Third Grade
Student Edition
2018-2019
September 17, 2018Dear Imagine Parents/Guardians and Students,
We invite you to participate in the Eleventh Annual Imagine Schools National Advanced Reading Challenge(ARC). This initiative is designed to challenge students to choose high quality literature, to read as muchand as often as they are able, and to share their love for reading with peers and adults on their ImagineSchools Campus. The ARC fosters students “acquiring and owning” their education by “developingacademic and character habits to increase learning opportunities” and “becoming independent, self-directed learners.” (pp. 20-21, Imagine Schools Academic Excellence Framework).
Our research shows that students who participate in the ARC also improve on their academic learning gainsin reading and mathematics. Many students are capable of moving ahead academically with only limiteddirection and attention from teachers. What they need is encouragement to take risks, to developperseverance, and to venture out into the world of ideas and knowledge. We also believe that one of thebest ways to become a life-long learner is to develop a love of reading. Each year we survey teachersabout the challenge and this is what a few of them said:
I enjoy seeing students challenge themselves and develop a love for reading.I love motivating the students to read and watch them thrive!
The Advanced Reading Challenge is open to Imagine Schools’ students in grades 3-12 who are at or abovegrade level in reading, and who can assume responsibility for independent work beyond their class andhomework assignments. The ARC book list is comprised of high quality, classic and award winning books ator above grade level. The 25 books must come from the grade level lists, however, there are two waysprovided for students to personalize their selection. Students can select up to three books that are not onthe lists to read towards the challenge or students may read from lists higher than their grade level, but notbelow their grade level. Books selected by students must have coordinator approval.
Grade-level book lists have been updated to provide more choices to students. This year, We encouragestudents to select books in a purposeful way, either through an author study, series completion or genrestudy. As was the case in past years, by accepting this challenge students pledge to read each book andcomplete a reflection about their book in order to certify their accomplishment. Imagine Schools will give a$50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card to each student who reads and reports on the designated number of books(25 for grades 3-8 and 15 for grades 9-12) during the school year. These students will be recognizednationally by Imagine Schools. Last year, close to 2,000 Imagine Schools’ students participated in the ARC,and 426 students were given awards for completing the challenge.
We hope that by taking on this challenge, students will stretch themselves to accomplish more than theymight have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence fortheir friends and peers.
Sincerely,
Dr. Nancy Hall
Dr. Nancy HallChief Academic OfficerImagine Schools 2
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Advanced Reading Challenge
Grades 3-8
Congratulations on your decision to challenge yourself through reading! We hope that by taking on this CHALLENGE, you will stretch yourself to accomplish more than you might have in an ordinary year, enjoy some great new books, and model achievement and excellence for your friends and peers.
Your Role as a Student: 1. Sign the commitment form to read the designated number of books (25 for grades 3-8) not previously
read. These books must come from the Advanced Reading Challenge grade level list. a. However, you may choose books from a list on a higher grade level. So, you may read “up” on the
lists but not down (you cannot choose books from a lower grade level list). b. Also, you can choose up to three books on your own to count towards the challenge. These books
must be appropriate, challenging and approved by your Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator or classroom teacher.
c. In addition, you can listen to up to 3 books towards the challenge on tape or CD. Your local library should have some of your ARC books in an audio version.
d. 25 projects might seem like a lot but 6 of those can be AR quizzes and any of them can be oral summaries. We just need to verify that you actual read the book. See project ideas later in this packet.
2. Prepare a reading portfolio in which a table of contents with a list of books read and all corresponding projects are stored/showcased (*see attached table of contents)
3. Participate in school initiated activities (e.g., after school book club to present projects, etc.) as designated by your school of attendance.
4. Submit all materials upon completion to your school’s Advanced Reading Coordinator.
Helpful Adults: Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator: This person will receive guidelines from the Imagine Schools’ office and will help you with the expectations and materials needed to complete the reading challenge. He/she will sign off on your projects, help you select books and may hold meetings to share information with you and your parents, answer questions that you might have along the way, and will find ways to help you complete this challenge.
Teachers: Your teachers should be able to help you get started, help you select just the right books, share information with your parent/guardian, remind you of deadlines, and help you make contact with the Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator throughout the school year.
Parent/Guardian: Your parent or guardian should talk with you about the expectations of the Advanced Reading Challenge and support you by signing the reading contract, helping you find books (at the public library if needed), and asking you about the books you are reading and projects you are completing. Your parent/guardian may participate as an audience for your book summaries, discussions, and project presentations at school or home.
