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According the the Georgia Department of Education, Common Core Georgia Performance Standards ensure that students across Georgia received acess and opportunities that are equal across districts and states to masters skills needed for sucess. These standards are a foundation, providing a focus on skills students should have knowledge of before entering their educational careers. Extended ELA texts are instructional resouces used to support contextualized tasks for 21st Century learners.
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards of Excellence
ELA Extended Text: Unit 1
Kindergarten
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Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel (400L)
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Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel (400L)
Suggested Extended Texts:
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Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel (400L)
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Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel (400L)
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Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, & a Miracle by Brian Dennis, Mary Nethery and Kirby Larson (810L)
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Winter’s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Julianna Hatkoff (930L)
First Grade
First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg (Literary)/(eBook)
Suggested Extended Texts:
First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg (Literary)
Schools Then and Now by Robin Nelson (Informational)
The Day Before First Grade by Natasha Wing (Literary)
Watching the Seasons by Edna Eckart (Informational)
Second Grade
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From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons (informational)
Suggested Extended Texts:
Theme: Life Cycles
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Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White (literary);
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons (informational)
Theme: Sun, Moon, Stars
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Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne (literary);
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Space by Mary Pope Osborne (informational)
Fourth Grade
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Who is Neil Armstrong by Roberta Edwards 810L
Suggestions for integrating other texts:
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Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare 770L
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Who is Neil Armstrong by Roberta Edwards 810L
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Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children by Joseph Bruchac
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Encounter by Jane Yolen 760L
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Where do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz 890L
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Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker 990L
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble 670L
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Plains Indians by Andrew Santella 970L
Third Grade
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Suggested Primary text: Because of Winn Dixie. (22,123 words; Lexile 610L
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Suggested Primary text: Because of Winn Dixie. (22,123 words; Lexile 610L
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And Then What Happened Paul Revere, 830L (picture video narrated by author is another option).
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Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass in relationship to social studies historical characters standards
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Susan B Anthony Champion of Women’s Rights 570L
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The Susan B Anthony You Never Knew 900L
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass 460L
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Frederick Douglass, Lexile varies
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Suggested Extended Texts:
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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (950L)
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Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder (800L)
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A Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulson (1000L)
Fifth Grade
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Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder (800L)
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards of Excellence
ELA Extended Text: Unit 2
Kindergarten
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Duck for President
My Flag – Ebook Available on Follettshelf
America: A Partiotic Primer
Counting With Friends –Ebook Available on Follettshelf
Making 100 – Ebook Available on Follettshelf
First Grade
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factor
Meggie Mooned
Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin
Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson
Second Grade
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A Tiny Seed |
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Too Many Pumpkins -Ebook Available on Follettshelf |
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Socks |
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From Seed to Plant - Ebook Available on Follettshelf |
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The Giving Tree |
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Plants Need Sunlight – Ebook Available on Follettshelf |
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Plants Are Living Things – Ebook Available on Follettshelf |
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What Is A Life Cycle - Ebook Available on Follettshelf |
Third Grade
And Then What Happened Paul Revere
Fourth Grade
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George Washinton’s Socks e |
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The Revolutionary War on Wednesday |
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The Sign of the Beaver – Ebook Available on Follettshelf |
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The American Revolution – Ebook Available on Follettshelf
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Fifth Grade
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Common Core Georgia Performance Standards of Excellence
ELA Extended Text: Unit 3
Kindergarten
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What Makes Day and Night
What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees
Day and Night
Meet George Washington
The Story of Abraham Lincoln
Presidents Day
See Me Grow
First Grade
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Arthur's Pet Business
I Wanna Iquana
Hey, Little Ant
Should We Have Pets?
A Home for Dixie
Second Grade
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Gooney Bird on the Map Me on the Map Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly What is a Life Cycle? Fish is Fish From Caterpillar to Butterfly |
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Third Grade
Lulu and the Brontosaurus
I Wanna Iquanna
A Home for Dixie
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Fourth Grade
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Our World of Water
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Letting Swift River Go
Fifth Grade
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Common Core Georgia Performance Standards of Excellence
ELA Extended Text: Unit 4
Kindergarten
A House for Hermit Crab
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Tiny Seed
You’ll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch
When I Was Little
Sunflower House
The Carrot Seed
Zinnia’s Flower Garden
First Grade
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Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday
Where the Sidewalk Ends
To Get Rich Quick Club
The Doorbell Rang
A Chair For My Mother
The Lemonade War
Second Grade
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Skinnybones Sound and Light Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
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Third Grade
The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller
Mary McLeod Bethune
Fourth Grade
The Way I Feel
Dear Dumb Diary #7 Never Underestimate Your Dumbness
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Fifth Grade
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