Core Books

ELA Core Book List 2019-2020

These are the books we use with our students district wide, so that there is a shared reading experience. Many of these are done as read-alouds and some, especially in the intermediate grades, are read independently by students.


Grade Kindergarten


Title
Author
Wemberly Worried
Kevin Henkes
Roller Coaster
Marla Frazee
Ish
Peter H. Reynolds
Quick as a Cricket
Audrey Wood


Grade 1


Title
Author
Chrysanthemum
Kevin Henkes
Emily’s Art
Peter Catalanotto
Come On, Rain
Karen Hesse
Enemy Pie
Derek Munson


Grade 2


Title
Author
The Name Jar
Yangsook Choi
Big Mama’s
Donald Crews
The Relatives Came
Cynthia Rylant






Grade 3


Title
Author
A River Ran Wild
Lynne Cherry
The Raft 
Jim LaMarche
The Lemonade War
Jacqueline Davies
White Water
Bandy and Stein
Who Was Helen Keller
Gare Thompson


Grade 4


Title
Author
Because of Winn Dixie (opt.)
Kate DiCamillo
The Orphan at Ellis Island
Elvira Woodruff
Because of Mr. Terupt
Rob Buyea
The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate


Grade 5

Title
Author
Bud, Not Buddy (mandatory)
Christopher Paul Curtis
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Hatchet (optional)
Gary Paulsen
Gossamer (optional)
Lois Lowry
The Castle in the Attic (optional)
Elizabeth Winthrop


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