Librarian/Media Specialist: Your school librarian or media specialist can help you find books in your school library or identify books on the reading lists that are in the public library collection.
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Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge
Important Dates
Tuesday, April 23, 2019: All student portfolios must be turned in to your Advanced Reading Challenge Coordinator.
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Monday, September 17, 2018: All students participating in the challenge should return their contract to the ARC Coordinator by the last week in September at the latest.
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Suggested Pacing Guide
2018 - 2019
Congratulations on taking the Advanced Reading Challenge! Use this schedule as a guideline to pace your reading & project completion. Try to keep on or ahead of schedule.
ALL twenty-five books and projects are due by April 23, 2019. Happy Reading!
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ARC BOOK AND PROJECT # STARTING ENDING
SIGN CONTRACT & BOOK 1 9.17.18 9.23.18
BOOKS 2 & 3 9.24.18 10.7.18
BOOKS 4 & 5 10.8.18 10.21.18
CATCH UP WEEKS 10.22.18 11.4.18
BOOKS 6 & 7 11.5.18 11.18.18
BOOKS 8 & 9 11.19.18 12.2.18
BOOKS 10 & 11 12.3.18 12.16.18
BOOKS 12 &13 12.17.18 12.30.18
ARC BOOK AND PROJECT # STARTING ENDING
BOOKS 14 & 15 12.31.18 1.13.19
BOOKS 16 & 17 1.14.19 1.27.19
BOOKS 18 & 19 1.28.19 2.10.19
CATCH UP WEEKS 2.11.19 2.24.19
BOOKS 20 & 21 2.25.19 3.10.19
BOOKS 22 & 23 3.11.19 3.24.19
BOOKS 24 AND 25 3.25.19 4.7.19
CATCH UP WEEKS 4.8.19 4.28.19
Oral Kinesthetic Written Visual Graphic Technological
One-Person Show
Puzzle Story It’s All in the Mail
Posting Postcards
The “What” Chart 3-W’s
Glog
Tell –Along Boards
Trading Cards Quotable Quotations
Quilt Mapping the Way
Prezi or PowerPoint
Presentation
The Press Conference
Can a Character
To Market, To Market
Artistic Timelines
Recipe for a Good Book
Book Blog Entry
Book Club Culture Kits Fast Fact Cards Crayon Conversations
The Plot Chart Cartoon
Point of Decision
Rolling the Dice
Catch the News
Story Tree Top Ten List Short Video clip Summary
Now Hear This Tangram Tales Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Caricature Double Bubble
Book Character Avatar
Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge
Creative Responses to Literature Projects for (Grades 3-8) After reading each book from the ImagineSchools Advance Reading Challenge list, create a new entry in your Reading Portfolio Table ofContents (*see attached). Then choose a way to present your understanding of the book you justread. Use the table below and pages that follow for ideas. Include each finished project in yourportfolio to share with your class and/or ARC Club. If your finished project is not written, be sure totake a photograph or include notes from an oral presentation so that there is record of what you havedone for each book. You may also use up to six Accelerated Reader Quizzes with a passing rate of90% as evidence that you read the book. Keep a print out of an AR quiz or provide notes on thequiz to count as a project to keep in your portfolio. Keep all finished projects organized neatly inyour portfolio. Remember, the goal of this challenge is to enjoy some great new books and help yourfriends to enjoy them too! Think of the best way to share what you liked about this book and whatwould be interested to other readers.
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1. One-Person Show: Perform a monologue, pretending you are the main character (or another significant character) in your book.
2. Tell-Along Boards: Use puppets and art to create a Tell-Along Board to later use during storytelling—to retell the most important parts of the story or book you read.
3. The Press Conference: Pretend you are the main character in your book and hold a press conference to answer your classmates’ prepared questions.
4. Book Club: Participate in a book club discussion with other students and/or teachers in your school who are reading the same book.
5. Point of Decision: List important decisions made by book characters and explain what happens in the story as a result of those decisions.
6. Now Hear This: Write a 2 to 3-minute radio advertisement persuading the public that they should buy and read this book.
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lCreative Responses to Literature Descriptions
1. Puzzle Story: Discuss the story and then create a puzzle board, including pictures and a discussion of the story. Then pass on to others who read the story.
2. Trading Cards: Create trading cards of favorite figures in your story. You might use a pattern from a popular sports team.
