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| Module Name | Level | Student Book Title |
Grade Level
|
Guided Reading
|
Lexile
|
Reading Recovery
|
DRA
|
| Geography | Blue | Places and Regions |
2
|
K-L
|
410
|
18-20
|
20-24
|
| Green | How Places Change |
3
|
M-N
|
610
|
28-30
|
28-30
|
|
| Orange | Earth's Resources |
4
|
Q-R
|
660
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Asking Geographic Questions |
5
|
S-T
|
780
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Globalization | Blue | A Changing World |
2
|
K-L
|
560
|
20
|
25
|
| Green | Our Global Connections |
3
|
O-P
|
640
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Challenges and Opportunities |
4
|
R_S
|
690
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Cooperation and Conflict |
5
|
S-T
|
710
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Managing Your Money | Blue | Spend or Save? |
2
|
K-L
|
510
|
18-20
|
20-24
|
| Green | Planning Your Budget |
3
|
M-N
|
640
|
28-30
|
28-30
|
|
| Orange | Investing in Your Future |
4
|
P-Q
|
650
|
38
|
38
|
|
| Purple | Be a Wise Consumer |
5
|
S-T
|
720
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Our Civic Life | Blue | Rights and Responsibilities |
2
|
L-M
|
490
|
20-24
|
28
|
| Green | Democratic Ideals |
3
|
O-P
|
540
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Citizenship in a Democracy |
4
|
Q-R
|
690
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Democracy and Decision Making |
5
|
T-U
|
710
|
44-50
|
44-50
|
|
| Animals | Blue | Traits and Habitats |
2
|
L-M
|
420
|
24
|
24-28
|
| Green | Classification |
3
|
O-P
|
600
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Adaptation |
4
|
R-S
|
730
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Surviving Change |
5
|
T-U
|
790
|
44-50
|
44-50
|
|
| Cells | Blue | The Smallest Units of Life |
2
|
L-M
|
480
|
24-28
|
28
|
| Green | Animal Cells and Plant Cells |
3
|
O-P
|
560
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Organization and Function |
4
|
Q-R
|
700
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Growing and Dividing |
5
|
T-U
|
720
|
44-50
|
44-50
|
|
| Chemical Changes | Blue | Forming New Substances |
2
|
L-M
|
530
|
24-28
|
28
|
| Green | Transfer of Energy |
3
|
N-O
|
700
|
34-38
|
34-38
|
|
| Orange | Breaking Bonds |
4
|
R-S
|
730
|
40-44
|
40-44
|
|
| Purple | Acids and Bases |
5
|
T-U
|
760
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Earth's Changing Surface | Blue | Weathering and Erosion |
2
|
L-M
|
500
|
24-28
|
28
|
| Green | The Rock Cycle |
3
|
O-P
|
720
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Rocks and Minerals |
4
|
R-S
|
760
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Fossils and Minerals |
5
|
T-U
|
810
|
50-60
|
50-60
|
|
| Ecosystems | Blue | Populations and Communities |
2
|
K-L
|
400
|
18-20
|
20-24
|
| Green | Food Chains and Food Webs |
3
|
M-N
|
580
|
30
|
30-34
|
|
| Orange | Energy Flow and Use |
4
|
P-Q
|
660
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Changing and Conserving |
5
|
S-T
|
730
|
44
|
50
|
|
| Energy | Blue | Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy |
2
|
L-M
|
480
|
20-24
|
28
|
| Green | Many Different Forms |
3
|
O-P
|
710
|
34-38
|
34-38
|
|
| Orange | Changing Forms |
4
|
R-S
|
790
|
40-44
|
40-44
|
|
| Purple | Sources of Energy |
5
|
T-U
|
850
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Force and Motion | Blue | Types of Forces |
2
|
K-L
|
430
|
18-20
|
20-24
|
| Green | Forces in Action |
3
|
N-O
|
680
|
30
|
30-34
|
|
| Orange | Newton's Laws of Motion |
4
|
Q-R
|
780
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Applying Newton's Laws of Motion |
5
|
U-V
|
850
|
50-60
|
50-60
|
|
| Healthy Body | Blue | Body Systems |
2
|
K-L
|
470
|
20-24
|
24
|
| Green | Energy to Live |
3
|
O-P
|
640
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Fighting Disease |
4
|
Q-R
|
740
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Making Good Decisions |
5
|
S-T
|
770
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Light and Sound | Blue | Energy Waves |
2
|
L-M
|
460
|
24-28
|
28
|
| Green | Reflection and Refraction |
3
|
O-P
|
600
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Color and Sound All Around |
4
|
Q-R
|
700
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | A Range of Energy Waves |
5
|
S-T
|
760
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Oceans | Blue | Properties and Living Things |
2
|
K-L
|
560
|
20-24
|
24-28
|
| Green | Different Depths and Zones |
3
|
O-P
|
670
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Waves and Currents |
4
|
R-S
|
710
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Exploring and Protecting |
5
|
T-U
|
750
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Our Solar System | Blue | Earth in Space |
2
|
J-K
|
450
|
18-20
|
18-20
|
| Green | Neighbors in Space |
3
|
M-N
|
650
|
28-30
|
28-30
|
|
| Orange | Exploring Other Worlds |
4
|
P-Q
|
740
|
38-40
|
38-40
|
|
| Purple | The Sun and Its Effects |
5
|
S-T
|
760
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Plants | Blue | Important Producers |
2
|
K-L
|
440
|
20-24
|
20-24
|
| Green | Structure and Function |
3
|
M-N
|
630
|
28-30
|
28-30
|
|
| Orange | Growing and Using Energy |
4
|
Q-R
|
700
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Reproduction in Flowering Plants |
5
|
S-T
|
740
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Properties of Matter | Blue | Describing and Measuring Matter |
2
|
L-M
|
480
|
24-28
|
28
|
| Green | Atoms, Elements, and Compounds |
3
|
O-P
|
540
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Physical and Chemical Changes |
4
|
R-S
|
670
|
40
|
40-44
|
|
| Purple | Chemical Reactions |
5
|
T-U
|
730
|
44-50
|
50
|
|
| Stars and Galaxies | Blue | Light From Far Away |
2
|
L-M
|
500
|
24-28
|
28
|
| Green | Our Universe |
3
|
O-P
|
660
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Changing Over Time |
4
|
Q-R
|
740
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Exploring with Technology |
5
|
U-V
|
790
|
44
|
44
|
|
| Volcanoes | Blue | A Moving Crust |
2
|
K-L
|
520
|
18-20
|
20-24
|
| Green | Sudden Changes |
3
|
N-O
|
670
|
30
|
30-34
|
|
| Orange | Different Types |
4
|
Q-R
|
740
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Plate Tectonic Theory |
5
|
T-U
|
800
|
44
|
50
|
|
| Weather | Blue | Atmosphere and Temperature |
2
|
K-L
|
470
|
20-24
|
24-28
|
| Green | Water Vapor and the Water Cycle |
3
|
O-P
|
630
|
34-38
|
38
|
|
| Orange | Properties and Patterns |
4
|
R-S
|
740
|
40
|
40
|
|
| Purple | Changing Weather and Severe Storms |
5
|
T-U
|
790
|
44
|
44
|

