Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and ...
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption The matrix below provides a comprehensive list of the books/readers submitted as components of the Benchmark Literacy program that provide text-based instruction. Program Title: Benchmark Literacy Grade Level: 3
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
Fiction*
Copyright Date 2007
Author(s) Schroeder, Jamie A.
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Nonfiction
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)* 220L
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex) Complex
Title of Book/Reader Move It! Bridges: Town Mouse and Country Mouse, Belling the Cat, The Dog and The Wolf Samantha Saves the Stream
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
400L
Moderate
2007
X
420L
Moderate
The Cost of Dinner
2007
Manos, John Hammelef, Danielle S.
X
430L
Complex
Bridges: The Voyages of Christopher Columbus Bridges: Clean Up City Park!, Ride Bikes, Not Cars!, We Need New Playground Equipment! Bridges: The Fox and the Raccoon, The Hodja and the Soup, Loki Saves the Boy
Literary
Informational
X
2011
Otfinoski, Steven
X
490L
Complex
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
490L
Moderate
490L
Moderate
500L
Moderate
510L
Complex
510L
Moderate
X
520L
Complex
X
530L
Complex
X
530L
Moderate
X
540L
Moderate
2009
Swain, Cynthia ; Harris, Brooke Swain, Cameron ; Bischler, Blake ; Urban, Katie ; Howie, Jacob Freed, Kira Anastasio, Dina ; Jenkins, Amanda Kendrick, Karolyn Goodridge, Catherine Phelps, Karen
2009
Swain, Cynthia
2009
Bridges: Memorable Misadventures
2009
Polar Habitats Bridges: The Writing on the Wall, Tia's Bad Day Bridges: Chemistry in Medicine Bridges: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln Bridges: Yeh-Shen, The Toad Bridegroom Bridges: How Rabbit Lost His Tail, How Chipmunk Got Its Stripes, Why Hummingbirds Drink Nectar
2008
1
Narrative
2009 2011 2009
X X X X
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption Fiction*
Title of Book/Reader Town Mouse and Country Mouse, Belling the Cat, The Dog and The Wolf
Copyright Date 2009
Author(s) Swain, Cynthia Ahearn, Dan ; Ahearn, Janet Meredith, Susan Markowitz Salle, Katherine Talmadge
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)*
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex)
X
550L
Moderate
X
550L
Moderate
X
550L
Moderate
X
550L
Complex
X
560L
Complex
X
570L
Moderate
X X
580L 580L 580L
Moderate Moderate Complex
Narrative
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Nonfiction
Literary
Informational
Storm Chasers
2011
Environmentally Friendly World
2011
Daily Life Around the World
2011
Three Immigrant Communities: New York City in 1900
2011
Anansi and Sky King, Hare and Lion
2009
The Cooking Contest Max's Glasses Bridges: Gold Bridges: Johnny Appleseed Gets His Name, Glooscap Makes the Seasons The Magic Passport Three Historical Communities of North America Bridges: Ancient Greece Bridges: From Broad Street to Beacon Hill: An Irish Immigrant Experience, Rocket Girl: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
2011 2011 2011
Swain, Cynthia ; Harris, Brooke Furgang, Kathy Dacquino, Vin Beck, Gail
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
580L
Moderate
2011
Dupré, Judith
X
590L
Moderate
2010
Cipriano, Jeri
X
590L
Complex
2011
Caper, William
X
590L
Complex
2009
Stone, Forrest
X
600L
Moderate
The Thing in the Cave, Jamal's Secret
2009
X
600L
Moderate
Bridges: Diamonds Bridges: Body Systems: Human Cells The Fox and the Raccoon, The Hodja and the Soup, Loki Saves the Boy A Whaling Community: New Bedford, Massachusetts Clean Up City Park!, Ride Bikes, Not Cars!, We Need New Playground Equipment!
2011 2011
610L 610L
Complex Complex
620L
Moderate
2
2009
Halpern, Monica
Anastasio, Dina ; Jenkins, Amanda Ungaro, Ellen Rushworth, Gary Swain, Cynthia ; Harris, Brooke
X
X X X
2011
Thompson, Gare
X
630L
Complex
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
630L
Moderate
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption Fiction*
Copyright Date
Title of Book/Reader Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, How Leopard Got His Spots, How Giraffe Got Such a Long Neck Symbols of Our Country
2011
Swain, Cynthia
2011
The Writing on the Wall, Tia's Bad Day
2009
Cipriano, Jeri Anastasio, Dina ; Jenkins, Amanda
From Broad Street to Beacon Hill: An Irish Immigrant Experience, Rocket Girl: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement Yeh-Shen, The Toad Bridegroom My Running Log Habitats of South America Light and Sound Technology How Rabbit Lost His Tail, How Chipmunk Got Its Stripes, Why Hummingbirds Drink Nectar Animals of North America Deadwood, South Dakota: A Frontier Community
630L
Moderate
640L
Moderate
X
650L
Moderate
Narrative
Literary
Informational
X X
Stone, Forrest
X
660L
Moderate
2009 2011 2010 2011
Phelps, Karen Marks, Lorenzo Carr, Joaquin Frenkel, Karen A.
