler, native, formed, form Chinatown: A City within a City Approaching Level Reader 26 2.8 Summarizing native, trouble, formed, form, supplies, supply, respect Pueblos Approaching Level Reader 27 2.9 Making Inferences native, community, pile, tribes, tribe, respect, proud The Moundbuilders Approaching Level Reader 28 2.9 Adjusting Reading Speed community, canoes, canoe, supplies, supply, formed, form, trouble

Pinewood's Past Approaching Level Reader 29 2.2 Sequence Community, formed, form, moaned, moan, worse, supplies, supply A Shaky Start Approaching Level Reader 30 2.9 Summarizing moaned, moan, worse, sorted, sort, community, scent Unit 6 / Storytelling Alex Haley and the Griot Approaching Level Reader 31 2.8 Predicting album, adored, adore, whatever, realized, realize, commotion, sneak The Stories of Davy Crockett Approaching Level Reader 32 2.5 Reality and Fantasy beneath, commotion, shouting, shout, figures, figure, adored, adore realized, realize

Storytelling Today Approaching Level Reader 33 2.8 Asking Questions tradition, whatever, perfect, public, occasional Stories in Rock Art Approaching Level Reader 34 2.9 Clarifying figures, figure, beneath, perfect, realized, realize, tradition Leah's Stories Approaching Level Reader 35 2.4 Reality and Fantasy whatever, fabric, perfect, beneath, adored, adore Family Tales Approaching Level Reader 36 2.5 Author's Point of View tradition, dozing, doze, neighed, neigh, commotion, perfect Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level C (Emergent 2.0-3.9) Unit 1 / Risks and Consequences A New School for Ruby Bridges Taking Off Level Reader 1 2

Drawing Conclusions illegal, scooted, scoot, press, concern, achieve Swim Safe Taking Off Level Reader 2 2.4 Asking Questions congratulated, congratulate, gazed, gaze, glancing, glance, realize, spotted, spot Wildlife Workers Taking Off Level Reader 3 2.2 Author's Purpose research, trace, achieve, sponsors, sponsor, persuaded, persuade It's Not a Race! Taking Off Level Reader 4 2 Predicting base, scooted, scoot, spotted, spot, relieved, relieve, admitted, admit Aim for the Stars Taking Off Level Reader 5 2 Compare and Contrast gazed, gaze, achieve, convince, concern, spotted, spot, applauding applaud, congratulated, congratulate

Just One Is No Fun Taking Off Level Reader 6 2.1 Making Inferences admitted, admit, gazed, gaze, chores, chore, relieved, relieve, realize Unit 2 / Nature's Delicate Balance Bees and Trees Taking Off Level Reader 7 2.2 Cause and Effect function, pollen, cling, harvest, surface The Other Garden Taking Off Level Reader 8 2.7 Summarizing clippings, clipping, mysterious, bin, bacteria, bacterium, crumbly Islands of Fire Taking Off Level Reader 9 2.7 Main Idea and Details

surface, pressure, erupts, erupt, debris, oozes, ooze Harmful Waters Taking Off Level Reader 10 2.7 Making Connections faucet, seeps, seep, bacteria, bacterium, filters, filter, chemical 27

The Scoop on Germs s Taking Off Level Reader 11 2.2 Compare and Contrast bacteria, bacterium, disk, humid, cling, clippings, clipping WaterÕs Ways Taking Off Level Reader 12 2.1 Sequence surface, faucet, mysterious, oozes, ooze, seeps, seep, filters, filter Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level C (Emergent 2.0-3.9) continues Readability Formula Comprehension Skill Book Title Description Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Unit 3 / A Changing America

Scraps from the Past A Grand Canal! Women Go West The Trail of Tears Taking Off Level Reader 13 Taking Off Level Reader 14 Taking Off Level Reader 15 Taking Off Level Reader 16 2 2.7 2.8 2.2 Predicting Compare and Contrast Clarifying Author's Purpose perched, perch, prefer, twine, declared, declare, goal territory, harnessing, harness, jammed, jam, profit, globe declared, declare, perched, perch, preparations, preparation, scarce, community, handle soil, prefer, preparations, preparation, scarce, rumblings, rumbling The Big Land Deal The Forty-Niners Science Jobs Are Fun! Taking Off Level Reader 17 Taking Off Level Reader 18 Taking Off Level Reader 22 2.1 2.9 2.7 Cause and Effect Making Inferences Main Idea and Details goal, purchase, frontier, territory, acre shocked, shock, frontier, territory, globe, profit common, energy, relationships, experiments, experiment, role, type Three Kinds of Rocks Larger Than Life: Microscopes Taking Off Level Reader 23 Taking Off Level Reader 24

2.6 2.4 Adjusting Reading Speed Asking Questions dull, major, pebbles, pebble, type, combination, common power, display, type, project, experiments, experiment Unit 5 / America on the Move Old Country, New Country Taking Off Level Reader 25 2.8 Reality and Fantasy strolled, stroll, harbor, still, melodies, melody, plenty A New Kind of Freedom Taking Off Level Reader 26 2.6 Fact and Opinion insisted, insist, duties, duty, gripped, grip, strolled, stroll, anniversary View from the Bridge Taking Off Level Reader 27 2.9 Summarizing marvel, pillars, pillar, arches, arch, duties, duty, observe, link The Wright Brothers Taking Off Level Reader 28 2.6 Sequence

plenty, popular, roared, mod, defeated, defeat Jim Crow Laws: A Huge Step Backward Taking Off Level Reader 29 2.8 Compare and Contrast industry, vote, popular, observe, insisted, insist, rebel, protested, protest Growing Pains: The Spanish-American War Taking Off Level Reader 30 2.8 Cause and Effect insisted, insisted, rebel, harbor, popular, protested, protest, defeated, defeat Unit 6 / Dollars and Sense A Summer Camp Winter Taking Off Level Reader 31 2.7 Drawing Conclusions stored, store, manager, canoed, canoe, equipment, pottery, supplies, supply Helping Hands Taking Off Level Reader 32 2.6 Clarifying account, local, manager, donate, suggested, suggest

Pam's Present Taking Off Level Reader 33 2.3 Author's Point of View wealthy, local account, suggested, suggest, supplies, supply What Is an Idea Worth? Taking Off Level Reader 34 2.9 Main Idea and Details extremely, wealthy, destroyed, destroy, equipment, securely Who Has a Job Like That? Taking Off Level Reader 35 2.7 Classify and Categorize detailed, supplies, supply, equipment, securely, local Pay by Check! Taking Off Level Reader 36 2.5 Asking Questions account, securely, local, detailed, record Unit 1 / Risks and Consequences Snow Race Approaching Level Reader 1 3 Cause and Effect toasty, memorized, memorize, concern, scooted, scoot,

realize, glancing, glance, congratulated, congratulate Chinese Acrobats Approaching Level Reader 2 3 Making Connections origin, achieve, sponsors, sponsor, relieved, relieve, applauding, applaud The Underground Railroad Approaching Level Reader 3 3.6 Summarizing achieve, chores, chore, muffled, spotted, spot, illegal trace Give Me a T for Tina! Approaching Level Reader 4 3 Sequence achieve, congratulated, congratulate, convince, persuaded, persuade, relieved, relieve Coming to the City Approaching Level Reader 5 3.5 Drawing Conclusions gazed, gaze, muffled, glancing, glance, relieved, relieve, admitted, admit Just Ask Approaching Level Reader 6 3

