Soar to Success ©2008
Guided Reading Levels
LEVEL K
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Book Title
Our Hats
Van Rides
Bats
Look at Us
Go!
What Can
Go?
Dog Friends
Bags
Lots of Cats
Busy
Animals
Feelings
Dig, Dig,
Dig
Pet Cats
In a Box
Fix It
Play with
Me
She Can Do
It!
Busy
Squirrels
Bugs!
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Book Title
What Cats Do
Jump, Jump
Animals Are Here
Lots of Animals
Dogs
We Can Go
Seasons
Pets
Lots of Colors
Family
At School
Across the Street
Big and Small
Dogs
Let’s Bake
Helping Hands
Go Out and Play
What Can You
See?
The Forest
Boats
What Can You Do?
Fun in the Snow
Let’s Paint
Spiders and More
Work We Do
Plane Rides
What Happens?
Growing
Sharing
Plays
Sports
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LEVEL 2
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Week 1
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Week 21
Book Title
Cats Near and
Far
Jobs
Animals We See
What Is for Sale?
Friends
Outside
Bikes
Our Dogs
What Is It?
Let’s Play
Animals We Like
Chicks
Let’s Go Out
Jobs People Do
Ice Cream
In the Park
School Days
Birds
Our Puppies
George
Washington
When I Grow Up
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Fun All Year
Families
Plane Trips
We Can Do It
Butterflies
At Night
In the Forest
Go to the Beach
Write to Me
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K
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LEVEL 3
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*New Literature
Title/Author
From Tadpole to Frog by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld *
Educating Arthur by Amanda Graham
Wild Bears by Seymour Simon *
Arturo's Baton by Syd Hoff
Emperor Penguins Up Close by Carmen Bredeson *
The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Tree of Birds by Susan Meddaugh
What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? by
Steve Jenkins *
Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft and Richard G. Van
Gelder
The Paper Crane by Molly Bang
Baby Whales Drink Milk by Barbara Juster Esbensen
A Bicycle for Rosaura by Daniel Barbot
The Wonder of Bald Eagles by Eileen Foran
Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett *
Weird and Wacky Plants by Katherine Kenah *
Giant Snakes by Seymour Simon *
Where Does the Garbage Go? by Paul Showers
Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber
Roasted Peanuts by Tim Egan *
Let's Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans
The Outside Dog by Charlotte Pomerantz
Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth
Fitzgerald Howard
Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki
Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn
Just Like Mike by Gail Herman *
Clouds of Terror by Catherine A. Welch
Amazon Fever by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld *
The April Fool's Day Mystery by Marion M. Markham
LEVEL 4
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Title/Author
Hot Shots! by Chris L. Demarest *
Potato by Kate Lied
Tippu by Abigail Pizer
Incredible Sharks by Seymour Simon *
Naming the Cat by Laurence Pringle
The Bizarre Body by Katharine Kenah *
Who Wants Arthur? by Amanda Graham
The Wonder of Wolves by Patricia Lantier-Sampon
Predator Attack! by Katharine Kenah *
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JoJo's Flying Side Kick by Brian Pinkney
Danger! Volcanoes by Seymour Simon *
Camp Knock Knock by Betsey Duffey
Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner
Rosie, a Visiting Dog's Story by Stephanie Calmenson
Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
The Lost Lake by Allen Say
Oil Spill! by Melvin Berger
Amelia's Road by Linda Jacobs Altman
Slap, Squeak, and Scatter by Steve Jenkins *
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats by Ann Earle
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Carol Greene
The Snow Walker by Margaret K. Wetterer and Charles M.
