Candlewick Press

Common Core State Standards alignment

Prepared by, Marla Conn MS Ed

Fiction
Brand New Readers
Paperback Beeper's Friends Bravo, Kazam! Eddie the Raccoon Edna Elephant Ethan Out and About Fish and Frog Here Comes Tabby Cat Hey, Tabby Cat! Hurray for Rosa! Kazam's Magic Monkey Business Monkey Trouble Mouse Goes Out Mouse Has Fun Otter Everywhere Piggy and Dad Piggy and Dad Play Termite Tales Termite Trouble Three Little Bears Three Little Bears Play All Day Well Done, Worm! Winnie All Day Long 9780763612443 9780763613167 9780763623340 9780763615567 9780763610999 9780763624576 9780763607722 9780763608002 9780763611279 9780763613105 9780763607739 9780763607715 9780763613525 9780763613587 9780763629229 9780763613273 9780763613334 9780763639013 9780763625733 9780763623500 9780763642303 9780763611477 9780763607746 9780763642099 9780763648114 9780763648107 Big Book

Reading foundation, reading literature strands for kindergarten RF.K.1,1a,1c,3c,4 RL.K.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1a Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1c Understand that words are separated by spaces in print. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Judy Moody
Judy Moody Judy Moody (Book #1) Judy Moody Gets Famous (Book #2) Judy Moody Saves the World! (Book #3) Judy Moody Predicts the Future (Book #4) Judy Moody, M.D. (Book #5) Judy Moody Declares Independence (Book #6) Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days (Book #7) Judy Moody Goes to College (Book #8) Judy Moody, Girl Detective (Book #9) Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (Book #10) Hardcover 9780763648503 9780763648541 9780763648602 9780763648589 9780763648626 9780763648527 9780763648640 9780763648565 9780763634506 9780763657116 Paperback 9780763648497 9780763648534 9780763648596 9780763648572 9780763648619 9780763648510 9780763648633 9780763648558 9780763643492 9780763657109 e-Book 9780763651992 9780763652005 9780763652012 9780763652029 9780763652043 9780763652050 9780763652067 9780763652074 9780763652081 9780763654504

Reading Literature strands grades 1-3 RL.1.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.2.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10 RL.3.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 (Reading literature standards grades 1-3)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 23 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a texts illustrations contr ibute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 23 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Stink series
Title
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid (#1) Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker (#2) Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers (#3) Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express (#4) Stink: Solar System Superhero (#5) Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown (#6) Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk (#7) Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout (#8)

Hardcover
9780763663889 9780763663896 9780763663902 9780763663919 9780763663926 9780763663933 9780763663940 9780763661403

Paperback
9780763664268 9780763664206 9780763664244 9780763664213 9780763664251 9780763664237 9780763664220

e-book
9780763628918 9780763632366 9780763628345 9780763628352 9780763643218 9780763643461 9780763656928 9780763663629

Reading literature strands 1-3

RL.1.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.2.1,3,4,5,6,7,10 RL.3.1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

(Reading literature standards 1-3)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 23 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a texts illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 23 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Weslandia
Weslandia
RL.K.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.1.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.2.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10 RL.3.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10
9780763600068 9780763610524

SPARKS for beginning readers

SPARKS Early Readers A Birthday for Bear: An Early Reader Annie and Simon Ant and Honey Bee: A Pair of Friends at Halloween Houndsley and Catina Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time Houndsley and Catina Plink and Plunk Paperback 9780763645793 9780763646325 9780763625856 9780763666385 9780763666392 9780763645335 9780763666408

Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels Joe and Sparky, Superstars! Monkey and Elephant Squirrel's World Tales from the Waterhole The Monster in the Backpack Zelda and Ivy Zelda and Ivy and the Boy Next Door Zelda and Ivy: Keeping Secrets Zelda and Ivy: The Big Picture Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways

9780763666415 9780763666422 9780763662615 9780763666446 9780763633158 9780763666439 9780763632618 9780763637996 9780763666361 9780763666378 9780763666354

Reading literature strands grades K-3

RL.K.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.1.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.2.1,3,4,5,6,7,10 RL.3.1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

Kate DiCamillo Titles

Hardcover Because of Winn-Dixie Because of Winn-Dixie: Movie Tie-In Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures The Magician's Elephant The Tale of Despereaux The Tiger Rising 9780763660406 9780763644109 9780763617226 9780763652708 9780763652982 9780763625290 9780763618988 digest pb 9780763643676 / trade pb 9780763647834 9780763649418 9780763649432 9780763649449 9780763650070 Paperback 9780763644321 9780763625580 e-Book 9780763649456

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

9780763625894

9780763649425

Reading literature strands 3-7 The Tiger Rising

RL.3.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,6,7

Because of Winn-Dixie
RL.3.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,6,7

The Tale of Despereaux

RL.3.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,6,7

The Magicians Elephant

RL.3.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,6,7

(Reading literature standards 3-7) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a texts illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and whendrawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a characters thoughts, words, or actions). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.7 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 45 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrators or speakers point of view influences how events are described. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 45 text complexity band independently and proficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular storys or dramas plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they see and hear when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 68 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).