Making Connections spotted, spot, persuaded, chores, chore, press, convince Unit 2 / Nature's Delicate Balance The Eagle Has Landed Approaching Level Reader 7 3.9 Sequence surface, debris, gaps, gap, crumbly, balanced, balance Electricity: How Two Men Made Nature Work for Humans Approaching Level Reader 8 3 Compare and Contrast atoms, atom, mysterious, chemical, function, emerge That Does Not Belong Here! Approaching Level Reader 9 3.9 Making Inferences mysterious, humid, surface, bin, cling A Tour of Pompeii Approaching Level Reader 10 3.7

Asking Questions mysterious, debris, pressure, emerge, crumbly Tide Pool Treasures Approaching Level Reader 11 3.6 Compare and Contrast debris, emerge, function, surface, cling Ted's Tree House Approaching Level Reader 12 3.4 Sequence emerge, cling, surface, gaps, gap, pollen Unit 3 / A Changing America The Central Pacific Railroad Approaching Level Reader 13 3.9 Sequence goal, globe, scarce, declared, declare, satisfied 28

Living in a Sod House Approaching Level Reader 14 3.9 Making Inferences declared, declare, scarce, soil, satisfied, jammed, jam A Case for Freedom Approaching Level Reader 15 3.3 Sequence purchase, territory, declared, declare, goal, satisfied The Travels of Lewis and Clark Approaching Level Reader 16 3 Fact and Opinion purchase, territory, goal, profit, preparations, preparation, frontier, soil Far West from Ireland Approaching Level Reader 17 3.4 Summarizing declared, declare, prefer, community, purchase, acre, satisfied The Overlanders Approaching Level Reader 18 3.1 visualizing preparations, preparation, frontier, trails, trail, soil, scarce Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level C (Emergent 2.0-3.9) continues Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Unit 4 / Science Fair Thomas Edison Approaching Level Reader 19 3.9 Making Connections experiments, experiment, tremendous, method, impressed, impress, exactly We Must Have Plants! Approaching Level Reader 20 3.7 Drawing Conclusions exist, atmosphere, combination, major, project

Spacelab Approaching Level Reader 21 3.5 Clarifying experiments, experiment, combination, atmosphere, purpose, results, result All Kinds of Microbes Approaching Level Reader 22 3.7 Classify and Categorize major, role, purpose, atmosphere, stunned, digest, relationship Thunderstorm Expert Approaching Level Reader 23 3.4 Making Inferences atmosphere, combination, display, exactly, type Batteries, Please! Approaching Level Reader 24 3.5 Adjusting Reading Speed project, purpose, stunn3ed, powered, energy Unit 5 / America on the Move Amazing Inventions Approaching Level Reader 25 3.9 Visualizing mood, diverse, industry, marvel, popular, duties, duty A Rebirth in Harlem Approaching Level Reader 26 3.9 Adjusting Reading Speed diverse, literature, popular, observe, mood, melodies, melody, attraction Queen Bess Approaching Level Reader 27 3.1 Fact and Opinion propellers, propeller, popular, attraction, roared, roar, vibrated, vibrate The Buffalo Soldiers Approaching Level Reader 28 3.8 Making Inferences unit, diverse, duties, duty, protested, protest, remain The Best Fair Ever Approaching Level Reader 29 3.8 Visualizing attraction, domes, dome, popular, insisted, insist, strolled, stroll, plenty Women and the War Approaching Level Reader 30 3.1 Cause and Effect plenty, strolled, stroll, roared, roar, duties, duty, industry Unit 6 / Dollars and Sense Native American Trade and Money Approaching Level Reader 31 3.9 Author's Purpose pottery, coast, stored, store, extremely, wealthy Classify and Categorize donate, coast, detailed, location, localCommemorative Coins Approaching Level

Reader 32 3.9 Making Money at the Mint Approaching Level Reader 33 3.9 Clarifying jumble, suggested, suggest, equipment, extremely, stored, store, securely How Chicago Began Approaching Level Reader 34 3.7 Sequence location, transportation, supplies, supply, stored, store, wealthy Penny Drive Approaching Level Reader 35 3 Visualizing coast, destroyed, destroyed, securely donate, suggested, suggest, supplies, supply Flea Market Fun Approaching Level Reader 36 3.1 Classify and Categorize exclaimed, exclaim, vowed, vow, securely, booths, booth, jumble, extremely, transportation Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level D (Emergent 3.0-4.9) Unit 1 / Heritage How My Family Got the Blues Taking Off Level Reader 1 3.5 Making Connections dangled, dangle, familiar, ancestors, ancestor, culture, connection, highlight The Family Garden Taking Off Level Reader 2 3.5 Adjusting Reading Speed mound, authentic, ancestors, ancestor, herbs, herb, culture, hollowed, hollow Quilts Taking Off Level Reader 3 3.9 Compare and Contrast familiar, authentic, folk, culture, inspired, inspire, diverse Buttons of Pride Taking Off Level Reader 4 3.9 Making Connections culture, ancestors, ancestor, folk, familiar, connection Dancing For Freedom Taking Off Level Reader 5 3.3 Cause and Effect richer, reluctant, culture, diverse, relief, dangled, dangle The Mysterious Sign Taking Off Level Reader 6 3.9 Making Inferences disruptions, disruption, circled, circle, familiar, visually, connection Unit 2 / Energy at Work

A Bunch of Garbage! Taking Off Level Reader 7 3.9 Classify and Categorize pollution, environment, portion, generate, decay Taking a Ride in the Future Taking Off Level Reader 8 3.2 Author's Purpose pollution, environment, polar, wastelands, wasteland, billboard Meet the Meteorologist Taking Off Level Reader 9 3.1 Summarizing sputtering, meteorologist, dependable, environment, erodes, erode, agency Alaska: Ice and Oil Taking Off Level Reader 10 3.6 Clarifying vast, bay, environment, wastelands, wasteland, generate Saving Energy Taking Off Level Reader 11 3.7 Author's Purpose cable, environment, pollution, generate, portion 29

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair! Taking Off Level Reader 12 3 Classify and Categorize generate, environment, pollution, portion, vast Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair! Taking Off Level Reader 12 3 Classify and Categorize generate, environment, pollution, portion, vast Unit 3 / Making a New Nation From Slave to Soldier Taking Off Level Reader 13 3.1 Author's Point of View revolution, discharge, ranks, rank, combat, democracy, patriot A Most Unusual Tea Party Taking Off Level Reader 14 3.2 Asking Questions colonies, colony, taxation, governors, governor, restless, sacrificed, sacrifice, independence Phillis Wheatley Taking Off Level Reader 15 3.2 Fact and Opinion colonies, colony, distant, independence, adjusted, adjust, patrio 30

Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level D (Emergent 3.0-4.9) continues Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Betsy Ross and the Stars and Stripes Taking Off Level Reader 16 3.2 Fact and Opinion colonies, colony, stately, adjusted, adjust, excelled, excel, citizens, citizen Thomas Paine and Common Sense Taking Off Level Reader 17 3.6 Adjusting Reading Speed revolution, independence, colonies, colony, apprentice, distant, restless The Midnight Ride Taking Off Level Reader 18 3.8