3. Character Can or Case: Take a gallon coffee can or small suitcase and decorate it to represent a character in your book. Insert strips of events, problems, or challenges characters faced and/or overcame throughout the story.
4. Culture Kits: Create a kit containing items representative of other culture described in the book you read.
5. Rolling the Dice: Create scenes from the book on the sides of oversized dice. One dice depicts the beginning of the book and the other focuses on the scenes at the end of the book.
6. Tan gram Tales: Tan grams are ancient Chinese puzzles. Storytellers use the puzzle pieces, called tans, when they tell stories. You can create a Tan gram Tale in many ways: a) Use your tans to create a puzzle that looks like or represents your character. b) use your tan grams to make a puzzle that looks like the event or place where the majority of action takes place. c) Use your tans to make a puzzle that looks like something from the ending of your book. *Ask your teacher or an art teacher for an example of a tan gram if you need help.
Kinesthetic
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Written
Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions
1. It’s All in the Mail: Write and address two friendly letters to characters in your book.
2. Quotable Quotations: Identify important quotations made by different book characters, and explain why each quotation is important in the story.
3. To Market, To Market: As a literary agent, write a letter to the publishing company designed to persuade them to publish this book.
4. Fast Fact Cards: Share information from nonfiction books by creating sets of Fast Fact Cards. Create a minimum of 10 cards.
5. Catch the News: Create a news report that highlights your story’s main characters and events.
6. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Write a letter to the author asking questions about the book and/or what it is like to be an author.
1. Posting Postcards: Pretend you are a character from your book and create postcards to send to their classmates.
2. Quilt: Create pictures of different scenes and stitch them together to make a quilt.
3. Artistic Timelines: Students visually sequence events and create time lines.
4. Crayon Conversations: Draw highlights from your book as you retell the story.
5. Story Tree: Create a story tree like a family tree highlighting main ideas in the branches and supporting details in the leaves.
6. Caricature: Create a caricature that emphasizes the main characters’ personality with an appropriate background.
Visual
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Graphic
Creative Responses to Literature Descriptions
1. The “What” Chart (3W’s): List information about a topic you’re interested in under three headings. “What I know already.” “What I want to know” and “What I’ve learned from reading.”
2. Mapping the Way: Create maps or plot routes in the form of a map. Create a key to clearly show the symbolism.
3. Recipe for a Good Book: Follow a recipe format to put the main idea (dish) and the supporting ideas (ingredients) on an index card and decorate with the tasty delight.
4. The Plot Chart (SWBS): Identify plot elements and write them on a Plot Chart.
5. Top Ten List: Create a Top Ten List of the things you learned from this book.
6. Double Bubble: Create a Thinking Mapping comparing the book to another book you have read.
1. Glog: Create your own interactive blog or “glog” at www.glogster.com. Find creative ways to share your glog with others.
2. Prezi Presentation: Create a PowerPoint or Prezi Presentation at prezi.com. with information about your favorite parts of the book, a summary of the book, and other interesting information. Be sure to present your new creation to your ARC club or classmates, family or friends!
3. Book Blog Entry: Create a book blog and complete an entry about a book you’ve read towards the ARC. Include a summary of the book and your personal reaction to the book in your entry. You can create a free blog at www.blogger.com. Share your blog with friends, your ARC club, or your class!
4. Cartoon: Using a tool like Creaza www.creaza.com or Piki Kids www.pikikids.comcreate a cartoon version of the book.
5. Short Video Clip Summary: Using a tool like Powtoons at www.powtoons.com or Animoto at www.animoto.com
6. Book Character Avatar: Create an avatar for a book character using a tool such as http://avachara.com/avatar/
Technological
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Advanced Reading Challenge (ARC) Rubric
Rating Portfolio Criteria Rating Understanding Rating Presentation
Projects display a
variety of creative approaches. Student
utilizes a specific
project type a maximum
of three times.
Student
demonstrates a clear knowledge of main
ideas and themes;
evident in all
projects.
Student work
exemplifies an effective editing
process. The project
is free from
grammatical or
spelling errors that
would hinder their
message.
Student selects texts
from the prescribed
booklists according to
rules of the ARC (or
receives approval for 2-
3 choice books).
Student
demonstrates a deep
understanding of
themes, events, and
details in the text;
evident in all
projects.
Student graphics and
pictures support and
extend their
message.
Parents, teachers or
ARC leaders may
provide guidance but
reading and project
completion must be student’s own work.
Student interprets
symbols, phrases and
sentences to
understand meaning
of text; evident in all projects.
