Ashley Campbell's Portfolio



Ranking of Subjects by Difficulty: Math, Social Studies, Science, Language Arts

Readability Sources: The Readability Test Tool Website and Scholastic Book Wizard

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Social Studies

Textbook: America Will Be

Houghton Mifflin (Readability Level: 7)

Curriculum: MC3 Curriculum developed by Oakland County Schools

• Contains a variety of nonfiction articles and a collection of primary sources

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Additional Resources:

• Social Studies Weekly: A classroom periodical based on common social studies benchmarks related to the study of fifth grade United States history. Each weekly newspaper contains a lesson on U.S. history, geography, culture, or economics. Other features are a current event that relates to the lesson being presented, a biographical spotlight featuring prominent historic and contemporary citizens.

• Reading A-Z Leveled Books: The leveled books printed from readinga- are listed below in the individual units.

Native American Unit:

• Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian

• Life in a Pueblo (Native Nations of North America) by Amanda Bishop (Readability: 4)

• Nations of the Northwest Coast (Native Nations of North America) by Kathryn Smithyman (Readability: 4)

• Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes (Native Nations of North America) by Rebecca Sjonger (Readability: 4)

• Life in a Longhouse Village (Native Nations of North America) by Bobbie Kalman (Readability: 4)

• The Apaches (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

• The Cherokees (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

• Native Americans of the Great Plains (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

• The Algonquians (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

• Ancient Cliff Dwellers (Level V—Fourth Grade)

• The Cheyenne’s (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

• Desert People (Level W—Fourth Grade)

Explorer Unit:

• Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus by Jean Fritz (Readability Level: 5.6)

• Samuel de Champlain, Father of New France (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

• Christopher Columbus (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

• Vikings (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

Colonial Unit:

• Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? by Jean Fritz (Readability Level: 4.2)

• If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern (Readability Level: 3.9)

• Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters (Readability Level: 4.3)

• Sara Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters (Readability Level: 2.3)

• Pocahontas at Jamestown (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

Revolution Unit:

• Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution by Dennis Brindell Fradin (Readability Level: 5.3)

• Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? by Jean Fritz (Readability Level: 4.8)

• Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz (Readability Level: 4.6)

• And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz (Readability Level: 4.1)

• Seeds of Revolution (Level X—Fifth Grade)

• Battling for Independence (Level Y—Fifth Grade)

Constitution Unit:

• Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz (Readability Level: 4.7)

• Building a Nation (Level Z—Fifth Grade)

• The Bill of Rights (Level U—Fourth Grade)

Math

Textbook: Everyday Mathematics Student Reference Book (Readability Level: 5)

McGraw Hill

Reading

Textbook: Treasures

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

Informational Texts found in Textbook:

• Forests of the World published in Time for Kids (Readability Level: 5.25)

• Rattlers! by Ellen Lambeth (Readability Level: 5.5)

• Maya Lin, Architect of Memory published in Time for Kids (Readability Level: 5.5)

• Beyond the Horizon published in Time for Kids (Readability Level: 5.5)

• Getting Out the Vote published in Time for Kids (Readability Level: 5.6)

• Hurricanes by Seymour Simon (Readability Level: 5.6)

• A Historic Journey published in Time for Kids (Readability Level: 5.9)

• A Dream Comes True published in Time for Kids (Readability Level: 5.95)

• Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight by Patricia Lauber (Readability Level: 5.95)

• Hidden Worlds by Stephen Kramer (Readability Level: 5.95)

Websites:

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Reference Materiels:

Dictionaries: Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary (Grades 6-8)

Science:

Textbook: Science Horizons (Readability Level: 6)

Silver Burdett Ginn

Additional Non-Fiction Texts:

• The Story of Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad by Kate McMullan (Readability: 3.2)

• Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson by Barry Denenberg (Readability: 5.7)

• Who was Amelia Earhart? by Kate Boehm Jerome (Readability 3.4)

• Who was Abraham Lincoln? by Janet Pascal (Readability: 4)

• Who was Ben Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Fradin (Readability: 3.2)

• Who was Thomas Jefferson? by Dennis Brindell Fradin (Readability: 3.3)

• Who was Christopher Columbus? by Bonnie Bader (Readability: 2.8)

• Who was Babe Ruth? by Joan Holub (Readability: 3)

• Tornadoes by Seymour Simon (Readability: 6.7)

• Scholastic Book of World Records 2013 by Jennifer Corr Morse (Readability: 5)

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