Reality and Fantasy craftsman, patriot, colonies, taxation, independence Unit 4 / Our Corner of the Universe Spinning in Space Taking Off Level Reader 19 3.3 Reality and Fantasy space shuttle, scientific , pupil, suspended, suspend, predict Women in Space Taking Off Level Reader 20 3.9 Compare and Contrast space shuttle, satellites, satellite, mission, physics, conducted, conduct, communication NASA Taking Off Level Reader 21 3.7 Sequence satellites, satellite, conducted, conduct, mission, space shuttle, scientific Moons of Our Solar System Taking Off Level Reader 22 3.7 Compare and Contrast

satellites, satellite, gather, conducted, conduct, scientific, galaxy Mars: The Red Planet Taking Off Level Reader 23 3.8 Asking Questions scientific, signals, signal, predict, conducted, conduct, mission The Milky Way Taking Off Level Reader 24 3.2 Clarifying galaxy, centuries, century, scientific, gather, instrument, medium Unit 5 / Going West Gold and Silver Taking Off Level Reader 25 3.1 Predicting seek, rugged, occasionally, established, establish, occupants, occupant Where Did the American Indians Go? Taking Off Level Reader 26 3.4 Fact and Opinion

tensions, tension, section, crops, crop, frustrated, revolted, revolt, contagious John Wesley Powell and the Grand Canyon Taking Off Level Reader 27 3.6 Asking Questions wilderness, frustrated riveted, rivet, revolted, revolt, tensions, tension, blur Searching for Gold Taking Off Level Reader 28 3.9 Predicting seek, occupants, occupant, basic, peddling, peddle, wares, ware, benefits, benefit, occasionally The Disappearance of the Buffalo Taking Off Level Reader 29 3.8 Cause and Effect prairies, prairie, blue, ranchers, rancher, territory, occupants, occupant Chief Joseph Taking Off Level Reader 30 3.9 Clarifying territory, established, establish, tensions, tension, frustrated, revolted, revolt

Unit 6 / Call of Duty A Trip to the Wall Taking Off Level Reader 31 3.4 Adjusting Reading Speed placards, placard, adored, adore, permission, appearance, enormous, reaction Tate the Tutor Taking Off Level Reader 32 3.8 Author's Point of View professional, slumped, slump, reaction, identify, pointless Clara's Clothes Taking Off Level Reader 33 3.7 Main Idea and Details appearance, banister, participate, luxury, crumpled John Muir Taking Off Level Reader 34 3.9 Sequence adored, adore, migrating, participate, endangered, appearance The World of Rachel Carson Taking Off Level Reader 35 3.9 Main Idea and Details

adored, adore, luxury, consequence, absolutely, pointless Women Pilots in World War II Taking Off Level Reader 36 3.9 Sequence enormous, perforations, perforation, professional recreation, endangered Unit 1 / Heritage Who's That Woman in the Photo? Approaching Level Reader 1 4.3 Drawing Conclusions mound, familiar, reluctant, relief, routine Wings Approaching Level Reader 2 4.1 Visualizing herbs, herb, ladle, dangled, dangle, connection, charging, charge What Did You Say? Approaching Level Reader 3 4.3 Making Connections familiar, youth, routine, relief, ancestors, ancestor, inspired, inspire Family Trees Approaching Level Reader 4

4.8 Drawing Conclusions residence, visually, dangled, dangle, ancestors, ancesto4r, beams, beam, hollowed, hollow Flying High Approaching Level Reader 5 4.6 Sequence ancestors, ancestor, inspired, inspire, youth, familiar, visually, connection Pizza Forever! Approaching Level Reader 6 4 Main Idea and Details familiar, utensils, utensil, herbs, visually, diverse Unit 2 / Energy at Work Sounds Good! Approaching Level Reader 7 4 Cause and Effect dependable, pollution, solar, environment, generate Wind Power Approaching Level Reader 8

4.6 Summarizing dependable, vast, pollution, rotating, environment The Future of Cars Approaching Level Reader 9 4.7 Fact and Opinion imported, particle, pollution, converted, convert, environment The Day with No Light Approaching Level Reader 10 4.7 Compare and Contrast illuminate, surface, vast, plow, meteorologist 31

Positive Power Approaching Level Reader 11 4.7 Classify and Categorize solar, environment, pollution, dependable, generate, fueled, fuel, portion Putting Water to Work Approaching Level Reader 12 4 Cause and Effect pollution, generate, illuminate, dependable, environment Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level D (Emergent 3.0-4.9) continues Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Unit 3 / Making a New Nation Spinning for Freedom Approaching Level Reader 13

4.8 Visualizing colonies, colony, revolution, independence, stately, patriot Polly Cooper at Valley Forge Approaching Level Reader 14 4 Summarizing colonies, colony, independence, sacrificed, sacrifice, wardrobe, combat Soldiers of the American Revolution Approaching Level Reader 15 4.1 Author's Purpose militia, combat, sopped, sop, restless, discharge, citizens, citizen Samuel Adams Had a Way with Words Approaching Level Reader 16 4 Asking Questions revolution, excelled, excel, taxation, democracy, patriot The Stamp Act Approaching Level Reader 17

4.7 Cause and Effect citizens, citizen, taxation, patriot, revolution, independence What Abigail Left Behind Approaching Level Reader 18 4.7 Main Idea and Details excelled, excel, colonies, colony, revolution, independence, literacy, citizens, citizen Unit 4 / Our Corner of the Universe Welcome to the Adler! Approaching Level Reader 19 4.7 Making Inferences centuries, century, scientific, galaxy, gather, dramatic, mission, space shuttle Perseus and Andromeda Approaching Level Reader 20 4.6 Fact and Opinion centuries, century, gather, transform, suspended, suspend, dramatic Studying Space: Observatories Approaching Level Reader 21

4.7 Drawing Conclusions galaxy, instrument, isolated, gather, dramatic, zones, zone, degenerates, degenerate Living in Space: The International Space Station Approaching Level Reader 22 4.7 Making Connections space shuttle, transferred, transfer, transform, communication, gear mission Red Moon Approaching Level Reader 23 4.2 Visualizing instrument, zones, zone, specialist, galaxy, physics Ancient Astronomers Approaching Level Reader 24 4.8 Clarifying centuries, century, measurement, inaccurate, gather, predict Unit 5 / Going West Annie Oakley: Little Sure Shot Approaching Level Reader 25 4.8

Making Inferences experienced, experience, territory, developed, develop, established, establish, riveted, rivet The Pony Express Approaching Level Reader 26 4.8 Cause and Effect wilderness, rugged, developed, develop, prairies, prairie, experienced, experience, territory The California Trail Approaching Level Reader 27 4.9 Drawing Conclusions seek, rugged, wilderness, established, establish, territory, occupants, occupant The Fur Trade Approaching Level Reader 28 4.6 Main Idea and Details territory, established, establish, r rugged, wilderness, experienced, experience, tensions, tension Nat Love Approaching Level Reader 29 4.5 Making Inferences frustrated mumbled, mumble, developed, develop, occasionally, experienced, experience

Following Great Footsteps Approaching Level Reader 30 4.5 Sequence prairies, prairie, wilderness, territory, rugged, riveted, rivet, experienced,, experience Unit 6 / Call of Duty Our National Parks Approaching Level Reader 31 4.9 Visualizing consequence, identify, recreation, endangered, participate, enormous Frederick Douglass Approaching Level Reader 32 4.9 Asking Questions plantation, bonds, bond, permission, abolished, abolish, equality, participate Barbara Jordan: The Voice of the People Approaching Level Reader 33 4.3 Summarizing appearance, placards, placard, professional, ceremony, equality Kiku's Duty Approaching Level Reader 34

