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Mississippi Text Exemplars

Office of Curriculum and Instruction January 6, 2014

Office of Curriculum and Instruction Mississippi Text Exemplars

The Mississippi Text Exemplars list is a compilation of text titles gathered from teachers and English Language Arts specialists from around the state of Mississippi. 1 Over 80 teachers and curriculum specialists were contacted and asked to identify texts that were used in grades K-6 classrooms in their districts. The sample texts were compiled into a list based on the response of Mississippi teachers. The list was then vetted by a task force of Mississippi English Language Arts teachers and specialists, including members of higher education communities in Mississippi. This task force vetted these texts based on the following criteria:

Appropriate age and grade-level text complexity Appropriate age and grade-level content Value of literature and informational text to classroom instruction Recommendations of Mississippi English Language Arts teachers and

specialists

This list is by no means exhaustive. It is not a required reading list for Mississippi students, nor is it a suggested reading list. The list serves as a sample list of texts that have been used within the state of Mississippi.

1 Some texts may be used in multiple grade levels, depending on reader and task considerations.

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It is important to note the types of texts that the CCSS require at each grade level when choosing texts. For example, the CCSS for grade 3 requires students to read myths. While the Mississippi text exemplars may contain myths at various grade levels, it would be plausible to use the myths listed below, even if they have been placed at a different grade level. Furthermore, for the purposes of integrating curriculum, it is important to note the topics required by the Mississippi Social Studies and Science Frameworks at each grade level. For example, fourth grade students are required to study Mississippi's Native American groups; therefore, teachers may choose texts about these groups even if they are listed at another grade level. Finally, the PARCC Model Content Frameworks for each grade level can be utilized to provide teachers with further parameters when choosing texts and creating text sets to be used with the titles on the Mississippi exemplar list.

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Office of Curriculum and Instruction Mississippi Text Exemplars

Title

Author

10 Fat Turkeys A Butterfly is Born A House for Hermit Crab A Pair of Socks Abuela Barnyard Song Bear Snores Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch Bluebird Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Cat's Colors Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Chrysanthemum Creatures of the Night Doctor Desoto Gingerbread Baby Green Eggs and Ham If You Take A Mouse to the Movies Jingle Bells My Teacher for President Owl at Home Owl Babies Planting a Rainbow Pumpkin Soup Sheep in a Jeep Snowballs Somewhere in the World Right Now The Little Red Hen The Mitten The Paper Crane The Very Busy Spider Today is Monday Walter the Baker

Tony Johnston Melvin Berger Eric Carle Stuart Murphy Arthur Dorros Rhonda Gowler Greene Karma Wilson Alyssa Satin Capucilli Bob Staake Bill Martin Jr./ Eric Carle Jane Cabrera Bill Martin Jr. Kevin Henkes David Cutts William Steig Jan Brett Dr. Seuss Laura Numeroff Ira Trapani Kay Winters Arnold Lobel Martin Waddell Lois Ehlert Helen Cooper Nancy E. Shaw Lois Ehlert Stacey Schuett Paul Galdone Jan Brett Molly Bang Eric Carle Eric Carle Eric Carle

Text Type

L L L L L L L L L L

L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L

Lexile

320 NA 480 440 510 660 280 NA NA 440

80 530 460 NA 560 430 30 240 800 370 370 500 170 310 130 300 550 510 800 810 130 NA 550

2 Many of these titles are intended to be read-aloud books in Kindergarten.

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Kindergarten

Title

Author

Frog and Toad Together Polar Bear, Polar Bear

A Day at the Apple Orchard

A Tree is a Plant Autumn Leaves Circus Shapes Earthworms From Caterpillar to Butterfly From Seed to Pumpkin Guess Who Spins How People Learned to Fly I Read Signs My Five Senses Nature Spy

On the Go Picture Dictionary of Animals Pumpkin, Pumpkin Schools Have Rules See, Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell Shapes, Shapes, Shapes Starfish The American Flag The Beetle Alphabet Book The Human Body The Liberty Bell The Pledge of Allegiance The Statue of Liberty The Tiny Seed The White House Turtle Song What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

What I Like About Me

Arnold Lobel Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle Megan Faulkner & Adam Krawesky Clyde Robert Bulla Ken Robbins Stuart Murphy Claire Llewellyn Deborah Heiligman Jan Kotte Sharon Gordon Fran Hodgkins Tana Hoban Aliki Shelly Rotner and Ken Kreisler Ann Morris Rebecca Motil Jeanne Titherington Nina Tsang Melvin Berger Tana Hoban Edith Hurd Lloyd G. Douglas Jerry Pallotta Melvin Berger Lloyd G. Douglas Lloyd G. Douglas Lloyd G. Douglas Eric Carle Lloyd G. Douglas John Archambault Steve Jenkins & Robin Page Allia Zobel Nolan

Text Type

L L

I

I I I I I I I I I I I

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

I

Lexile

450 670

640

600 630 140 700 520 NA NA 630 NA 400 360

480 NA 260 NA NA NA 170 520 620 NA 370 NA 510 400 480 NA 760

NA

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