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Trade Book Lesson Plans

Lesson plans are available for many favorite new and classic trade books!
Trade book lesson plans, worksheets, and discussion cards are available for the titles listed below. Choose between a generic set of discussion cards to use across the three levels, or use the discussion cards created for each title in levels 2 and 3. Lesson plans are grouped in three levels according to the lexile and grade level of each book. How to assemble your lesson plan booklet.

Correlation Chart

LEXILE LEVEL GRADE
LEVEL 1 to 400 K–1
LEVEL 2 400–800 2–4
LEVEL 3 800 and above 4 and above

LEVEL 2
All-Star FeverLL 670
by Matt Christopher
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Amber Brown Is Not
a Crayon
LL 720
by Paula Danziger
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Big Surprise in the
Bug Tank
LL 550
by Ruth Horowitz
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Bread and Jam for Frances LL 490
by Russell Hoban
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Horrible Harry and the Green Slime LL 470
by Suzy Kline
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Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus LL 380
by Barbara Park
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Julian, Secret Agent
LL 460
by Ann Cameron
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The Snowy Day LL 500
by Ezra Jack Keats
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Waiting for Mama LL 740
by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
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So You Want to Be President? LL 730
by Judith St. George
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