X
670L 670L 670L 680L
Moderate Moderate Complex Complex
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
680L
Moderate
2011
Nolan, Joy
X
690L
Complex
2011
Waldman, Nomi J.
X
690L
Complex
X
700L
Complex
X X X
700L 700L 700L 710L
Moderate Complex Complex Complex
710L
Moderate
710L
Moderate
730L 730L 740L
Complex Complex Moderate
2009
Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots Human Body Math The Pacific Northwest Earth: Fast Changes
2009 2010 2011 2011
Memorable Misadventures
2009
3
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex)
2009
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
Johnny Appleseed Gets His Name, Glooscap Makes the Seasons Pizza Parts The Southeast Rough-Face Girl, The Red Swan
Author(s)
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)*
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Nonfiction
Goodridge, Catherine Kelly, Brett Sullivan, Erin Ash Shallop, Laura Fry, Erin Swain, Cameron ; Bischler, Blake ; Urban, Katie ; Howie, Jacob
2009
Swain, Cynthia
2011 2011 2011
Furgang, Kathy Rossi, Ann Kelly, Brett
X X X
X
X X X X X
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption Fiction*
Copyright Date 2011 2010
Author(s) Brocker, Susan Meissner, David
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Title of Book/Reader Sports Legends Habitat Rescue Ponce de Leon and the True Fountain of Youth, Sail On, Columbus! Taking Photographs Our Solar System: The Sun Math in the Garden What Makes a Plant a Plant? Old Oak Park Probability The Seven Natural Wonders Women Who Dared
2011
Stone, Forrest
2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2011 2010 2011
Making Crafts From Around the World
2011
Math on the Moon Animal Behaviorists The Dog Did My Homework, Bigger Math To Build On Why Polar Bears Like Snow . . . and Flamingos Don't
2010 2011 2011 2011
Anderson, Lynne Rushworth, Gary McCay, William Rushworth, Gary Swain, Cynthia Sullivan, Erin Freund, Lisa Auch, Alison Pugliano-Martin, Carol Sullivan, Erin Crum, Anna-Maria van Eekhout, Greg Crum, Anna-Maria
2010
White, Nancy
Being a Bug Scout
2011
From Caves to Canvas
2010
Pocahontas, Squanto
2011
Daniel Boone, Sal Fink, Paul Bunyan
2011
Birthdays Around the World Our Solar System Gold Rush! The Three Little Pigs Wise Up and The Princess, The Prince, and the Vegetables (RT) Cesar Chavez Comes to Visit (RT)
2010 2011 2011
Pugliano-Martin, Carol Prigioniero, Lily Deutsch, Stacia ; Cohon, Rhody Pugliano-Martin, Carol Glassman, Jackie Kranz, Rachel Kraft, Eric
2011
Kramer, Alan
X
2003
Kramer, Candice
X
4
Narrative
Nonfiction
Literary
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)* 740L 740L
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex) Complex Complex
750L
Moderate
X X X X X X X X
750L 750L 760L 760L 760L 770L 770L 780L
Moderate Complex Complex Complex Moderate Complex Complex Complex
X
780L
Moderate
X X X
780L 790L 790L 800L
Complex Complex Moderate Complex
X
800L
Complex
X
810L
Complex
X
810L
Complex
X
820L
Complex
840L
Moderate
850L 860L 870L
Moderate Complex Complex
NP
Moderate
Informational
X X X
X
X X X X
Moderate
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption Fiction*
Title of Book/Reader Our New Home (RT) The Great Lemonade Standoff (RT) The Food Pyramid Disaster (RT) Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (RT) Rough-Face Girl: A Native American Cinderella Tale (RT) How Davy Crockett Moved the Sun: An American Tall Tale (RT) Why the Sky Is Far Away: A Tale from Nigeria (RT) The Ant and Grasshopper Show (RT) Kanchil Outsmarts the Crocodile: A Folktale from Malaysia and Indonesia (RT)
5
Nonfiction
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)*
X X X
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex) Moderate Moderate Moderate
Anderson, Jane
X
Moderate
2006
Korba, Joanna
X
Moderate
2006
Pugliano-Martin, Carol
X
Moderate
2006
James, Ian
X
Moderate
2006
Stone, Forrest Pugliano-Martin, Carol
X
Moderate
X
Complex
Copyright Date 2004 2005 2005
Author(s) Wall, Suzy Romer, Ruth Mattern, Joanne
2005
2007
Narrative
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Literary
Informational
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
Fiction*
Copyright Date 2007
Author(s) Schroeder, Jamie A.
