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TEXT EXEMPLARSEXEMPLARS

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COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

Text Exemplar Classroom Libraries

These text exemplars exemplify the level of complexity and quality that the Standards require all students in a given grade band
to engage with. Sets include all text exemplars for a given grade range and storage bins.

** Original suggested title is out of print and no longer available. This title is recommended
as a substitute by School Specialty.

Kindergarten–First Grade

TEXT EXEMPLARS

Set Number # of Items List Price Your Price
$283.79
1477376 38 $211.50

Item Number Title Guided Reading List Your
Level/Lexile Price Price
1476854 A Story, a Story M / AD590L
1476168 A Tree is a Plant AD290L $7.99 $5.96
1476790 A Weed is a Flower AD640L $5.99 $4.47
1476087 Amazing Whales! 630L $6.99 $5.21
1478300 Are You My Mother? I / 80L $3.99 $2.98
1477174 Family Pictures/Cuadros De Familia AD790L $8.99 $6.72
1476330 Finn Family Moomintroll S / AD770L $9.95 $7.42
1476174 Fire! Fire! 590L $7.99 $5.96
1476164 Follow the Water From Brook to Ocean 600L $6.99 $5.21
1476160 Frog and toad together K / 450L $5.99 $4.47
1478267 From Seed to Pumpkin F / 640L $3.99 $2.98
1478299 Green Eggs and Ham J / 30L $5.99 $4.47
1476484 Hi! Fly Guy I / 280L $8.99 $6.72
1476171 How People Learned to Fly 630L $3.99 $2.98
1478336 I Read Signs LB/ NP $5.99 $4.47
1476094 Kitten's First Full Moon $6.99 $5.21
1478687 Little Bear J / 370L $17.99 $13.44
1476123 Little House in the Big Woods Q / 930L $3.99 $2.98
1478357 Lon Po Po S / 670L $6.99 $5.21
1476338 Mr. Popper's Penguins Q / 910L $6.99 $5.21
1478257 My Five Senses H / AD590L $7.00 $5.22
1476303 Over in the Meadow G / NP $5.99 $4.47
1478248 Owl at Home J / 370L $7.00 $5.22
1476304 Pancakes for Breakfast WB / NP $3.99 $2.98
1476401 Put Me in the Zoo $6.00 $4.48
1476169 Starfish AD170L $8.99 $6.72
1477178 The Owl and the Pussycat NP $5.99 $4.47
$7.99 $5.96

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Item Number Title Guided Reading List Your
Level/Lexile Price Price
1476822 The Paper Crane 790L
1476406 The Random House Book of Poetry for Children NP $6.99 $5.21
1476222 The Wizard of Oz 1030L $22.99 $17.15
1476894 The Year at Maple Hill Farm 560L $4.99 $3.72
1476373 Tomas and the Library Lady 440L $8.99 $6.72
1476826 Truck $6.99 $5.21
1477156 Water, Water Everywhere 940L $6.99 $5.21
1476782 What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? J / 620L $7.95 $5.94
1477177 Worms $7.95 $5.94
1478353 Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin AD730L $4.99 $3.72
1477275 Classroom Library Small Bin $7.99 $5.96
$7.25 $5.41

Second–Third Grade

TEXT EXEMPLARS

Set Number # of Items List Price Your Price
$457.39 $341.45
1477398 47

Item Number Title Guided Reading List Your
1477292 Level/Lexile Price Price
1476731 14 Cows for America S / 540L
1476173 A Drop of Water P / 870L $17.95 $13.39
1476184 A Medieval Feast Q / 840L $19.99 $14.94
1476326 Ah, Music! IG910L $6.99 $5.21
1477000 Amos & Boris O / AD810L $6.99 $5.21
1476514 Bat Loves the Night $7.99 $5.96
1476253 Bats! Creatures of the Night M / AD900L $6.99 $5.21
1476497 Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! U / 950L $3.99 $2.98
1476291 Bud, Not Buddy NP $6.99 $5.21
1478241 Canto Familiar R / 680L $6.99 $5.21
1476289 Charlotte's Web J / 400L $7.95 $5.94
1476322 Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa S / 780L $7.99 $5.96
1478387 Cricket in Times Square $5.95 $4.45
1476865 From Seed to Plant 460L $6.99 $5.21
1477283 Henry and Mudge: The First Book R / 840L $7.99 $5.96
If the World Were a Village: $3.99 $2.98
1478277 A Book About the World's People V / 1110L $18.95 $14.15
1476415 Just So Stories
Lincoln: A Photobiography $4.99 $3.72
$9.95 $7.42

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School Specialty.