4.4 Predicting reluctantly, reaction, slumped, slump, identify, permission My Mom, the Firefighter Approaching Level Reader 35 4 Author's Point of View animation, recitals, recital, permission, participate, banister, consequence, summoned, summon More Recycling, Please! Approaching Level Reader 36 4.1 Sequence reluctantly, participate, absolutely, intently, consequence, demonstration Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level E (Emergent 4.0-5.9) Unit 1 / Taking a Stand Standing Up for Safety Taking Off Level Reader 1 4.3 Sequence council, podium, address, timidly, debut, humble, rummaged, rummage

Through Her Cousin's Eyes Taking Off Level Reader 2 4.6 Sequence curiosity, splendid, responded, respond, impressed, impress, murmured, murmur, timidly 32

A New Game Plan Taking Off Level Reader 3 Taking Off Level Reader 3 4.6 Making Inferences imitating, imitate, debut, destroy, murmured, murmur, timidly, address Inspired to Act Taking Off Level Reader 4 4.7 Cause and Effect podium, address, impressed, impress, responded, respond, debate Jane Jacobs: Taking a Stand on Cities Taking Off Level Reader 5 4.2 Fact and Opinion metropolis, debate, suburb, subways, subway, victims, victim Changing the World with Trees Taking Off Level Reader 6 4.8 Author's Point of View impressed, impress, address, murmured, murmur, gadgets, gadget, chemistry, physics, curiosity Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level E (Emergent 4.0-5.9) continues Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Unit 2 / Ancient Civilizations The Birth of Writing Taking Off Level Reader 7 4.7 Cause and Effect cultures, culture, developed, develop, rely, advanced, dialogue, media, medium People Who Dig the Past Taking Off Level Reader 8 4.6 Author's Purpose cultures, culture, civilizations, civilization, evidence, rely, perfect, restoration Building Rome Taking Off Level Reader 9 4.2 Main Idea

and Details empire, contributions, contribution, advanced, trade, emperor, gorge The City of Mystery Taking Off Level Reader 10 4.2 Compare and Contrast ancient, agricultural, advanced, observatory, lunar The First Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor Taking Off Level Reader 11 4.8 Sequence trade, contributions, contribution, rely, terrorize Maleek, the Mound Builder Taking Off Level Reader 12 4.4 Reality and Fantasy trade, ancestors, ancestor, observatory, agricultural, orbit Unit 3 / Ecology The International ChildrenÕs Rainforest Network Taking Off Level Reader 13 4.8 Author's Point of View effects, effect, reserve, habitats, habitat, crisis, continents, continent Building Green Taking Off Level Reader 14 4.8 Main Idea and Details effects, effect, reduce, solar, convert, industry, benefit A Batty Bridge Taking Off Level Reader 15 4.6 Making Inferences habitats, habitat, urban, benefit, ecosystem, pesticides Wild in New York Taking Off Level Reader 16 4.6 Visualizing urban, adapted, adapt, environment, habitats, habitat, predators, predator, dispute, reduce Another World Taking Off Level Reader 17 4.6 Asking Questions effects, effect, ecosystem, reserve, portrayed, portray, welfare Saving the Salamanders Taking Off Level Reader 18 4.5 Clarifying habitats, habitat, unique, crisis, pesticides, pesticide, environment Unit 4 / Great Expectations A Gift for Papa Taking Off Level Reader 19 4.2 Compare and Contrast considered, consider, frequently, interfering, interfere,

accomplishment, frigid, trousers, astounded, astound GrannyÕs Victory Taking Off Level Reader 20 4 Making Inferences deprived, deprive, prejudice, introduced, introduce, pamphlets, politics The Klondike Gold Rush Taking Off Level Reader 21 4.1 Summarizing astounded, astound, territory, incentives, incentive, economic, frigid Harriet Quimby: First in Flying Taking Off Level Reader 22 4.9 Cause and Effect frequently, popular, accomplishment, prejudice, license, fame Taking the Court Taking Off Level Reader 23 4.9 Making Connections delicate, frequently, mission, accomplishment, popular, introduced, introduce, considered, consider Women's Right to Vote Taking Off Level Reader 24 4.6 Main Idea and Details

accomplishment, astounded, astound, abolish, politics, introduced, introduce, witnessed, witness Unit 5 / Earth in Action Project Underground Taking Off Level Reader 25 4.7 Visualizing predict, deposits, deposit, width, descending, descend, minerals, mineral depth, oozing, ooze The Great San Francisco Earthquake Taking Off Level Reader 26 4.7 Fact and Opinion spectacular, tremors, tremor, visible, informed, inform, density, predict The Secret Life of Soil Taking Off Level Reader 27 4.7 Classify and Categorize minerals, mineral, visible, decaying, erupt, erosion, tremors, tremor Mammoth Cave Taking Off Level Reader 28 4.1 Cause and Effect climate, minerals, mineral, solution seeps, seep, dissolved, dissolve, depth Sandstone Sculpture of Arches National Park Taking Off Level Reader 29 4.8 Cause and Effect deposits, deposit, erosion, expands, expand, width, spectacular Global Warming and Vanishing Ice Taking Off Level Reader 30 4.9 Asking Questions predict, climate, atmosphere, erosion, theory, estimate Unit 6 / Art and Impact Matilda's Big Break Taking Off Level Reader 31 4.5 Making Inferences pursue, fate, excel, determined, respect, beamed, beam Poetry Saves the Day Taking Off Level Reader 32 4 Making Connections arrived, arrive, unfamiliar, disguise, beamed, beam, satisfied, satisfy Elephant Art Taking Off Level Reader 33 4.2 Cause and Effect auctions, auction, abstract, respect, symbols, symbol, technology, unfamiliar, diminish 33

Stillness in the Dance: Graham and Noguchi Taking Off Level Reader 34 4.6 Visualizing respect, instilled, instill, fascinated, fascinate, unfamiliar, abstract, satisfied, satisfy The Power of Music Taking Off Level Reader 35 4.2 Making Connections apprehensive, satisfied, satisfy, fascinated, fascinate, distinction, excel What is Art, Anyway? Taking Off Level Reader 36 4 Fact and Opinion recognized, recognize, unfamiliar, abstract, depicting, depict, symbols, symbol, obscured 34

Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level E (Emergent 4.0-5.9) continues Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Unit 1 / Taking a Stand The Courage to Be Me Approaching Level Reader 1 5 Author's Point of View impressed, impress, address, murmured, murmur, gadgets, gadget, chemistry, physics, curiosity The House on Hollow Lane Approaching Level Reader 2 5 Fact and Opinion suburb, murmured, murmur, timidly, imitating, imitate, splendid, rummaged, rummaged, responded, respond

Julia "Butterfly" Hill Approaching Level Reader 3 5 Cause and Effect unique, spectacular, ancient, mission, apprehensive, splendid, media, medium Turning It Off Approaching Level Reader 4 5 Fact and Opinion imitating, imitate, debate, address, impressed, impress, debut William Temple Hornaday: Saving the Animals Approaching Level Reader 5 5.4 Compare and Contrast subways, subway, ecology, destroy, metropolis, tribute Coretta Scott King Approaching Level Reader 6 5.4 Main Idea and Details legendary, humble, denied, deny, victims, victim, tribute Unit 2 / Ancient Civilizations People and Places of Ancient Egypt Approaching Level Reader 7 5.2

