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1 TEXT STUDIES CHART To help you choose appropriate Text Studies for your readers, consult this chart. It shows the 120 Text Studies by grade level, along with additional key information including topic, Spotlight Skill, informational text standard, and reading level. KINDERGARTEN GRL All Across Our Country Landforms; Geography Use Visuals RI.K.7 J At Work with Eric Carle Author Study Sequence RI.K.3 G Be a Germ Fighter! Human Body Cause & Effect RI.K.3 H Before He Was President Cite Text RI.K.8 L Big Changes for Baby Birds Life Cycles Use Visuals RI.K.7 F Busy, Busy Coral Reef Ocean Habitats RI.K.2 L City Life/Country Life Communities: Urban/Rural Compare & Contrast RI.K.3 I Firefighters Long Ago and Today Things Change Over Time Compare & Contrast RI.K.3 K From Trees to Paper Earth's Resources; Production and Consumption Sequence RI.K.3 K Hot Days, Cool Animals Life Processes; Weather RI.K.2 J Look Who's Hatching! Animal Life Cycles; Eggs Cite Text RI.K.8 K Mae Goes into Space Biography of an Astronaut Sequence RI.K.3 J Penguins on the Move Habitats; Characteristics of Penguins Use Text Features RI.K.5 H Pocket Babies Animal Life Cycles; Kangaroos Use Text Features RI.K.7 J School Helpers School Community RI.K.2 I Terrific Tongues! Characteristics of Organisms RI.K.2 J Toothpaste! Goods and Services; Production and Consumption Sequence RI.K.3 J Vets Helping Pets Goods and Services RI.K.4 I What Can Wind Do? Weather Patterns Cause & Effect RI.K.3 L Winter's Coming, Chipmunks! Hibernation RI.K.4 J Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 14

2 Text Studies Chart (Continued) GRADE 1 GRL Abe Lincoln's Cabin Cite Text RI.1.8 I All-Star Citizens Community; Civics RI.1.4 H Animal Moms and Dads Animal Parents and Babies RI.1.8 H Back Off, Enemies! Animal Defenses Use Visuals RI.1.7 J Bears, Bears, Everywhere! Habitats RI.1.2 J Blizzard! Weather Patterns RI.1.4 L Brrr! It's Cold, Snow Monkeys! Characteristics of Organisms RI.1.2 J City of Ice Culture; Festivals Cite Text RI.1.8 H Growing Up Gator Habitats; Life Cycles Sequence RI.1.3 K My Dad Is a Firefighter Goods and Services Sequence RI.1.3 I Our Flag History of the U.S. Flag Use Text Features RI.1.5 K A Reason to Be Red Animal Adaptations RI.1.2 H Say Aaaahh! Dental Health; Sharks RI.1.4 J Springtime in the Soil Seasons; Earth Cause & Effect RI.1.3 L The Statue of Liberty History; U.S. Landmarks Use Visuals RI.1.7 J Stop That Fire! Environment Cause & Effect RI.1.3 G Super Storms Hurricanes Use Text Features RI.1.5 J This Bird, That Bird Compare and Contrast an Owl and a Turkey Compare & Contrast RI.1.3 K The True Story of Helen Keller Biography Cite Text RI.1.8 L What Goes Whoosh? Earth Compare & Contrast RI.1.3 I Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 15

3 GRL Lexile Across the U.S.A. Text Studies Chart (Continued) History; Famous landmarks GRADE 2 Text Complexity Use Text Features RI.2.5 M 510L Moderate 1 Animals on the Move Animal Migration Compare & Contrast RI.2.3 K 520L Moderate 2 Busy, Buzzy Bees How Honey Is Made RI.2.2 M 560L Complex 1 Compare Two Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Compare & Contrast RI.2.3 N 470L Complex 2 Count Me If You Can Habitats; Penguins Use Visuals RI.2.7 M 660L Moderate 1 Giddy Up, Pony Express! The Hunt for the Giant Squid It s Chinese New Year! RI.2.2 N 670L Complex 2 Scientific Discovery Cite Text RI.2.8 P 620L Complex 2 Culture; Festivals Author s Purpose RI.2.6 K 540L Moderate 2 Life in the Trash Environment; Ocean Author's Purpose RI.2.6 N 610L Complex 2 Lights Out! One Big Bird Rainforest Animal Rainbow Night Animal Adaptations Birds; Environment; Habitats Animals in a Rainforest Habitat RI.2.2 K 610L Moderate 2 Cause & Effect RI.2.3 L 540L Moderate 2 RI.2.4 O 560L Complex 2 Ruby the Brave Biography; History Cite Text RI.2.8 M 530L Complex 1 The Spider's Secret Characteristics of Spiderwebs RI.2.2 M 490L Moderate 1 That s My Home Animal Homes Use Text Features RI.2.5 I 480L Moderate 1 Turkeys Come to Town UnbeLEAFable Trees Habitats; Changes in Environment Characteristics of Trees Cause & Effect RI.2.3 L 560L Moderate 2 Use Visuals RI.2.7 M 510L Complex 1 Up in Flames Wildfires Sequence RI.2.3 K 460L Moderate 1 We Are Good Citizens What If Chocolate Grew on Trees? Civic Ideals and Practices How Chocolate Is Made RI.2.4 M 370L Complex 1 Sequence RI.2.3 K 650L Moderate 2 Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 16

