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Key Points in English Language Arts
Key Points in Mathematics
Nevada Common Core State Standards
Parent Newsletter about the Common Core State Standards
Key Points in English Language Arts
Key Points in Mathematics
Nevada Common Core State Standards
CCSS Text Band of Complexity
Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade Common Core Suggested Reading List
Literature
“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Lewis Carroll Lexile Level 590
“The Secret Garden,” Frances Hodgson Burnett Lexile Level 970
“The Black Stallion,” Walter Farley Lexile Level 930
“The Little Prince,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Lexile Level 710
“Tuck Everlasting,” Natalie Babbitt Lexile Level 770
“Zlateh the Goat,” Isaac Bashevis Singer Lexile Level 910
“M.C. Higgins, the Great,” Virginia Hamilton Lexile Level 620
“The Birchbark House,” Louise Erdrich Lexile level 970
“Bud, Not Buddy,” Christopher Paul Curtis Lexile Level 950
“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon,” Grace Lin Lexile Level 820
Poetry
“The Echoing Green,” William Blake
“The New Colossus,” Emma Lazarus
“Casey at the Bat,” Ernest Lawrence Thayer
“A Bird Came Down the Walk,” Emily Dickinson
“Fog,” Carl Sandburg
“Dust of Snow” Robert Frost
“Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf” Roald Dahl
“They Were My People” Grace Nichols
“Words Free As Confetti,” Pat Mora
Informational Texts
“Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet,” Melvin Berger Lexile Level 670
“Let’s Investigate Marvelously Meaningful Maps,” Madelyn Wood Carlisle
“Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms,” Patricia Lauber Lexile Level 930
“The Kid’s Guide to Money: Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It,” Steve Otfinoski
“Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions,” Don Wulffson
“Good Pet, Bad Pet” Elizabeth Schleichert
“Ancient Mound Builders” E. Barrie Kavash
“About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks,” Bruce Koscielniak
“England the Land,” Erinn Banting
“A History of US,” Joy Hakim Lec
“My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World,” Margriet Ruurs Lexile Level 980
“Horses,” Seymour Simon
“Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea,” Sy Montgomery
“Volcanoes,” Simon Seymour Lexile Level 930
“We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball,” Kadir Nelson Lexile Level 900
“Kenya’s Long Dry Season” Nellie Gonzalez Cutler
“Seeing Eye to Eye,” Leslie Hall
“Telescopes” Colin A. Ronan
“Underground Railroad” Henrietta Buckmaster
“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Lewis Carroll Lexile Level 590
“The Secret Garden,” Frances Hodgson Burnett Lexile Level 970
“The Black Stallion,” Walter Farley Lexile Level 930
“The Little Prince,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Lexile Level 710
“Tuck Everlasting,” Natalie Babbitt Lexile Level 770
“Zlateh the Goat,” Isaac Bashevis Singer Lexile Level 910
“M.C. Higgins, the Great,” Virginia Hamilton Lexile Level 620
“The Birchbark House,” Louise Erdrich Lexile level 970
“Bud, Not Buddy,” Christopher Paul Curtis Lexile Level 950
“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon,” Grace Lin Lexile Level 820
Poetry
“The Echoing Green,” William Blake
“The New Colossus,” Emma Lazarus
“Casey at the Bat,” Ernest Lawrence Thayer
“A Bird Came Down the Walk,” Emily Dickinson
“Fog,” Carl Sandburg
“Dust of Snow” Robert Frost
“Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf” Roald Dahl
“They Were My People” Grace Nichols
“Words Free As Confetti,” Pat Mora
Informational Texts
“Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet,” Melvin Berger Lexile Level 670
“Let’s Investigate Marvelously Meaningful Maps,” Madelyn Wood Carlisle
“Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms,” Patricia Lauber Lexile Level 930
“The Kid’s Guide to Money: Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It,” Steve Otfinoski
“Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions,” Don Wulffson
“Good Pet, Bad Pet” Elizabeth Schleichert
“Ancient Mound Builders” E. Barrie Kavash
“About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks,” Bruce Koscielniak
“England the Land,” Erinn Banting
“A History of US,” Joy Hakim Lec
“My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World,” Margriet Ruurs Lexile Level 980
“Horses,” Seymour Simon
“Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea,” Sy Montgomery
“Volcanoes,” Simon Seymour Lexile Level 930
“We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball,” Kadir Nelson Lexile Level 900
“Kenya’s Long Dry Season” Nellie Gonzalez Cutler
“Seeing Eye to Eye,” Leslie Hall
“Telescopes” Colin A. Ronan
“Underground Railroad” Henrietta Buckmaster