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Nonfiction
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)* 220L
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex) Complex
Title of Book/Reader Move It! Bridges: Town Mouse and Country Mouse, Belling the Cat, The Dog and The Wolf Samantha Saves the Stream
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
400L
Moderate
2007
X
420L
Moderate
The Cost of Dinner
2007
Manos, John Hammelef, Danielle S.
X
430L
Complex
Bridges: The Voyages of Christopher Columbus Bridges: Clean Up City Park!, Ride Bikes, Not Cars!, We Need New Playground Equipment! Bridges: The Fox and the Raccoon, The Hodja and the Soup, Loki Saves the Boy
Literary
Informational
X
2011
Otfinoski, Steven
X
490L
Complex
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
490L
Moderate
490L
Moderate
500L
Moderate
510L
Complex
510L
Moderate
X
520L
Complex
X
530L
Complex
X
530L
Moderate
X
540L
Moderate
2009
Swain, Cynthia ; Harris, Brooke Swain, Cameron ; Bischler, Blake ; Urban, Katie ; Howie, Jacob Freed, Kira Anastasio, Dina ; Jenkins, Amanda Kendrick, Karolyn Goodridge, Catherine Phelps, Karen
2009
Swain, Cynthia
2009
Bridges: Memorable Misadventures
2009
Polar Habitats Bridges: The Writing on the Wall, Tia's Bad Day Bridges: Chemistry in Medicine Bridges: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln Bridges: Yeh-Shen, The Toad Bridegroom Bridges: How Rabbit Lost His Tail, How Chipmunk Got Its Stripes, Why Hummingbirds Drink Nectar
2008
1
Narrative
2009 2011 2009
X X X X
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption Fiction*
Title of Book/Reader Town Mouse and Country Mouse, Belling the Cat, The Dog and The Wolf
Copyright Date 2009
Author(s) Swain, Cynthia Ahearn, Dan ; Ahearn, Janet Meredith, Susan Markowitz Salle, Katherine Talmadge
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)*
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex)
X
550L
Moderate
X
550L
Moderate
X
550L
Moderate
X
550L
Complex
X
560L
Complex
X
570L
Moderate
X X
580L 580L 580L
Moderate Moderate Complex
Narrative
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Nonfiction
Literary
Informational
Storm Chasers
2011
Environmentally Friendly World
2011
Daily Life Around the World
2011
Three Immigrant Communities: New York City in 1900
2011
Anansi and Sky King, Hare and Lion
2009
The Cooking Contest Max's Glasses Bridges: Gold Bridges: Johnny Appleseed Gets His Name, Glooscap Makes the Seasons The Magic Passport Three Historical Communities of North America Bridges: Ancient Greece Bridges: From Broad Street to Beacon Hill: An Irish Immigrant Experience, Rocket Girl: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
2011 2011 2011
Swain, Cynthia ; Harris, Brooke Furgang, Kathy Dacquino, Vin Beck, Gail
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
580L
Moderate
2011
Dupré, Judith
X
590L
Moderate
2010
Cipriano, Jeri
X
590L
Complex
2011
Caper, William
X
590L
Complex
2009
Stone, Forrest
X
600L
Moderate
The Thing in the Cave, Jamal's Secret
2009
X
600L
Moderate
Bridges: Diamonds Bridges: Body Systems: Human Cells The Fox and the Raccoon, The Hodja and the Soup, Loki Saves the Boy A Whaling Community: New Bedford, Massachusetts Clean Up City Park!, Ride Bikes, Not Cars!, We Need New Playground Equipment!
2011 2011
610L 610L
Complex Complex
620L
Moderate
2
2009
Halpern, Monica
Anastasio, Dina ; Jenkins, Amanda Ungaro, Ellen Rushworth, Gary Swain, Cynthia ; Harris, Brooke
X
X X X
2011
Thompson, Gare
X
630L
Complex
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
630L
Moderate
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption Fiction*
Copyright Date
Title of Book/Reader Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, How Leopard Got His Spots, How Giraffe Got Such a Long Neck Symbols of Our Country
2011
Swain, Cynthia
2011
The Writing on the Wall, Tia's Bad Day
2009
Cipriano, Jeri Anastasio, Dina ; Jenkins, Amanda
From Broad Street to Beacon Hill: An Irish Immigrant Experience, Rocket Girl: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement Yeh-Shen, The Toad Bridegroom My Running Log Habitats of South America Light and Sound Technology How Rabbit Lost His Tail, How Chipmunk Got Its Stripes, Why Hummingbirds Drink Nectar Animals of North America Deadwood, South Dakota: A Frontier Community
630L
Moderate
640L
Moderate
X
650L
Moderate
Narrative
Literary
Informational
X X
Stone, Forrest
X
660L
Moderate
2009 2011 2010 2011
Phelps, Karen Marks, Lorenzo Carr, Joaquin Frenkel, Karen A.