4 Text Studies Chart (Continued) GRADE 3 GRL Lexile Text Complexity Animal Wrap An American Indian Mystery Mummies; Ancient Cultures American Indian Heritage; Ancient Art Use Text Features RI.3.7 / RI.3.5 Battling Blazes Environment Cause & Effect RI.3.3 / Born to Be Wild Endangered Animals A City Is Born Explorers; Waterways; Cite Text Sequence RI.3.3 / Great Escapes Animal Adaptations Cause & Effect RI.3.3 / An Honor Fit for a King African ; Biography of Dr. King Hurricane Hunters Extreme Weather Invader Alert! Invasive Species; Waterways A Kid Who Made History African ; Biography of Ruby Bridges Lava Lessons Volcanoes; Landforms Monsters of the Deep Ocean Life; Myths and Legends Cite Text Cause & Effect RI.3.3 / Use Text Features RI.3.7 / RI.3.5 Oh, Baby! Animal Life Cycles Compare & Contrast Sea of Surprises Ocean Life Searching for the Santa María Explorers; World History; / Smart Moves Fitness; Nutrition Thanksgiving: Then and Now A Walk in the Sky Holiday Celebrations; American Indian Heritage; Landforms Welcome to Farm School Farm Life; Seasons When Women Took the Field Women's History; Sports History RI.3.2 N 800L Moderate 2 N 810L Complex 1 K 780L Moderate 1 RI.3.1 O 850L Complex 1 Q 700L Complex 1 P 860L Complex 2 RI.3.1 P 730L Moderate 2 RI.3.4 T 890L Complex 2 N 670L Moderate 2 RI.3.2 Q 790L Moderate 2 M 680L Moderate 1 RI.3.2 N 740L Complex 1 N 810L Complex 1 RI.3.4 Q 770L Complex 1 Point of View RI.3.6 R 890L Complex 1 Point of View RI.3.6 N 870L Moderate 1 Compare & Contrast Cite Text Use Text Features RI.3.7 / RI.3.5 Sequence RI.3.3 / N 790L Moderate 2 RI.3.1 N 600L Moderate 1 N 820L Moderate 2 O 850L Complex 1 Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 17

5 GRL Text Complexity Are You Smarter Than a Chimp? GRADE 4 Animal Intelligence RI.4.2 S 800L Moderate 1 Asteroid Alert! Solar System Cause & Effect RI.4.5 R 780L Moderate 1 Celebrating Chinese New Year Colosseum Close-Up Do Animals Have Emotions? The 51st State? Green Kids Hanging On A Hero Carved in Stone Text Studies Chart (Continued) Holiday Celebrations; Immigration to America Ancient Civilizations; Conservation Efforts Use Text Features RI.4.7 P 810L Complex 1 Animal Behavior Cite Reasons & Statehood; Democracy at Work Protecting the Environment Endangered Animals; Rainforests American Indian Heritage; Monuments RI.4.4 Q 880L Complex 2 RI.4.8 O 890L Moderate 2 Point of View RI.4.6 R 720L Moderate 2 Hot Shots Volcanoes; Landforms Compare & Contrast RI.4.5 P 850L Moderate 1 Problem & Solution RI.4.5 N 790L Complex 1 Use Text Features RI.4.7 R 820L Moderate 2 RI.4.2 N 780L Moderate 2 Keeping a Culture Alive American Indian Heritage Make Inferences RI.4.1 M 920L Complex 1 Living History Mother of a Movement Pumped-Up Plants Remembering the Titanic Running Wild : Colonial and American Indian History African ; Biography of Rosa Parks Pumpkins; Plant Life; Photosynthesis Cite Text RI.4.1 N 790L Complex 1 Sequence RI.4.5 O 780L Moderate 2 RI.4.4 N 780L Moderate 2 World History; Disasters Make Inferences RI.4.1 T 780L Complex 1 Animal Conservation; Sequence RI.4.5 P 910L Complex 2 Sweet Teamwork Pollination; Plant Life Cause & Effect RI.4.5 P 800L Moderate 2 A Symbolic Skyscraper Trouble's Coming! A World of Mummies ; U.S. Landmarks Animal Behavior; Natural Disasters Mummies; World Cultures Point of View RI.4.6 P 800L Moderate 2 Cite Reasons & RI.4.8 R 890L Complex 1 Cite Text RI.4.1 V 820L Moderate 2 Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 18