Classify and Categorize ancient, cultures, culture, mortal, myths, myth, rely The First Emperor of China Approaching Level Reader 8 5.4 Drawing Conclusions emperor, terrorize, empire, contributions, contribution, developed, develop, trade What the Greeks Saw in the Sky Approaching Level Reader 9 5.3 Main Idea and Details constellations, constellation, developed, develop, ancient, myths, myth, sacrifice The Indus Valley Civilization Approaching Level Reader 10 5.9 Author's Purpose agricultural, evidence, trade, ceased, cease, rely Tales of Theseus Approaching Level Reader 11 5.5 Drawing Conclusions ancient, ceased, myths, myth, competition, sacrifice

The Story of Gilgamesh Approaching Level Reader 12 5.5 N/A ceased, cease, competition, terrorize, dialogue, mortal Unit 3 / Ecology Where Chocolate Grows on Trees! Approaching Level Reader 13 5.4 Main Idea and Details nourishing, ecosystem unique, adapted, adapt, pesticides, pesticide plagues, plague, benefit Saving the Black-Footed Ferrets Approaching Level Reader 14 5.5 Summarizing adapted, adapt, predators, predator, habitats, habitat, ecosystem, reduce Turtle Talks Approaching Level Reader 15 5.4 Predicting unique, effects, effect, adapted, adapt, predators, predator, impact Gardens of Learning Approaching Level Reader 16 5

Visualizing ecosystem, environment, effects, effect, benefit, pesticides, pesticide, nourishing Sculpting a Solution Approaching Level Reader 17 5 Making Connections convert, environment, bacteria, bacterium absorbed, absorb, solar, effects, effect A Song in the Air Approaching Level Reader 18 5.3 Clarifying urban, crisis, effects, effect, rugged, portrayed, portray, unique Unit 4 / Great Expectations My Chance to Go to School Approaching Level Reader 19 5 Making Connections mission, prejudice, economic, witnessed, witness, tuition Yip, Yip, Hooray for Horatio Nelson Jackson Approaching Level Reader 20 5 Reality and Fantasy

astounded, astound, territory, witnessed, witness, merged, merge, fame, exhibit, accomplishment Annie Smith Peck: Reaching for the Sky Approaching Level Reader 21 5 Author's Purpose beckoning, beckon, mission, accomplishment, fame, frigid W.E.B. Du Bois: Expecting More Approaching Level Reader 22 5.1 Clarifying prejudice, accomplishment, deprived, deprive, considered, consider, abolish Determination Times Two Approaching Level Reader 23 5 Sequence accomplishment, produce, frequently, introduced, introduce, dunes, dune, popular Basketball: An Olympic Game Approaching Level Reader 24 5.8 Sequence frigid, mission, accomplishment, popular, introduced, introduce, fame, considered, consider

Unit 5 / Earth in Action The Power of Water Approaching Level Reader 25 5.2 Making Connections depth, width, visible, spectacular, erosion, minerals, mineral, reveal Warming Up Approaching Level Reader 26 5.2 Clarifying erupt, predict, seeps, seep, expands, expand, minerals, mineral, spectacular, dissolved, dissolve Ice Desert Approaching Level Reader 27 5.9 Classify and Categorize atmosphere, theory, climate, surveyed, survey, erupt, installed, install Countdown to an Eruption Approaching Level Reader 28 5.9 Cause and Effect spectacular, atmosphere, depth, erupt, expands, expand, density The Hot Springs of Iceland Approaching Level Reader 29 5.9

Summarizing climate, features, feature, visible, energy, tremors, tremor, dormant, seeps, seep Our Ever-Changing Earth Approaching Level Reader 30 5.9 Predicting spectacular, minerals, mineral, atmosphere, decaying, theory, plunges, plunge 35

Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level E (Emergent 4.0-5.9) continues Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Unit 6 / Art and Impact Dancing in the Air Approaching Level Reader 31 5.4 Predicting arrived, arrive, fascinated, fascinate, excel, beamed, beam, fate The Most Important Prize Approaching Level Reader 32 5 Cause and Effect satisfied, satisfy, excel, possessed, possess, arrived, arrive, Seeing from Within Approaching Level Reader 33

5.2 Main Idea and Details technology, symbols, s symbol, depicting, depict, abstract, pursue Sing it, Dance it, Write it, Paint it! Approaching Level Reader 34 5.4 Clarifying boomed, boom, respect, pursue, submitted, submit, symbols, symbol, determined, fascinated, fascinate Photography: An Art or a Science? Approaching Level Reader 35 5.5 Compare and Contrast technology, fascinated, fascinate, determined, respect, obscured, obscure, vision, abstract A Simple Life Approaching Level Reader 36 5 Visualizing vision, symbols, symbol, technology, apprehensive, recognized, recognize, discarded, discard Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level F (Emergent 5.0-6.9) Unit 1 / Hang in There The Long Road to California Taking Off Level Reader 1

5.5 Making Inferences emigrated, emigrate, barren, funds, fund, colony, muffled, hobble, assented, assent, modest Jayne's Gift Taking Off Level Reader 2 5.3 Making Connections ascended, ascend, distinguished, contemplate, tenacity, startled, inquisitive, prompted, prompt Many More Hills to Climb Taking Off Level Reader 3 5.6 Making Connections distinguished, startled, remote, barren, tenacity, contemplate, prompted, prompt The Skipper Taking Off Level Reader 4 5.3 Clarifying remote, distinguished, contemplate, gear, startled, current The True Heroine of the Age Taking Off Level Reader 5 5.7

Clarifying humanitarian, inquisitive, prompted, prompt, tenacity, petition, enlisted, enlist Through the Fear Taking Off Level Reader 6 5.9 Asking Questions assented, assent, petition, inquisitive, contemplate, prompted, prompt, modest, startled, flung, fling Unit 2 / Legend Has It The Snow Leopard: Gray Ghost of the Himalayas Taking Off Level Reader 7 5.1 Compare and Contrast generations, generation, modern, densely, nimble, glimpsed, From Legend to Reality Taking Off Level Reader 8 5.7 Drawing Conclusions hoisted, hoist, scoffed, scoff, smug, exaggerated, exaggerate, hesitation, modern, generations, generation The Creature of Loch Ness: Fact or Fancy? Taking Off Level Reader 9

5.7 Asking Questions modern, cunning, hesitation, respected, sly, scoffed, scoff, regarded, regard Tennyson's King Arthur Taking Off Level Reader 10 5.2 Author's Point of View elements, element, mortal, superior, dismayed, dismay, modern, exaggerated, exaggerate, cunning The Wishing Stone: A Chinese Folktale Retold Taking Off Level Reader 11 5.1 Making Inferences delicacies, delicacy, superior, scoffed, scoff, smug, sly, wits, wit, outsmarting outsmart, glimpsed, glimpse Who Will Be King? Taking Off Level Reader 12 5.4 Making Inferences dismayed, dismay, prospects, prospect, wits, wit, cunning, sly, delicacies, delicacy, smug Unit 3 / From Head to Toe The Skin You Are In Taking Off Level Reader 13

5 Cause and Effect vital, vessels, vessel, glands, gland, sensitive, vitamins, vitamin, nutrients, nutrient, durable Dr. Drew's Discovery Taking Off Level Reader 14 5.3 Main Idea and Details vital, physician, comprised, comprise, fuel, nutrients, nutrient, circulate Nature's Express Delivery System Taking Off Level Reader 15 5.9 Summarizing vessels, vessel, circulate, nutrients, nutrient, vitamins, vitamin, vertebrae, vertebra, vital The Command Center Taking Off Level Reader 16 5.8 Cause and Effect fuel, vital, glands, gland, vertebrae, vertebra, impulses, impulse, detect Jared's Immune System Takes On the Virus Taking Off Level Reader 17 5.4