Social Studies-Language Arts Cross-Over

Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon (Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent
(Author) Award! Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston. (Ages 10 and up) Hardcover Zora and Me 9780763643003 Paperback 9780763658144 e-Book 9780763652135

Reading literature 5-8 strands

RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,6,7,9,10 RL.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,10

(Reading literature standards grade 8) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 68 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Kizzy Ann Stamps by Jeri Watts (Historical Fiction set during Civil Rights era, also includes letter and journal written entrees)
Hardcover Kizzy Ann Stamps 9780763658953 Paperback 9780763669768 e-Book 9780763662004

Reading literature 4-7 strands

RL.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

Around the World by Matt Phelan (Historical Fiction Graphic Novel look at 3 different round the world journeys) With cinematic pacing and deft, expressive art, acclaimed graphic
novelist Matt Phelan weaves a trio of epic journeys into a single bold tale of three visionaries who set their sights on nothing short of the world. Hardcover Around the World 9780763636197 Paperback

Reading literature strands 6-12 RL.6.1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

RL.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10
RL.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Great middle grade novel based on a true story involving young immigrants) Often laugh-out-loud funny, this moving and simply told
novella tugs at the heart -- a unique story of immigration both fierce in its telling and magical in its characters. Hardcover The Unforgotten Coat 9780763657291 Paperback

Reading literature strands 5-8

RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,10 RL.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,10

Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani In this extraordinary novel in letters, an Indian
immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner's son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles. Hardcover Same Sun Here 9780763656843 Paperback 9780763664510 e-Book 9780763657475

Reading literature 5-8 RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,10

RL.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,10

Fiction 9-12
Feed by M.T. Anderson M. T. Anderson takes on consumerism in this smart, savage satire that has
captivated readers with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now. Hardcover Feed Paperback 9780763662622 e-Book 9780763651558

Reading literature 9-12 strands RL.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,10 RL.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,10

Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant In the first major YA steampunk anthology, fourteen top storytellers push the
genres mix of sci-fi, fantasy, history, and adventure in fascinating new directions. (Age 14 and up) Hardcover Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories 9780763648435 Paperback 9780763657970 e-Book 9780763656386

Reading literature 9-12 strands

RL.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,10 RL.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,10

Beowulf, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, The Odyssey Graphic Novels by Gareth Hinds These exhilarating graphic-novel editions of ancient classics honor
the spirit of the originals and attracts modern readers Hardcover Beowulf King Lear Romeo and Juliet The Merchant of Venice The Odyssey 9780763643430 9780763659486 9780763630249 9780763642662 Paperback 9780763630232 9780763643447 9780763668075 9780763630256 9780763642686

Reading literature 9-12 RL.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

(Reading literature 9-12 standards) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5 Analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.6 Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7 Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Audens Muse des Beaux Arts and Breughels Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9 Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.10 By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 910 text complexity band independently and proficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the authors choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5 Analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6 Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9 Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and earlytwentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.10

By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Literature/informational text
Read and Wonder series
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Reading literature, reading informational text strands K-3

RL.K.1.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10 RL.1.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 RL.2.1,3,4,5,7,10 RL.3.1,1,3,4,7,10 RI.K.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.1.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.2.1,4,5,6,88,9,10 RI.3.1,2,4,7,8,9,10

(Reading literature standards K-3) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 23 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a texts illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 23 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

(reading informational text standards K-3)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.8 With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.3 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.4 Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.8 Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.9 Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.8 Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.9 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10 By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 23 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

What Color is My World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors by Kareem Abdul Jabar
Hardcover Paperback e-Book

What Color Is My World?