Student effectively
presents portfolio
projects to peers,
parents, and
teachers.
Student includes a
completed cover page
with each title, type of
creative response, date
completed, and
confirmation signature.
Student analyzes text
to express
relationships between
actions, characters,
events or ideas;
evident in all
projects.
Student work
depicts the sequence
of events, an
engaging visual
appearance, and
clear and organized
format.
Students explain their
thinking in their own
words – no plagiarized
excerpts from book
reviews or internet
articles.
4 = Advanced Mastery
3 = Mastery
2 = Nearing Mastery
1 = Emerging
Students who receive a rating of 1 or 2 in
a select area will revise their portfolio to
meet the expectations of that area.
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Advanced Reading Challenge
Portfolio Table of Contents Grades 3-8
Name ___________________________________ Grade_______ Teacher__________________
# Title of Book Author Genre Type of Creative
Response ProjectDate
Adult’sInitials
to confirm
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Goal Setting
Set monthly goals for reading:
MONTH # of BOOKS LEXILE OR ATOS LEVEL
September:
October:
November:
December:
January:
February:
March:
April:
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ADVENTURE
The Whipping Boy Fleischman, Sid 3.9 570L
Stone Fox Gardiner, John Reynolds 4 550L
Lassie Come Home Knight, Eric 4.8 780L
Winnie-the-Pooh Milne, A. A. 4.6 790L
Holes* Sachar, Louis 4.6 660L
The Secret Keepers Stewart, Trenton Lee 4.1 820L
Boxcar Children (Book 1) Warner, Gertrude Warner 3.9 490L
Trumpet of the Swan White, E. B. 4.9 750L
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
A Bookworm Who Hatched Aardema, Verna 4.4
On the Bus with Joanna Cole: A Creative Autobiography Cole, Joanna 5.8 990L
Betty Doll Polacco, Patricia 4.3 670L
Firetalking Polacco, Patricia 4.3
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rappaport, Doreen 3.4 AD610L
Drawing from Memory Say, Allen 4.1 HL560L
BIOGRAPHY
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis Asim, Jabari 4.3
Sybil Rides for Independence Brown, Drollene P.
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams Bryant, Jen 4.1 590L
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horrace Pippin Bryant, Jen 4.6 820L
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Bryant, Jen 4.1 610L
I Have a Dream King Jr., Martin Luther 4.7
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Levy, Debbie 4.4
Nelson Mandela Nelson, Kadir 4.8 960L
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker Powell, Patricia Hruby 4.6 790L
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing Rumford, James 3.7 620L
Monsieur Marceau: Actor without Words Schubert, Leda 4.9 740L
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates Winter, Jonah 4.5 800L
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist Wood, Susan 4.6 910L
FANTASY
The Indian in the Cupboard Banks, Lynn Reid 4.6 780L
The Girl Who Drank the Moon* Barnhill, Kelly 4.8 640L
Peter Pan Barrie, J.M. 980L
The Wish Giver Brittain, Bill 4.4
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher Coville, Bruce 4.9 710L
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald 4.7 740L
James and the Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 4.8 810L
Matilda Dahl, Roald 5 840L
The BFG Dahl, Roald 4.8 720L
The Witches Dahl, Roald 4.8 870L
Tale of Desperaux* DiCamillo, Kate 4.7
Half Magic Eager, Edward 5 830L
Ella Enchanted Levin, Gail Carson 4.6 670L
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Lin, Grace 5.5 810L
Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH O'Brien, Robert C. 5.1 790L
Tar Beach Ringgold, Faith 3.4 790L
Peter Pan: Retold from the J.M. Barrie Original Zamorsky, Tania 4.7
Title Author ATOS Level Lexile Level
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List 3rd Grade
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Title Author ATOS Level Lexile Level
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List 3rd Grade
FOLKTALE or FAIRY TALE
Koi and the Kola Nuts: A Tale from Liberia Aardema, Verna 4 1150L
Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa Aardema, Verna 5 760L
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears Aardema, Verna 4 779L
Babushka Baba Yaga Polacco, Patricia 4.4 670L
Babushka Mother Goose Polacco, Patricia 4.1
Princess Cora and the Crocodile Schlitz, Laura Amy 4.1 590L