Second–Third Grade continued

Item Number Title Guided Reading List Your
1476516 Level/Lexile Price Price
1477234 Martin Luther King Jr March Washington M / 480L $3.99 $2.98
1476507 Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 AD990L $17.99 $13.44
1476302 My Father's Dragon N / 99L $6.99 $5.21
1477207 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats $9.00 $6.72
1477200 Poetry for Young People: Edward Lear NP $6.95 $5.19
1478400 Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson $6.95 $5.19
1476677 Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes 430L $14.95 $11.19
1476129 Poppleton in Winter R / 560L $3.99 $2.98
1476321 Sarah, Plain and Tall U / 910L $5.99 $4.47
1476441 Search for Delicious $7.99 $5.96
1477244 So, You Want to Be President? 730L $17.99 $13.44
1476161 Tales From the Odyssey, Part One $5.99 $4.47
1477009 The Fire Cat J / 400L $3.99 $2.98
The Museum Book: T / NC1070L $18.99 $14.19
1476793 A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections
1476157 The Pied Piper of Hamelin 250L $15.00 $11.19
1476433 The Raft N / 520L $6.99 $5.21
1476404 The Sign Painter $17.99 $13.44
1476896 The Stories Julian Tells 700L $4.99 $3.72
1476464 The Storm AD730L $4.99 $3.72
1477330 The Story of Ruby Bridges NC790L $6.99 $5.21
1478295 The Thirteen Clocks $14.95 $11.19
1476759 The Treasure 650L $7.99 $5.96
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: H / AD770L $6.95 $5.19
1478289 Tooth Traditions From Around the World
1477309 Tops and Bottoms M / 580L $17.00 $12.69
1476113 What the World Eats 1150L $22.99 $17.15
1477197 Where Do Polar Bears Live? $16.99 $12.69
1477275 Wild Tracks! A Guide to Nature's Footprints IG1040L $14.95 $11.19
Classroom Library Small Bin $7.25 $5.41

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Fourth–Fifth Grade

TEXT EXEMPLARS

Set Number # of Items List Price Your Price
$269.66
1477413 27 $201.25

Item Number Title Guided Reading List Your
1476306 Level/Lexile Price Price
1476308 A History of Us: First Americans, Prehistory - 1600 (E) $15.95 $11.89
1476309 A History of Us: The New Nation, 1789 - 1850 (E) 1200L $15.95 $11.89
1476767 A History of Us: War, Terrible War, 1855 - 1865 $15.95 $11.89
1476542 About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks U / 950L $16.99 $12.69
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland NP $3.95 $2.95
1476497 & Through the Looking Glass
1476927 Bud, Not Buddy 1160L $6.99 $5.21
1477049 Casey at the Bat 930L $5.99 $4.47
1476079 England: The Land 630L $8.95 $6.68
1477224 Horses 980L $17.99 $13.44
1477332 M.C. Higgins, the Great $6.99 $5.21
My Librarian is a Camel: How Books are Brought NP $16.95 $12.65
1477198 to Children Around the World 830L
1477200 Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg $6.95 $5.19
1476708 Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson R $6.95 $5.19
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: $8.99 $6.72
1476258 An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea T / 930L
1476551 Revolting Rhymes T/ 680L $7.99 $5.96
1477054 Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience X / 710L $2.00 $1.50
1476798 The Birchbark House U / 970L $6.99 $5.21
1478290 The Black Stallion $6.99 $5.21
1476224 The Little Prince 950L $10.00 $7.47
1477093 The Secret Garden W / 770L $4.99 $3.72
1478292 Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions $17.99 $13.44
1478239 Tuck Everlasting 900L $6.99 $5.21
1477051 Volcanoes T / 810L $6.99 $5.21
1476334 We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball $18.99 $14.19
1476127 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon $9.00 $6.72
1477275 Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories $7.95 $5.94
Classroom Library Small Bin $7.25 $5.41

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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE

** Original suggested title is out of print and no longer available. This title is recommended
as a substitute by School Specialty.