6 Text Studies Chart (Continued) GRADE 5 GRL Lexile Text Complexity Blast From the Past Celebrating Liberty A Champion for Chimps Volcanoes; Ancient Civilizations: Pompeii ; Immigration to America; Monuments Animal Conservation; Interview with Jane Goodall Use Text Features RI.5.7 S 880L Moderate 2 Use Text Features RI.5.7 R 940L Complex 2 Fright Factor Human Body: the Brain Cause & Effect RI.5.3 / Going to Bat for Equality A Holiday Debate Kids on the Battlefield Killer Plants Malala s Dream Masters of Disguise A Monumental Task Rhino Rescue Sounds of Hope Too Risky for Kids? Too Young to Vote? Touching the Sky Who Flew First? Who Owns History? Wild Pets Would You Eat This Fish? African ; Biography of Jackie Robinson Holiday Celebrations; American Indian History ; American Civil War Plant Life; Plant Adaptations Cite Text RI.5.1 P 880L Moderate 1 Sequence RI.5.3 / Cite Reasons & Biography; World History Cite Reasons & Animal Adaptations: Camouflage Monument Preservation; Technology; World History Endangered Animals; Animal Conservation Recycling; World Poverty; Making Music American Culture; World Geography U.S. Constitution; Democracy at Work; American Indian Heritage; ; Inventions; Technology World History; Ancient Civilizations Animal Life; American Law Invasive Species; Waterways Compare & Contrast T 830L Complex 1 Q 880L Complex 1 RI.5.2 R 880L Moderate 1 RI.5.2 R 890L Complex 2 RI.5.4 M 820L Moderate 1 RI.5.8 S 830L Moderate 2 RI.5.3 / R 960L Moderate 2 Make Inferences RI.5.1 R 950L Complex 1 Cause & Effect RI.5.3 / R 880L Complex 1 RI.5.4 Q 950L Moderate 2 Cite Text RI.5.8 Q 850L Moderate 1 Point of View RI.5.6 R 950L Moderate 1 Sequence RI.5.3 / / Q 910L Moderate 2 Point of View RI.5.6 W 1020L Complex 2 Make Inferences RI.5.1 Q 990L Complex 2 Problem & Solution RI.5.3 / RI.5.4 R 960L Complex 1 P 950L Complex 1 Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 19

7 READING CHECKPOINTS CHART To help you choose appropriate Reading Checkpoints for your readers, consult the chart below. It shows the 33 Reading Checkpoints by grade level, along with additional key information including topic, Spotlight Skill, informational text standards, and reading level. KINDERGARTEN GRL Grow, Grow, Sunflower! Plant Life Cycle Sequence; Cite Text Owl on the Prowl Nocturnal Animals ; Use Visuals Trash! Protecting the Environment Cause & Effect; Compare & Contrast Winter Kids on the Go Weather; Transportation Use Text Features; RI.K.3; RI.K.8 RI.K.2; RI.K.7 RI.K.3; RI.K.3 RI.K.5; RI.K.4 G L G H GRADE 1 GRL Is That a Bat? Nocturnal Animals ; Use Text Features No Place Like Home Animal Homes ; Compare & Contrast Seeds on the Go Plant Life Cycle Cause & Effect; Stay Cool, Animals! Animal Adaptations Use Visuals; Cite Text RI.1.2; RI.1.5 RI.1.2; RI.1.3 RI.1.3; RI.1.4 RI.1.7; RI.1.8 F H I F GRADE 2 GRL Text Complexity Lexile Big, Bad Storms Slurp! Stars and Stripes Forever Weather Patterns Characteristics of Insects History; U.S. Symbols Use Visuals; Sequence ; Compare & Contrast Use Text Features; Cite Text Up in the Air Hot-Air Balloons Use Text Features; Cite Text RI.2.7; RI.2.3 RI.2.2; RI.2.3 RI.2.5; RI.2.8 RI.2.5; RI.2.8 K Moderate 2 530L L Moderate 2 540L M Complex 1 550L I Moderate 1 520L Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 20

