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Core Titles (will be covered)
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island
Author
Levine, Ellen; Parmenter, Wayne (Illustrations)
History
Curriculum Area
Immigration
Maine Learning Results
SS: B2. Demonstrate an awareness of major events and people in United States and Maine history: -- Who lives here? and how did they get here? (immigrants, demographics, ethnic and religious groups) -- Important people in United States and Maine history. -- Different kinds of communities in Maine, the United States, and selected world regions.
Lexile
880
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Author
Autobiographical
Currently on Extended List, Moving to Core
Curriculum Area
Social Studies - Maine Unit
Maine Learning Results
SS/History: A2, Place in chronological order, significant events, groups, and people in the history of Maine.
Lexile
910
Extended Titles (Reserved for grade level)
Bunnicula
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
Lexile
700
Castle in the Attic
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
E/LA: B10. Apply effective strategies to the reading and interpretation of fiction (e.g., fantasies, fables, myths, mysteries, realistic and historical fiction adventures, and humorous tales) that is appropriately complex in terms of character, plot, theme, and dialogue and appropriately sophisticated in style, point of view, and use of literary devices.
Lexile
750
Cricket in Times Square
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
Lexile
780
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Author
Lord, Bette Bao
Multi- Cultural
Curriculum Area
Immigration Unit
Maine Learning Results
ELA/Literature and Culture: B6. Make and justify conclusions about the motives of characters and the consequences of their actions. B9. Recognize basic elements of plot and recount events, ideas, and important details from material read, heard, or viewed.
SS/Geography: B2. Explain ways in which communities reflect the backgrounds of their inhabitants.
Lexile
730
Letters From Rifka
Author
Historical Fiction
Curriculum Area
Immigration
Maine Learning Results
SS/History: B1. Make connections between and among events in their personal lives and those occurring in the community. SS/Geography: B1. Demonstrate an understanding of why certain areas of the world are more densely populated than others.
Lexile
660
Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, The
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
E/LA: B12. Demonstrate understanding of enduring themes of literature (e.g. themes of coming of age, love and duty, heroism, and appearance versus reality). B6. Make and justify conclusions about the motives of characters and the consequences of their actions.
Lexile
940
A Long Way From Chicago
Author
Historical Fiction
Curriculum Area
Regions
Maine Learning Results
SS/History: C1, Identify changes currently occurring in their daily lives and compare these to changes in daily life during a specific historic era.
Lexile
750
Longfellow Poetry
Author
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Poetry
Curriculum Area
Maine
Maine Learning Results
SS/History: B2, Demonstrate an awareness of major events and people in United States and Maine history: Who lives here? And how did they get here? (immigrants, demographics, ethnic and religious groups); Important people in U.S. and Maine history; Different kinds of communities in Maine, the U.S. and selected world regions. E/LA: F2, Use the level of language formality required in a variety of speaking situations. G7, Use a variety of media and technological resources to make creative and expository oral presentations.
Lexile
Not Available
Maniac Magee
Realistic Fiction
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
E/LA: B6, Make and justify conclusions about the motives of characters and the consequences of their actions.
Lexile
820
Author
Historical Fiction
Curriculum Area
Movement of people, immigration
Maine Learning Results
SS/Culture: B1, B2E/LA: B6, Make and justify conclusions about the motives of characters and the consequences of their actions
Orphan of Ellis Island
Author
Woodruff, Elvira
Lexile
810
Owls in the Family
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
Lexile
980
Ralph S. Mouse
Animal
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
Lexile
860
Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme
Author
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
Lexile
Not available
Shiloh
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
Lexile
890
Sign of the Beaver
Historical Fiction
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
SS/History: B2, Demonstrate an awareness of major events and people in United States and Maine history: Who lives here? And how did they get here? (immigrants, demographics, ethnic and religious groups); Important people in U.S. and Maine history; Different kinds of communities in Maine, the U.S. and selected world regions. SS/Culture: A3, B1, B2E/LA: B6, Make and justify conclusions about the motives of characters and the consequences of their actions.
Lexile
770
Stuart Little
Curriculum Area
Maine Learning Results
Lexile
920
Trouble River
Author
Historical Fiction
Curriculum Area
Movement of People
Maine Learning Results
SS/Geography: B1, Demonstrate an understanding of why certain areas of the world are more densely populated than others. B2 Explain ways in which communities reflect the backgrounds of their inhabitants. SS/Culture: B2
Lexile
770
The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963
Author
Historical Fiction
Curriculum Area
Diversity, Contrasting northern & southern regions
Maine Learning Results
SS/History: B1, Make connections between and among events in their personal lives and those occurring in the community. C1, Identify changes currently occurring in their daily lives and compare these to changes in daily life during a specific historic era. SS/Geography: B1, Demonstrate an understanding of why certain areas of the world are more densely populated than others.
Lexile
1000
Whipping Boy, The