Sixth–Eighth Grade

TEXT EXEMPLARS

Set Number # of Items List Price Your Price
$433.60
1477427 37 $323.80

Item Number Title Guided Reading List Your
1477099 Level/Lexile Price Price
1476727
1476412 A Night to Remember 950L $14.99 $11.19
1476126 $6.99 $5.21
1477145 Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad Y / 1300L $9.95 $7.42
1477111 $6.99 $5.21
1477025 Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction X / 1120L $14.95 $11.19
1476181 $14.95 $11.19
1477281 Dragonwings W / 870L $14.95 $11.19
1478316 $6.99 $5.21
1476546 Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott X / 1110L $16.95 $12.65
1476538 $3.95 $2.95
Gary Soto: New and Selected Poems $14.95 $11.19
1477061 $4.95 $3.69
1476211 Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 1070L
1477198 $17.99 $13.44
1477200 Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1000L $6.99 $5.21
1477195 $6.95 $5.19
1477204 Jabberwocky Z / 390L $6.95 $5.19
1477102 $14.95 $11.19
1478269 Little Women $6.95 $5.19
1477308 $14.95 $11.19
1476225 Math Trek: Adventures in the Math Zone $7.99 $5.96
1477288 $12.95 $9.67
1476559 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, 460L $4.99 $3.72
1476096 An American Slave: Written By Himself $14.00 $10.45
1477233 $14.95 $11.19
1477121 Never Give In! the Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches $15.99 $11.92
$8.99 $6.72
Paul Revere's Ride 760L $8.00 $5.96

Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg

Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson NP

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes NP

Poetry for Young People: Walt Whitman

Poetry for Young People: William Butler Yeats NP

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry W / 920L

Sorry, Wrong Number

The Adventures of tom Sawyer Z / 970L

The Book of Questions

The Building of Manhattan

The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998

The Dark is Rising X / 920L

The Diary of Anne Frank (Dramatized)

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Item Number Title Guided Reading List 109
1476455 Level/Lexile Price
1477094 The Great Fire R / 1130L $12.99 Your
1476802 The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure 580L $20.00 Price
1476212 The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales 660L $13.00 $9.70
1477060 The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks AD930L $6.99 $14.94
The Words We Live By: 1340L $16.99 $9.70
1476787 Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution $5.21
This Land Was Made for You and Me: 1020L $21.99 $12.69
1476187 The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
1476795 Travels With Charley: in Search of America 1010L $11.00 $16.44
1476319 Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories Z / 960L $14.00
1477275 Wrinkle in Time W / 740L $6.99 $8.20
Classroom Library Small Bin $7.25 $10.45
$5.21
$5.41

Exclusive Classroom Library Storage Bins

Our Classroom Libraries consist of highly effective
instructional materials for grades K through 8.

Color- coded Rear bin label,
reading level labels featuring
a content list
attached to and ISBN
every book barcode for
easy receiving

Front bin label,
clearly stating the
name and ISBN of
the Classroom Library

Your books arrive neatly in Classroom Library Bins,
complete and ready to use!