Wetterer
Alligators and Crocodiles by Trudi Strain Trueit *
Tropical Rain Forest by April Pulley Sayre *
Whales by Lesley A. DuTemple
Centerfield Ballhawk by Matt Christopher
Growing Up Wild: Bears by Sandra Markle *
The Real Slam Dunk by Charisse Richardson *
*New Literature
LEVEL 5
Category
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III
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*New Literature
Title/Author
Amazing Bats by Seymour Simon *
Owlbert by Nicholas Harris
Antarctica by Helen Cowcher
Megatooth by Patrick O'Brien *
Amazing Tigers by Sarah L. Thomson *
Truman's Aunt Farm by Jama Kim Rattigan
Hurricane Hunters by Chris L. Demarest *
Where Does Garbage Go? by Isaac Asimov
Sunken Treasure by Gail Gibbons
The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia
Maloney Markun
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder
How Do Birds Find Their Way? by Roma Gans
Going Home by Eve Bunting
Snow Search Dogs by Maida Silverman *
Mountain Gorillas in Danger by Rita Ritchie
Snakes by Trudi Strain Trueit *
Brave as a Mountain Lion by Ann Herbert Scott
Fire! in Yellowstone by Robert Ekey
Maiasaura Nests by Duncan Searl *
Bicycle Rider by Mary Scioscia
Coral Reef Hunters by Eric Ethan and Marie Bearanger
Titanic by Victoria Sherrow *
Jackie Robinson by Kenneth Rudeen
Popcorn! by Elaine Landau *
Gerbilitis by Stephanie Spinner and Ellen Weiss
The Real Lucky Charm by Charisse K. Richardson *
Whales by Seymour Simon
The Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein
LEVEL 6
Category
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*New Literature
Title/Author
Great White Sharks Up Close by Carmen Bredeson *
Nana Hannah's Piano by Barbara Bottner
A True Adventure: The Story of Three Whales by Giles
Whittell
Chinese Giant Salamander by Ann O. Squire *
The Secret Room by Uri Shulevitz
Amazing Snakes! by Sarah L. Thomson *
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown
Bridges by Seymour Simon *
Why Are Whales Vanishing? by Isaac Asimov
Detective Donut by Bruce Whatley
Sweet Dried Apples by Rosemary Breckler
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
Sea Turtles by Frank Staub
Paricutín: Mountain of Fire by Margarita Robleda
Look What Whiskers Can Do by D. M. Souza *
Camouflage: Changing to Hide by Bobbie Kalman *
Fire on the Mountain by Jane Kurtz
SuperCroc by Paul Sereno and Natalie Lunis *
Owls by Sandra Markle *
Roberto Clemente by Kenneth Rudeen
Storms by Seymour Simon
Danger on Midnight River by Gary Paulsen
Smokejumpers by Diana Briscoe *
Owen and Mzee by Isabel Hatkoff *
There's a Wolf in the Classroom! by Bruce Weide and
Patricia Tucker
Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla
Mummies and Their Mysteries by Charlotte Wilcox
Windcatcher by Avi
LEVEL 7
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Title/Author
My Life So Far by Enrique Garcia
Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand by Arthur A. Levine
Rainforests by Peter Murray
Eagle Dreams by Sheryl McFarlane
Arctic Tundra by Michael H. Forman
Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Ice Mummy: The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Man by Mark
Dubowski and Cathy East Dubowski
Sammy Sosa by Terri Doughtery
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by
Deborah Hopkinson
Snakes by Seymour Simon
A Wall of Names: The Story of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial by Judy Donnelly
Ultimate Field Trip 3: Wading Into Marine Biology by Susan
E. Goodman
Getting Elected: The Diary of a Campaign by Joan Hewett
Komodo Dragon: On Location by Kathy Darling
Running Girl: The Diary of Ebonee Rose by Sharon Bell
Mathis
On the Brink of Extinction: The California Condor by Caroline
Arnold
Tae's Sonata by Haemi Balgassi
Racing the Sun by Paul Pitts
Level 8
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Title/Author
A Beauty of a Plan by Angela Shelf Medearis
The Lost Expedition by Barbara Brooks Simons
Owl by Rebecca Stefoff
The Babe & I by David A. Adler
Journey Home by Lawrence McKay, Jr.
Cal Ripken, Jr.: Play Ball! By Cal Ripken, Jr. and Mike
Bryan
Mountains by Seymour Simon
Jesse Jackson: I am Somebody! By Charnan Simon
Lakota Hoop Dancer by Jacqueline Left Hand Bull and
Suzanne Haldane
Tunnels, Tracks, and Trains: Building a Subway by Joan
Hewett
Gloria Estegan: Cuban-American Singing Star by Fernando
Gonzalez
What are you Figuring Now? A Story about Benjamin
Banneker by Jeri Ferris
Lightning by Stephen Kramer
Sports Lab: How Science Has Changes Sports by Robert
Sheely
On the Court with…Lisa Leslie by Matt Christopher
An Even Break by Sid Hite
El Duque: The Story of Orlando Hernandez by Kenneth
LaFreniere
Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound of Our Sisterhood by
Veronica Chamers