K-5 Materials
- Common Core State Standards Appendix B
- Achieve the Core
- Engage NY Reading Lists (P-12) Excel File
- Engage NY/ ReadWorks.org Database of Reading Passages (must create free account to access)
- TextProject.org Read Aloud Favorites & Narrative Benchmark Books
- TeachingBooks.net Common Core Grade-Level Resources (14-day free trial)
- CCSSO Navigating Text Complexity Roadmaps
- NYC DOE Video on Text Complexity (4 min)
Kindergarten/First Grade
- PS 134 Video (7 min) using It’s a Butterfly’s Life by Irene Kelly (K)
- Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher PPT using The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle (PDF/PPT) (K)
- Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins (K)
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (Grade 1)
- Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus (K/1) (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)
- My Feet by Aliki (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)
- Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)
- TextProject Discussion of Kindergarten Common Core Standands
Second/Third
- The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
- Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
- Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
- The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)
- Wonders of Nature by Cheryl Ryan (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)
Fourth/Fifth Grade
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
- Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)
- The View from Saturday by E.L. Konisburg (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)
- When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia by Ann Turner (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)
- American Revolution by Kids Discover Magazine (OCCSS Text Complexity Analysis Roadmap)