X
670L 670L 670L 680L
Moderate Moderate Complex Complex
2009
Swain, Cynthia
X
680L
Moderate
2011
Nolan, Joy
X
690L
Complex
2011
Waldman, Nomi J.
X
690L
Complex
X
700L
Complex
X X X
700L 700L 700L 710L
Moderate Complex Complex Complex
710L
Moderate
710L
Moderate
730L 730L 740L
Complex Complex Moderate
2009
Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots Human Body Math The Pacific Northwest Earth: Fast Changes
2009 2010 2011 2011
Memorable Misadventures
2009
3
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex)
2009
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
Johnny Appleseed Gets His Name, Glooscap Makes the Seasons Pizza Parts The Southeast Rough-Face Girl, The Red Swan
Author(s)
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)*
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Nonfiction
Goodridge, Catherine Kelly, Brett Sullivan, Erin Ash Shallop, Laura Fry, Erin Swain, Cameron ; Bischler, Blake ; Urban, Katie ; Howie, Jacob
2009
Swain, Cynthia
2011 2011 2011
Furgang, Kathy Rossi, Ann Kelly, Brett
X X X
X
X X X X X
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption Fiction*
Copyright Date 2011 2010
Author(s) Brocker, Susan Meissner, David
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Title of Book/Reader Sports Legends Habitat Rescue Ponce de Leon and the True Fountain of Youth, Sail On, Columbus! Taking Photographs Our Solar System: The Sun Math in the Garden What Makes a Plant a Plant? Old Oak Park Probability The Seven Natural Wonders Women Who Dared
2011
Stone, Forrest
2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2011 2010 2011
Making Crafts From Around the World
2011
Math on the Moon Animal Behaviorists The Dog Did My Homework, Bigger Math To Build On Why Polar Bears Like Snow . . . and Flamingos Don't
2010 2011 2011 2011
Anderson, Lynne Rushworth, Gary McCay, William Rushworth, Gary Swain, Cynthia Sullivan, Erin Freund, Lisa Auch, Alison Pugliano-Martin, Carol Sullivan, Erin Crum, Anna-Maria van Eekhout, Greg Crum, Anna-Maria
2010
White, Nancy
Being a Bug Scout
2011
From Caves to Canvas
2010
Pocahontas, Squanto
2011
Daniel Boone, Sal Fink, Paul Bunyan
2011
Birthdays Around the World Our Solar System Gold Rush! The Three Little Pigs Wise Up and The Princess, The Prince, and the Vegetables (RT) Cesar Chavez Comes to Visit (RT)
2010 2011 2011
Pugliano-Martin, Carol Prigioniero, Lily Deutsch, Stacia ; Cohon, Rhody Pugliano-Martin, Carol Glassman, Jackie Kranz, Rachel Kraft, Eric
2011
Kramer, Alan
X
2003
Kramer, Candice
X
4
Narrative
Nonfiction
Literary
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)* 740L 740L
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex) Complex Complex
750L
Moderate
X X X X X X X X
750L 750L 760L 760L 760L 770L 770L 780L
Moderate Complex Complex Complex Moderate Complex Complex Complex
X
780L
Moderate
X X X
780L 790L 790L 800L
Complex Complex Moderate Complex
X
800L
Complex
X
810L
Complex
X
810L
Complex
X
820L
Complex
840L
Moderate
850L 860L 870L
Moderate Complex Complex
NP
Moderate
Informational
X X X
X
X X X X
Moderate
Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity 2012 Reading Instructional Materials Adoption Fiction*
Title of Book/Reader Our New Home (RT) The Great Lemonade Standoff (RT) The Food Pyramid Disaster (RT) Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (RT) Rough-Face Girl: A Native American Cinderella Tale (RT) How Davy Crockett Moved the Sun: An American Tall Tale (RT) Why the Sky Is Far Away: A Tale from Nigeria (RT) The Ant and Grasshopper Show (RT) Kanchil Outsmarts the Crocodile: A Folktale from Malaysia and Indonesia (RT)
5
Nonfiction
Quantitative Rating (Readability/ Broad Spectrum Score)*
X X X
Qualitative Rating (Low, Moderate, or Complex) Moderate Moderate Moderate
Anderson, Jane
X
Moderate
2006
Korba, Joanna
X
Moderate
2006
Pugliano-Martin, Carol
X
Moderate
2006
James, Ian
X
Moderate
2006
Stone, Forrest Pugliano-Martin, Carol
X
Moderate
X
Complex
Copyright Date 2004 2005 2005
Author(s) Wall, Suzy Romer, Ruth Mattern, Joanne
2005
2007
Narrative
Drama/ Poetry/ Other*
Literary
Informational
