Grade 4: Module 1: Unit 3
Recommended Texts
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GRADE 4: MODULE 1: UNIT 3: RECOMMENDED TEXTS
In Unit 3, students build knowledge about conflict in schools, bullying, and conflict
resolution in order to write their own class constitution. The list below contains
works with a range of Lexile text measures on this topic, including literature about
youth getting along with each other and some informational texts about the U.S.
Constitution. This provides appropriate independent reading for each student to
help build content knowledge.
It is imperative that students read a high volume of texts at their reading level to
continue to build the academic vocabulary and fluency that the CCLS demands.
Where possible, materials in languages other than English are also provided. Texts
are categorized into three Lexile1 levels that correspond to Common Core Bands:
Title
Author And Illustrator
below-grade band, within band, and above-grade band. Note, however, that Lexile
measures are just one indicator of text complexity, and teachers must use their
professional judgment and consider qualitative factors as well. For more
information, see Appendix 1 of the Common Core State Standards.
Common Core Band Level Text Difficulty Ranges
(As provided in the NYSED Passage Selection Guidelines for Assessing CCSS ELA)
• Grades 2–3: 420–820L
• Grades 4–5: 740–1010L
Text Type
Lexile Measure
Lexile text measures below band level (under 740L)
Bullying
Elizabeth Raum (author)
Literature
450
Pinky and Rex and the Bully
James Howe (author), Melissa Sweet
(illustrator)
Literature
480
What Does Peace Feel Like?
Vladimir Radunsky
(author/illustrator)
Informational text
480*
14 Cows for America
Carmen Agra Deedy (author), Thomas
Gonzalez (illustrator)
Informational text
540
14 vaca para America
Carmen Agra Deedy (author), Thomas
Gonzalez (illustrator)
Informational text
540
Walking to School:
A Story from Northern Ireland
Eve Bunting (author),
Michael Dooling (illustrator)
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Literature
560
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GRADE 4: MODULE 1: UNIT 3: RECOMMENDED TEXTS
Title
Author And Illustrator
Text Type
Lexile Measure
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Patty Lovell (author), David Catrow
(illustrator)
Literature
560
Crash
Jerry Spinelli (author)
Literature
560
Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)
Lisa Yee (author),
Dan Santat (illustrator)
Literature
650
Wangari’s Tree of Peace:
A True Story from Africa
Jeannette Winter (author)
Literature
730
Can We Get Along?
Dealing with Differences
John Burstein (author)
Informational text
730
Lexile text measures within band level (740–1010L)
Bullying and Me: Schoolyard Stories
Ouisie Shapiro (author),
Steven Vote (photographer)
Informational text
740
Sweet Land of Liberty
Deborah Hopkinson (author), Leonard
Jenkins (illustrator)
Informational text
750
Fighting for Equal Rights: A Story
about Susan B. Anthony
Maryann N. Weidt (author),
Amanda Sartor (illustrator)
Informational text
810
The Hundred Dresses
Eleanor Estes (author), Louis Slobodkin
(illustrator)
Literature
870
Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (author)
Literature
890
Children of the Longhouse
Joseph Bruchac (author)
Informational text
950
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution
Jean Fritz (author),
Tomie dePaola (illustrator)
Informational text
950
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GRADE 4: MODULE 1: UNIT 3: RECOMMENDED TEXTS
Title
Author And Illustrator
Text Type
Lexile Measure
Lexile text measures above band level (over 1010L)
The United States Constitution
Karen Price Hossell (author)
Informational text
1030
Cyber Bullying
Nick Hunter (author)
Informational text
1050
Elijah of Buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis (author)
Literature
1070*
Give Me Liberty! The Story of the
Declaration of Independence
Russell Freedman (author)
Informational text
1070
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