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Common Core State Standards
Professional Reference Libraries

ELA BOOKS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE TITLES

Item Number Title List Your
1478894 Price Price
25 Best-Ever Collaborative Books for Young Writers:
1478896 Ready-To-Use Templates to Help Develop Early Writing Skills $14.99 $11.19
and Meet the Common Core State Standards
1478897 $29.95 $22.35
1478899 Great Habits Great Readers:
1478957 A Practical Guide for K-4 Reading in the Light of Common Core $41.95 $31.29
1478959 $18.95 $14.15
Mapping Comprehensive Units to the ELA Common Core Standards, K-5 $18.99 $14.19
1478898 $34.95 $26.09
1478958 Navigating the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards
$19.95 $14.89
1478895 Poetry Lessons to Meet the Common Core State Standards $19.95 $14.89

Reading the Whole Page: Teaching and Assessing Text Features $34.95 $26.09
to Meet K-5 Common Core Standards

Teacher's Survival Guide: Differentiating Instruction in the Elementary Classroom

Using Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
with Gifted and Advanced Learners

Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction & Assessment

ELA BOOKS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE TITLES

Item Number Title List Your
Price Price
1478961
1478900 20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common Core $34.95 $26.09
1478901 Common Core Standards for Middle School English Language Arts: A Quick-Start Guide $22.95 $17.12
1478960 Lessons From the Middle: High-End Learning for Middle School Students $29.95 $22.35
Mapping Comprehensive Units to the ELA Common Core Standards, 6-12 $39.95 $29.79

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE TITLES Your
Price
Item Number Title List $23.88
Price $14.15
1478971 Building Number Sense Through the Common Core $18.64
1478976 Navigating the Math Common Core State Standards $32.00 $23.88
1478975 Book Statistics for Kids: Model Eliciting Activities to Investigate Concepts in Statistics $18.95 $27.55
1478972 The Common Core Mathematics Standards $24.95 $14.89
1478973 Uncovering Student Thinking About Mathematics in the Common Core, Grades K-2 $31.95
1478974 Using the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics $36.95
with Gifted and Advanced Learners $19.95

MATH BOOKS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE TITLES

Item Number Title List Your
Price Price
1478978 Common Core Standards for Middle School Mathematics: A Quick-Start Guide
1478979 Differentiating Instruction in Algebra 1: Ready-To-Use Activities for All Students $22.95 $17.12
1478977 Teaching the Common Core Math Standards With Hands-On Activities, Grades 6-8 $29.95 $22.35
$32.95 $24.59

Created by teachers, for teachers, these research-based maps
address every Common Core standard AND are

flexible enough to accommodate diverse teaching styles.
Sample activities, assessments
and more are included.
Any teacher, school, or district
that chooses to follow the
Common Core maps can be
confident that they are
adhering to the standards
and setting their students
up for success!

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Professional Reference Libraries

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GENERAL CCSS REFERENCE TITLES FOR ANY EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONAL

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE TITLES

Item Number Title List Your
Price Price
1478962
1478966 Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards $39.95 $29.79
1478965 $18.64
1478963 Beyond the Numbers: Making Data Work for Teachers & School Leaders, 2nd Edition $24.95 $22.35
$27.55
1478970 Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades K-5 $29.95
1478902 $22.35
1478969 Creating Standards-Based Integrated Curriculum: $36.95 $17.12
1478968 The Common Core Standards Edition, 3ed Edition $14.15
1478964 $14.15
1478967 How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core $29.95 $26.09
$18.64
Mastery Teaching Skills: A Resource for Implementing the Common Core State Standards $22.95

Navigating Assessment and Collaboration with the Common Core State Standards $18.95

Navigating Implementation of the Common Core State Standards $18.95

Opening the Common Core: How to Bring All Students to College and Career Readiness $34.95

Show Me the Proof! Tools and Strategies to Make Data Work $24.95
with the Common Core State Standards, 2nd Edition

BOOKS FOR PRINCIPALS, CURRICULUM
DIRECTORS AND OTHER SCHOOL LEADERS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE TITLES

Item Number Title List Your
1478983 Price Price
Getting Started with Rigorous Curriculum Design:
1478980 How School Districts are Successfully Redesigning Their Curricula for the Common Core $24.95 $18.64
1478981 Leading the Common Core State Standards: From Common Sense to Common Practice
1478982 Making the Common Core Standards Work $34.95 $26.09
What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning Mathematics $38.95 $29.09
$24.95 $18.64

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