Cause and Effect particles, particle, mucous, membrane, vital, vessels, vessel, circulate, detect One More Hurdle Taking Off Level Reader 18 5.1 Making Connections comprised, comprise, podium, associated, associate, plagued, plague, fuel, intense, physician Unit 4 / Charting a Course My Life at Sea Taking Off Level Reader 19 5 Author's Point of View fleet, voyages, voyage, massive, mast, hulls, hull, scurrying, scurry, continent 36

Elsbeth Mayhew, Shipwright Taking Off Level Reader 20 5 Drawing Conclusions fleet, voyages, voyage, ports, port, expertise, mast, devised, devise Early Navigation Tools Taking Off Level Reader 21 5.9 Author's Purpose voyages, voyage, vantage point, horizon, navigators, navigator, devised, devise, compass Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level F (Emergent 5.0-6.9) continues Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Taking Off Level Reader 22 5.5 Sequence

voyages, voyage, navigators, navigator, continent, hulls, hull, ports, port, majesty Prince Henry the Navigator Taking Off Level Reader 23 5.9 Adjusting Reading Speed navigators, navigator, voyages, voyage, devised, devise, mast, continent The Search for the Northwest Passage Taking Off Level Reader 24 5.9 Summarizing vast, continent, devised, devise, voyages, voyage, account, alternative Unit 5 / To the Beat Flamenco: SpainÕs Spirited Dance Taking Off Level Reader 25 5.5 Main Idea and Details Tragic, lyrics, trend, premiered, premiere, garb Martha Graham and Modern Dance Taking Off Level Reader 26

5.4 Summarizing impact, mentor, dynamic, garb, offensive Solo Taking Off Level Reader 27 5.7 Sequence tuning, tune, composed, compose, movement, dynamic, solos, solo Jenny Lind: The Swedish Nightingale Taking Off Level Reader 28 5.6 Making Connections exceptional, accompanied, accompany, composed, compose, impact, premiered, premiere, auditorium The Music Connection Taking Off Level Reader 29 5 Author's Purpose melodies, melody, temporary, tuning, tune, regretting, regret, composed, compose, auditorium Scott Joplin: The King of Ragtime Taking Off Level Reader 30 5 Main Idea and Details banjo, exceptional, composed, compose, melodies, melody, trend

Unit 6 / Pastimes Our National Team Taking Off Level Reader 31 5.2 Making Connections ecstatic, converse, genuinely, priority, revelers, reveler, ideal, maneuvers, maneuver Anna's Alpaca Blanket Taking Off Level Reader 32 5 Sequence ample, ecstatic, converse, mingle, attempted, attempt Cheese Making in France Taking Off Level Reader 33 4.3 Cause and Effect mingle, restricted, restrict, attempted, attempt, flavored, flavor, ideal appetizers, appetizer Chinese New Year Taking Off Level Reader 34 5.7 Compare and Contrast attempted, attempt, ornate, tribute, ample, revelers, reveler, appetizers, appetizer, mingle

Time for Samba School! Taking Off Level Reader 35 5.5 Visualizing resumes, resume, revelers, reveler, tribute, ornate, amphitheaters, amphitheater, sweltering, ecstatic Surfing: History of the Wave Taking Off Level Reader 36 5.9 Predicting attempted, attempt, adapted, adapt, restricted, restrict, reefs, reef, maneuvers, maneuver Unit 1 / Hang in There The Fine Art of Falling Approaching Level Reader 1 6.5 Making Inferences flung, fling, footage, documentary, startled, contemplate, waltzes, waltz Running for Cornelius Approaching Level Reader 2 6 Sequence flung, fling, ascended, ascend, hobble, gaping, gape, contemplate A Search for Truth: The Life of Barbara Jordan Approaching Level Reader 3

6.7 Drawing Conclusions shanty, remote, funds, fund, inquisitive, ascended, ascend, tenacity, humanitarian The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Building a Wall Name by Name Approaching Level Reader 4 6.6 Author's Point of View funds, fund, enlisted, enlist, footage, petition, contemplate, modest, startled A Long Walk toward Equality Approaching Level Reader 5 6.5 Fact and Opinion prompted, prompt, startled, distinguished, petition, tenacity, humanitarian The Man Who Loved Snow Approaching Level Reader 6 6.5 Making Connections remote, inquisitive, contemplate, startled, tenacity, gear, modest, distinguished Unit 2 / Legend Has It Heroes Then and Now Approaching Level Reader 7 6.9

Compare and Contrast elements, element, mortal, superior, sly, cunning, wits, wit Cinderellas around the World Approaching Level Reader 8 6.6 Compare and Contrast generations, generation, elements, element, modern, superior, touch, cautionary John Henry: Man or Myth? Approaching Level Reader 9 6.9 Author's Purpose generations, generation, smug, superior, exaggerated, exaggerate, nimble, trenches, trench, prospects, prospect Dragons: Fact or Fiction? Approaching Level Reader 10 6.7 Main Idea and Details modern, elements, element, exaggerated, exaggerate, trenches, trench, shuddered, shudder, fragrant, hesitation The Snow Maiden: A Russian Tale Retold Approaching Level Reader 11 6 Reality and Fantasy dejectedly, stooped, shuddered, shudder, scoffed, scoff, nimble,

glimpsed, glimpse, dismayed, dismay 37

How Thor Got His Hammer Back Approaching Level Reader 12 6.2 Reality and Fantasy dismayed, dismay, shuddered, shudder, mortal, cunning, hovered, hover, respected, glimpsed, glimpse Unit 3 / From Head to Toe Cells: The Building Blocks of Life Approaching Level Reader 13 6.6 Classify and Categorize majestic, detect, lint, panel, membrane, digestion, fuel The Spectacular Eyes Approaching Level Reader 14 6.7 Asking Questions impulses, impulse, transparent, sensitive, detect, vitamins, vitamin, particles, particle, glands, gland Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level F (Emergent 5.0-6.9) continues Readability Formula

Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid The Heroic Heart Approaching Level Reader 15 6.9 Adjusting Reading Speed majestic, thorough, vessels, vessel, nutrients, nutrient, associated, associate A Real Pain in the Limbs and Joints: Common Sports Injuries Approaching Level Reader 16 6.5 Cause and Effect intense, detect, sensitive, cartilage, physician, plagued, plague Learning to Stretch Approaching Level Reader 17 5.5 Predicting vital, intense, nutrients, nutrient, physician, cartilage, vessels,

Nuts to Allergies! Approaching Level Reader 18 6.2 Summarizing aroma, glands, gland, sensitive, mucous, intense, particles, particle, physician Unit 4 / Charting a Course Conversations with a Queen Approaching Level Reader 19 6.1 Compare and Contrast conversation, glanced, glance, horizon, continent, reluctant, formulated, formulate Crossing to a New Land Approaching Level Reader 20 6.2 Visualizing conversation, devised, devise, account, reluctant, glanced, glance, formulated, formulate, monitor Where Are We? Approaching Level Reader 21 6.7 Adjusting Reading Speed atlas, compass, horizon, navigators, navigator, vast, monitor, devised, devise