8 GRADE 3 GRL Text Complexity Lexile Cave of Crystals Crystals; Rocks Cause & Effect; RI.3.3 / P Complex 1 840L and Minerals ; RI.3.4 Factory Girls On the Hunt The President s Place Proud to Play Robots to the Rescue When Looks Matter Reading Checkpoints Chart (Continued) U.S. History; Child Labor Animal Behavior; Animal Adaptations U.S. Symbols; U.S. History; White House Native Americans; Sports; Lacrosse Technology; Robots Animal Adaptations Sequence; Compare & Contrast; Use Text Features; Compare & Contrast; Use Text Features Cite Text ; Cite Text ; Point of View RI.3.3 / ; RI.3.4 ; RI.3.4 RI.3.7; RI.3.2 ; RI.3.7 / RI.3.5 RI.3.1; RI.3.2 RI.3.1 / RI.3.5; RI.3.6 T Complex 1 760L Q Complex 1 930L P Complex 1 860L M Moderate 2 610L N Moderate 1 690L P Moderate 2 800L GRADE 4 GRL Text Complexity Lexile All-American Animal Bison; U.S. Symbols; U.S. History ; Cause & Effect RI.4.2; RI.4.5 Q Moderate 2 800L Hard Knocks Less of a Lean Sports Safety; Concussion World History; Landmarks; Technology Meet a Kid Inventor Inventions The Mystery of Amelia Earhart Snake Invasion Turn Down the Noise! Biography; Amelia Earhart; U.S. History Invasive Species; Habitats Waterways; Noise Pollution; Ocean Animals Point of View; Make Inferences Problem & Solution; Sequence Compare & Contrast; Use Text Features; Cite Text Problem & Solution; Sequence Cite Reasons & ; RI.4.6; RI.4.1 RI.4.5; RI.4.5 RI.4.5; RI.4.2 RI.4.7; RI.4.1 RI.4.5; RI.4.5 RI.4.8; RI.4.4 Q Moderate 2 900L N Moderate 1 830L R Moderate 1 750L P Complex 1 810L O Complex 1 860L U Complex 2 910L Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 21

GRADE 5 GRL Text Complexity Lexile Bees Feel the Sting Animal Problem & Solution; RI.5.3 / ; O Moderate 2 890L Conservation Sequence RI.

Animal Life ; Cite Text Honor or Insult? A Secret Language Sharks in Hot Water What Killed King Tut?

Endangered Animals; Animal Conservation Ancient Civilizations; Mummies Social Studies Point of View; Sequence;

5.1 RI.5.6; RI.5.4 RI.5.3, ; RI.5.1 RI.5.8 / RI.5.3; RI.5.1; RI.5.7 Q Moderate 1 920L R Moderate 2 930L S

9 GRADE 5 GRL Text Complexity Lexile Bees Feel the Sting Animal Problem & Solution; RI.5.3 / ; O Moderate 2 890L Conservation Sequence RI.5.3 / A Big Comeback Endangered Animals; Animal Conservation; American Law Compare & Contrast; Dogs on Duty Animal Life ; Cite Text Honor or Insult? A Secret Language Sharks in Hot Water What Killed King Tut? Reading Checkpoints Chart (Continued) American Indian History; Sports History American Indian Heritage; Endangered Animals; Animal Conservation Ancient Civilizations; Mummies Social Studies Point of View; Sequence; Make Inferences Cite Reasons & ; Cause & Effect Make Inferences; Use Text Features RI.5.3 / ; RI.5.2 RI.5.2; RI.5.1 RI.5.6; RI.5.4 RI.5.3, ; RI.5.1 RI.5.8 / RI.5.3; RI.5.1; RI.5.7 Q Moderate 1 920L R Moderate 2 930L S Complex 1 970L U Complex L R Complex 1 960L U Complex 2 910L Core Clicks Implementation Guide Page 22

Colquitt County Schools Year at a Glance - Kindergarten

Colquitt County Schools Year at a Glance - Kindergarten Purpose of National Holidays, People, or Events Celebrated Classifying and Composition, Motion, and Gravity Let s Make Friends/Amazing Friendships