9780763645649

9780763664428

9780763664411

Reading literature, reading informational text strands 2-5 RL.2.1,2,3,5,6,7 RL.3.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 RL.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RI.2.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 RI.3. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 RI.4. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.5. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Biography/ memoir
Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron by Mary Losure
Hardcover Wild Boy 9780763656690 Paperback e-Book 9780763663698

RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10

When I was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up edited by Amy Ehrlich
Hardcover When I Was Your Age Paperback 9780763658922 e-Book

RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,10

The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy by Laura Amy Schlitz
Hardcover The Hero Schliemann 9780763622831 Paperback 9780763665043 e-Book

RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Candlewick Biographies - series

Hardcover A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker Paperback e-Book

9780763664275 9780763664602 9780763664596 9780763664282

9780763660918 9780763662158 9780763664589 9780763660925

RI.2.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.3.1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 RI.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9 RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Historical non-fiction
Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure by Martin
Sandler
Hardcover Impossible Rescue 9780763650803 Paperback e-Book 9780763659691

RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared To Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

Hardcover Almost Astronauts 9780763636111 Paperback 9780763645021 e-Book 9780763656096

RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul B. Janeczko

Hardcover Dark Game 9780763629151 Paperback 9780763660666 e-Book 9780763662097

RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of Triple Nickles, Americas First Back Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone
Hardcover Courage Has No Color 9780763651176 Paperback e-Book 9780763668204

RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910

Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust by Doreen Rappaport
Hardcover Beyond Courage 9780763629762 Paperback e-Book

RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910

Terezin: Voices From the Holocaust by Ruth Thomson

Hardcover Terezin 9780763649630 Paperback 9780763664664 e-Book

RI.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies by Marc Aronson
Hardcover Master of Deceit 9780763650254 Paperback e-Book 9780763656195

RI.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RI.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910

(Reading informational text standards 6-12) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.6 Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.9 Compare and contrast one authors presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 68 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2 Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3 Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.6 Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.7 Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each mediums portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.9 Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 68 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.3 Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9 Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 68 text complexity band independently and proficiently CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3 Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.5 Analyze in detail how an authors ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.6 Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a persons life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.9 Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washingtons Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelts Four Freedoms speech, Kings Letter from Birmingham Jail), including how they address related themes and concepts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.10 By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literacy nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3 Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.5 Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6 Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.8 Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.9 Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincolns Second Inaugu ral Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.10 By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 11CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

(Reading history standards 6-12)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3 Identify key steps in a texts description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an authors point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.8 Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9 Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 68 text complexity band independently and proficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the authors claims. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.10 By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 910 text complexity band independently and proficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.5 Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6 Evaluate authors differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors claims, reasoning, and evidence. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.8 Evaluate an authors premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.10 By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 11CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Historical Fiction

The History News series

Paperback Aztec News Explorers News Revolution News Egyptian News Greek News Roman News 9780763642006 9780763609856 9780763612955 9780763641986 9780763641979 9780763641993

Reading Literature, reading history strands grades 6-8 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 RL.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
(Reading history grades 6-8 standards) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3 Identify key steps in a texts description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an authors point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.8 Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9 Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 68 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

(Reading literature standards grades 6-8)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular storys or dramas plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they see and hear when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 68 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.5 Analyze how a dramas or poems form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.9 Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 68 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9 Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 68 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Castle Diary, Roman Diary, Pirate Diary

Hardcover Castle Diary Egyptian Diary Pirate Diary Roman Diary 9780763634803 Paperback 9780763621643 Spring 14 9780763628659 Spring 14

Reading literature 4-7 strands, reading history 6-8 RL.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,4,5,6,8,9
(Reading history standards) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an authors point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.8 Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9 Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 68 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

Hardcover Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! 9780763615789 Paperback 9780763643324 Digest PB 9780763650940

Reading Literature/ reading history strands 6-8

RL.6.1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 RL.8.1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 RH.6-8.1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10

Our white House: Looking in Looking Out

Hardcover Our White House 9780763620677 Paperback 9780763646097

Reading literature 5-8 strands, Reading history strands 6-8

RL.5.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.6.1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 RL.8.1,1,2,3,4,5,6,10 RH.6-8.1,2,4,5,6,8,7,8,9,10

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic
Hardcover The Watch That Ends the Night 9780763637033 Paperback 9780763663315

Reading literature 6-12, reading history 6-12 strands RL.6.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.7.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 RL.8.1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10 RL.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10 RL.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10 RH.6-8.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 RH 9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 RH 11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants

Hardcover First Crossing Paperback 9780763632915

Reading literature, reading history strands 9-12 RL.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,10 RL.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,10 RH.9-10.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 RH.11-12.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the authors claims. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.10 By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 910 text complexity band independently and proficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.5 Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6 Evaluate authors differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors claims, reasoning, and evidence. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.8 Evaluate an authors premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.10 By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 11CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.