Sailing into the Sun Approaching Level Reader 22 6.6 Drawing Conclusions horizon, continent, account, vast, massive, expertise, compass Choosing a Course Approaching Level Reader 23 6 Cause and Effect continent, vast, account, formulated, formulate, massive, The Silk Road Approaching Level Reader 24 6.4 Sequence merchants, merchant, vast, artisans, artisan, massive, cumbersome, continent, voyages, voyage Unit 5 / To the Beat In Her Grandmother's Footsteps Approaching Level Reader 25 6 Drawing Conclusions banjo, complex, elegant, tuning, tune, impact, solos, solo First Time in the Spotlight Approaching Level Reader 26 6.5

Drawing Conclusions mentor, temporary, complex, lush, melodies, melody, elegant, impact The Beat Goes On Approaching Level Reader 27 6.1 Asking Questions dynamic, accompanied, accompany, specialists, specialist, tuning, tune, complex, solos, solo Music Inspires Music: Classical Composers and the Folk Tradition Approaching Level Reader 28 6.9 Fact and Opinion composed, compose, harmonica, melodies, melody, lilt, mentor, accompanied, accompany The World's Earliest Instruments Approaching Level Reader 29 6 Classify and Categorize accompanied, accompany, complex, exceptional, specialists, specialist, melodies, melody, harp Singing a People's History Approaching Level Reader 30 6.7 Author's Purpose

garb, lyrics, accompanied, accompany, mentor, harp, banjo, melodies, melody Unit 6 / Pastimes The Art of Japanese Kabuki Approaching Level Reader 31 6.7 Cause and Effect ecstatic, amateur, adapted, adapt, maneuvers, maneuver, ornate, tribute, mingle One, Two, Learn to Dance Approaching Level Reader 32 6 Compare and Contrast requirements, requirement, priority, genuinely, maneuvers, maneuver, amateur, ideal, attempted, attempt My MotherÕs Muscle Car Approaching Level Reader 33 6 Classify and Categorize ornate, genuinely, attempted, attempt, looming, loom adapted, adapt Party Predictions Approaching Level Reader 34 6.9 Compare and Contrast ample, requirements, requirements, broth, revelers, reveler,

ecstatic, tribute, beverages, beverage Marathons: More Than Just Races Approaching Level Reader 35 6.9 Summarizing requirements, requirement, looming, loom, ample, amateur, genuinely, oppressive, reflect Old Art in a New Way Approaching Level Reader 36 6.5 Visualizing reflect, boutiques, boutique, ample, ornate, priority Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level G (Emergent 6.0-7.9) Unit 1 / Taking Charge Henry Bergh: Friend of Animals Taking Off Level Reader 1 6.8 Compare and Contrast contemplated, contemplate, engrossed, engross, restlessly, humane, branded, brand Madam C.J. Walker: From Laundress to Millionairess Taking Off Level Reader 2 6.8

Making Inferences discrimination, sparked, spark, benefited, benefit, emerged, emerge intimidate 38

Clara Barton: A Lasting Legacy Taking Off Level Reader 3 6.5 Summarizing combat, consequences, consequence, humane, bounded, bound, devoured, devour Lighting the Night Taking Off Level Reader 4 6.5 Sequence combat, benefited, benefit, mission, contemplated, contemplate, intimidate, relinquish The Newfangled Car Wash Mystery Taking Off Level Reader 5 6 Drawing Conclusions snickered, snicker, poncho, emerged, emerge, devoured, devour, contemplated, contemplate, deserted, desert, mission The Election Taking Off Level Reader 6 6 Predicting nomination, hesitate, snickered, snicker, confrontation, observant, eloquence 39

Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level G (Emergent 6.0-7.9) continues Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Unit 2 / History's Mysteries Roanoke's First Failure Taking Off Level Reader 7 6.2 Cause and Effect inhabiting, obtained, obtain, plateau, hospitable, brutal, destination, relocated, relocate Search for Glory Taking Off Level Reader 8 6.4 Fact and Opinion destination, prospect, retained, retain, expeditions, expedition, descending, descend

Amelia Earhart: First Lady of the Air Taking Off Level Reader 9 6.9 Sequence strenuous, relocated, relocate, initial, preparations, preparation, purported, purport Great Newspaper and Radio Hoaxes Taking Off Level Reader 10 6.7 Cause and Effect hoax, dwell, transmitted, transmit, overwhelmed, overwhelm, brutal Underwater Cave Explorers Taking Off Level Reader 11 6.4 Author's Purpose expeditions, expedition, destination, descending, descend, dwell, strenuous Secrets in the Attic Taking Off Level Reader 12 6 Visualizing ruins, overwhelmed, overwhelm, obtained, obtain, strenuous, hauling, haul, hoax Unit 3 / In Motion When the Apple Fell Taking Off Level Reader 13

6.8 Fact and Opinion conceived, conceive, theory, fascinated, fascinate, revolutionary, reliable, resistance Floating in Space Taking Off Level Reader 14 6.8 Cause and Effect illusion, accelerate, velocity, diminutive, affixed, affix, irresistible George Ferris's Famous Wheel Taking Off Level Reader 15 6.9 Fact and Opinion fascinated, fascinate, revolutionary, theory, peering, peer, Carousels in Motion Taking Off Level Reader 16 6.9 Main Idea and Details mechanism, elaborate, illusion, mobile, diminutive The Weather Station Taking Off Level Reader 17 6.8 Asking Questions dynamic, fascinated, fascinate, reliable, phenomenon,

demonstrating, demonstrate Experiencing Gravity Taking Off Level Reader 18 6.4 Drawing Conclusions theory, devised, devise, conducted, conduct, demonstrating, demonstrate, accelerate, surmised Unit 4 / From the Ground Up Taking Care of Sela Taking Off Level Reader 19 6 Clarifying glisten, claustrophobic, vantage, perimeter, platform compacted, replicas, replica View from Above Taking Off Level Reader 20 6 Author's Point of View intrigued, intrigue, diligently, angle, claustrophobic, spacious, influence, glisten The Roman Colosseum Taking Off Level Reader 21 6.3 Author's Purpose spacious, tremendous, influence, perimeter, ventilation, platform, dense

Think Round: The History of Domes Taking Off Level Reader 22 6.9 Compare and Contrast tremendous, curvature, influence, flexible, practical Frank GehryÑArchitecture as Art Taking Off Level Reader 23 6.8 Reality and Fantasy unified, elements, element, angle, glisten, curvature, protrudes, protrude, virtually The WorldÕs Tallest Skyscrapers Taking Off Level Reader 24 6.2 Compare and Contrast tremendous, spacious, extending, extend, elements, element, vertical, harmony, ornate Unit 5 / What an Idea! Fast Forward to the Future Taking Off Level Reader 25 6 Reality and Fantasy pun, primitive, alloy, peculiar, tedious The Research Project Taking Off Level Reader 26 6.1

Author's Point of View portable, contemplated, contemplate, innovative, distressed, distress, prospects, prospect How Jonas Salk Beat Polio Taking Off Level Reader 27 6.5 Making Inferences effective, founded, found, tedious, undercurrent, patented, patent, inspired, inspire He Put Us on Wheels Taking Off Level Reader 28 6 Classify and Categorize genius, contemplated, contemplate, primitive, assembling, assemble, effective, alloy, innovative From Road to Sky: A History of the Flying Car Taking Off Level Reader 29 6 Drawing Conclusions patented, patent, effective, genius, convenience, innovative, inspired inspire Building a Better Heart Taking Off Level Reader 30 6 Cause and Effect prospects, inspired, inspire, realization, adaptable,

portable, assembling, assemble, effective Unit 6 / Time Out Par for the Course Taking Off Level Reader 31 6 Visualizing destined, destine, futile, recalled, recall, potential, maneuver, grueling, scanned, scan The Difficult Decision Taking Off Level Reader 32 6 Compare and Contrast audibly, ridiculous, potential, assessment, vicinity, resume, determination Playing Sports: Training Tips for Teens Taking Off Level Reader 33 6.1 Adjusting Reading Speed incurring, diagnosed, diagnose, laboriously, prematurely, dignity Running: Is It for You? Taking Off Level Reader 34 6.6 Adjusting Reading Speed determination, mentored, mentor, potential, dignity, idolize, idolize,

40

I Am Entitled by Title IX Taking Off Level Reader 35 7.8 Fact and Opinion astounded, astound, obstacles, obstacle, segregated, segregate, recipient, idolized idolize, ridiculous Improve Your Game with Yoga Taking Off Level Reader 36 6.3 Clarifying audibly, assessment, integrated, integrate, permeates, permeate, afflicted, afflict Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level G (Emergent 6.0-7.9) continues Vocabulary Comprehension Skill Readability Formula Book Title Description Flesch-Kincaid Unit 1 / Taking Charge The Rescue Approaching Level Reader 1

7 Making Inferences emerged, emerge, observant, humane, alarmed, contemplated, bounded, bound, relinquish Paulina's Book Revival Plan Approaching Level Reader 2 7.1 Sequence hesitate, engrossed, engross, benefited, benefit, sparked, spark, mission, contemplated, contemplate, reservations, reservation The Great Doctor Approaching Level Reader 3 7.5 Author's Purpose lauded, laud, humane, emerged, emerge, hesitate, mission, enforce, combat Following the North Star to Freedom Approaching Level Reader 4 7.5 Compare and Contrast confrontation, conductor, restlessly, emerged, emerge, observant, hesitate, consequences, consequence A Fire from Within Approaching Level Reader 5

7.8 Cause and Effect combat, mission, rural, desolate, benefited, benefit, consequences, consequence, humane Ernest Shackleton: Polar Explorer Approaching Level Reader 6 7.1 Main Idea and Details lauded, laud, devices, device, accommodations, accommodation, emerged, emerge, discrimination, confrontation, negotiating, negotiate Unit 2 / History's Mysteries The Carrier Approaching Level Reader 7 7.2 Cause and Effect verified, verify, transmitted, transmit, outlandish, obtained, obtain, dreaded, dread, persuaded, persuade, inhabiting, inhabit The Hindenburg Disaster Approaching Level Reader 8 7.8 Making Inferences

initial, descending, descend, debate, verified, verify, retained, retain The Buried Secrets of Pompeii Approaching Level Reader 9 7.8 Summarizing dwell, initial, strenuous, verified, verify, preparations, preparation, destination, expeditions, expedition The Great Chicago Fire Approaching Level Reader 10 7.3 Fact and Opinion prospect, demolished, demolish, overwhelmed, overwhelm, preparations, preparation, persuaded, persuade, ruins A Tea Party to Remember Approaching Level Reader 11 7.2 Author's Purpose debate, committee, hauling, haul, preparations, preparation, obtained, obtain, destination, retained, retain A Great Plague of Ants Approaching Level Reader 12 7.6 Main Idea and Details persuaded, persuade, brochure, overwhelmed, overwhelm, preparations, preparation, demolished, demolish, ruins, dominating, dominate Unit 3 / In Motion

Building Giants Approaching Level Reader 13 7.8 Summarizing conceived, conceive, revolutionary, innovations, innovation, reliable phenomenon Underwater Sound Approaching Level Reader 14 7.3 Visualizing flurry, gesturing, gesture, resistance, friction, portrait, reliable Roller Coaster Thrills Approaching Level Reader 15 7.7 Predicting friction, revolutionary, kinetic, innovations, innovation, devised, devise In Flight Approaching Level Reader 16 7.3 Compare and Contrast affixed, affix, mechanism, revolutionary, variations, variation, reliable, accelerate Jump Into Agility! Approaching Level Reader 17 7.6

Summarizing gesturing, gesture, demonstrating, demonstrate, airborne, diminutive, accelerate Disc Dogs Approaching Level Reader 18 7.2 Sequence fascinated, fascinate, gesturing, gesture, airborne, demonstrating, demonstrate, accelerate Unit 4 / From the Ground Up Hometown History Approaching Level Reader 19 7.5 Summarizing intrigued, intrigue, spacious, elements, element, ornate, intricate, testament Project Paradise Approaching Level Reader 20 7 Predicting diligently, tremendous, eliminating, eliminate, scheme, virtually, harmony Spanning the Distance Approaching Level Reader 21 7 Classify and Categorize

elements, element, uniquely, intricate, influence, ornate The Great Wall Approaching Level Reader 22 7 Summarizing tremendous, practical, unified, extending, extend, expansion, platform A Portable House Approaching Level Reader 23 7.4 Making Connections practical, ventilation, claustrophobic, protrudes, protrude, replicas, replica The Leaning Tower Approaching Level Reader 24 7.3 Main Idea and Details vertical, angle, curvature, precisely, hoist, eliminating, eliminate, dilemma 41

Unit 5 / What an Idea! The Car of the Future Approaching Level Reader 25 7 Asking Questions oddities, oddity, effective, raucous, peculiar, genius, patented, patent The Produce Saver Approaching Level Reader 26 7.5 Cause and Effect produce, convenience, effective, peculiar, fashion, realization, patented, patent Leveled Readers for Intervention / Level G (Emergent 6.0-7.9) continues Readability Formula Book Title Description Comprehension Skill Vocabulary Flesch-Kincaid Beyond the Telephone: Alexander Graham Bell Approaching Level Reader 27 7.8

Making Inferences innovative, genius, realization, contemplated, contemplate, prospects, mounted, mount, portable Computer Pioneers Approaching Level Reader 28 7.9 Sequence incapable, convenience, ultimate, innovative, portable, patented, patent, genius Here Comes the Wheel Approaching Level Reader 29 7 Asking Questions drudgery, primitive, genius, innovative tedious, patented, patent, assembling, assemble Women Who Revolutionized Medicine Approaching Level Reader 30 7.9 Drawing Conclusions innovative, portable, inspired, inspire, effective, traditional, patented patent, automated Unit 6 / Time Out A Team Player Approaching Level Reader 31

7 Reality and Fantasy determination, scanned, scan, segregated, segregate, covertly, recipient, integrated integrate Fighting to Win Approaching Level Reader 32 7 Author's Point of View diagnosed, diagnose, mentored, astounded, astound, maneuver, dignity Roberto Clemente: Hero and Humanitarian Approaching Level Reader 33 7 Main Idea and Details astounded, astound, potential, destined, destine, determination, opposition, recipient, inducted, induct Making a Hockey Legend Approaching Level Reader 34 7 Adjusting Reading Speed astounded, astound, laboriously, audibly, incurring, incur, resume Track and Field's First Lady Approaching Level Reader 35

7.2 Asking Questions potential, destined, destine, vicinity, afflicted, afflict, diagnosed, diagnose, resonates, resonate America's First Game Approaching Level Reader 36 7 Asking Questions covertly, determination, vicinity, resume, inducted, induct 42