GENERAL FICTION
The One and Only Ivan Applegate, Katherine 3.6 570L
Wishtree Applegate, Katherine 4.2 590L
Poppy Avi 4.5 670L
Peacebound Trains Balgassi, Haemi 4.7 AD620L
Ada Twist, Scientist Beaty, Andrea 3.4 AD 550L
Lucky Broken Girl Behar, Ruth 4.2 670L
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a
Very Interesting Boy
Birdsall, Jeanne 4.7 800L
Wolf Bloom, Becky 3.5
Blubber Blume, Judy 3.8 610L
Double Fudge Blume, Judy 3.1 370L
Freckle Juice Blume, Judy 3.5 590L
Fudge-a-Mania Blume, Judy 3.3 470L
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Blume, Judy 3.6 450L
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy 3.3 490L
Waiting for Biblioburro Brown, Monica 3.7 AD560L
The Great Kapok Tree Cherry, Lynne 3.8 590L
Thank you, Jackie Robinson Cohen, Barbara 4.4 730L
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Creech, Sharon 4.2 810L
The Wheel on the School DeJong, Meindert 4.7
Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle Dennard, Deborah 4.3
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures* DiCamillo, Kate 4.3
Hiroshima Dreams Easton, Kelly 3.6 610L
Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh, Louise 4.5 760L
The Sound of Silence Goldsaito, Katrina 3.9 AD 700L
Stumpdown Kid Gorman & Findley 3.7 620L
Nicholas Goscinny, René 4.9 1070L
Nicholas and the Gang Goscinny, René
Translated by Anthea Bell
4.8 930L
Running Out of Time Haddix, Margaret Peterson 4.8 730L
The Year of Billy Miller* Henkes, Kevin 4.2 620L
Garmann’s Summer Hole, Stian Translated by Don 3.8 710L
Full of Beans Holm, Jennifer L. 3.8 490L
Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport Hope, Laura Lee 4.5
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Kningsburg, E.L. 4.7
Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) Lee, Lisa 4.1 650L
Water Dance Locker, Thomas 1.9 310L
Adventures of Riley: Dolphins in Danger Lumry, Amadna and Hurwitz, 3.9 710L
A Different Pond Phi, Bao 3.1 620L
The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity Richter, Jutta
Translated by Anna Brailovsky
4.5 720L
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Robinson, Barbara 5.1 930L
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Title Author ATOS Level Lexile Level
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List 3rd Grade
Let's Go Home: The Wonderful Things About a House Rylant, Cynthia 4.4
The Lighthouse Family: The Storm#1 Rylant, Cynthia 4.4 730L
The Lighthouse Family: The Whale #2 Rylant, Cynthia 3.8 670L
The Lighthouse Family: The Eagle #3 Rylant, Cynthia 3.8 630L
The Lighthouse Family: The Turtle #4 Rylant, Cynthia 3.8 720L
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Sachar, Louis 3.3 460L
The Cricket in Times Square Seldon, George 4.9 780L
Black Beauty (Unabridged) Sewell, Anna 3 1010L
A Bad Case of Stripes Shannon, David 3.8 AD610L
Cooper's Lesson Shun, Sun Yung 3.9
The Composition Skármeta, Antonio 3.8 420L
Keeping the Night Watch Smith, Hope Anita 3.6
Li Lun: Lad of Courage Treffinger, Carolyn 4.8 720L
Charlotte's Web White, E. B. 6 920L
Stuart Little White, E. B. 4.4 680L
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground Williams-Garcia, Rita 4.4 710L
Bad Kitty: School Daze Bruel, Nick 3.3 570L
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel Siegal, Siena Cherson 3.8 610L
Hera: Goddess and Her Glory: Olympians O'Connor, George 3.7 650L
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Fighting Ground Avi 4.2 580L
More Than Anything Else Bradby, Marie 3.3 570L
The War I Finally Won Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker 3.7 520L
The Family Under the Bridge Carlson, Natalie Savage 4.7 680L
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 4.1 630L
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti Danticat, Edwidge 3.5 AD590L
Morning Girl Dorris, Michael 4.9
Willow Run Giff, Patricia Reilly 4.9 980L
Phoebe the Spy Griffin, Judith Berry 4.2 650L
The House of Dies Drear Hamilton, Virginia 4.8 670L
Letters from Rifka Hesse, Karen 4.2 660L
The Year of Miss Agnes Hill, Kirkpatrick 4.5 790L
Steamboat School Hopkinson, Deborah 4.2 AD660L
Sarah, Plain & Tall MacLachlan, Patricia 3.4 560L
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse Marshall III, Joseph 4.7 620L
The Skylark McLachlan, Patricia 3.2 470L
A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First
International Flight by Balloon in 1785
Olshan, Matthew 3.4
Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln Polacco, Patricia 4.2 730L
Pink and Say Polacco, Patricia 3.8 600L
Meet Addy Porter, Connie 4 700L
How to Eat Fried Worms Rockwell, Thomas 3.5 560L
Rain School Rumford, James 2.5 AD510L
Felicity Saves the Day: A Summer Story Tripp, Valerie 4.5 640L
GRAPHIC NOVEL
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Title Author ATOS Level Lexile Level
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List 3rd Grade
LEGENDS AND MYTHS
Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend Bushyhead, Robert H. 3.8 720L
Her Stories: African American Folktale, Fairy Tales, and True Tales Hamilton, Virginia 4.6 960L
The People Who Could Fly: American Black Folktales Hamliton, Virginia 480L
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Steptoe, John 4.3 AD720L
MEMOIR
Inside Out & Back Again Lai, Thanhha 4.8 800L
MYSTERY
Orphan Island Synder, Laurel 4.3 650L
Three Times Lucky Turnage, Sheila 3.9 560L
NON-FICTION
Finding the Titanic Ballard, Robert D. 4 650L
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas Band, Molly 4.5 770L
Nic Bishop Spiders Bishop, Nic 4.8 1050L
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood Campoy, F. Isabel and Howell, 2.8
Look Up!: Bird Watching in Your own Backyard Cate, Annette LeBlanc 810L
What Do Illustrators Do? Christelow, Eileen 3.7 560L
I Face the Wind Cobb, Vicki 3 540L
Field Trip Facts: Notes from Ms. Fizzle's Kids Cole, Joanna 4.5
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge Cole, Joanna 4.2 610L
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip Cole, Joanna 4.4 720L
Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival Coleman, Janet Wyman 4.4 710L
The Story of Ruby Bridges Coles, Robert 4.4 730L
14 Cows for America Deedy, Carmen Agra 4.1 540L
Everytihng You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery
Creatures
D.K Publishing 1040L
Young Thomas Edison Dooling, Michael 4.7 830L
I am Not a Number Dupuis, Jenny Kay and Kacer, 4 640L
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure Enzensberger, Hans Magnus 4.4 580L
Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song Erskine, Kathryn 3.9 630L
Giant Squid Fleming, Candace 3.2 990L
Locomotive Floca, Brian 4.7 840L
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 Floca, Brian 4.8 990L
Life Cycles Guillain, Charlotte 3.4
Magnets Guillain, Charlotte 4
Roald Dahl Guillain, Charlotte 3
Super Spiders Guillain, Charlotte 3.9 600L
The Street Beneath My Feet Guillain, Charlotte
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of WWII Judge, Ita 3.4
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Kamkwamba, William and Mealer, 5.8 850L
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a
Young Civil Rights Activist
Levinson, Cynthia 3.9 720L
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix Martin, Jacqueline Briggs 4 710L
Snowflake Bentley Martin, Jacqueline Briggs 4.4 830L
Who Would Win? Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark Pollotta, Jerry 3.4
Aero and Officer Mike Russell, Joan Plummer 4.8 780L
My Librarian is a Camel; How Books are Brought to Children Around
the World
Ruus, Margaret 6.3 980L
The Journey: Stories of Migration Rylant, Cynthia 5.7 900L
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth Strauss, Rochelle 6 960L
Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan Winter, Jeanette 4.2 AD630L
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Title Author ATOS Level Lexile Level
Advanced Reading Challenge Book List 3rd Grade
POETRY
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Aardema, Verna 4.6
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets Alexander, Kwame
Bronzeville Boys and Girls Brooks, Gwendolyn 3.7
Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs Florian, Douglas 2.8
Garvey's Choice Grimes, Nikki 3.6 620L
Meet Danitra Brown Grimes, Nikki
I'm Just No good at Rhyming and Other Nonsense for Mischievous
Kids and Immature Grown-Ups
Harris, Chris 630L
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of
Snowy Day
Pinkney, Andrea Davis 3.8
Wet Cement Raczka, Bob 580L
Ladder to the Moon Soetoro-Ng, Maya 4.2 AD690L
REALISTIC FICTION
Booked Alexander, Kwame 3.9 660L
The Crossover* Alexander, Kwame 4.3 750L
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut* Barnes, Derrick 3.8 700L
The Pinballs Byars, Betsy 3.8 600L
Stories Julian Tells Cameron, Anne 3.4 520L
Forever, or a Long, Long time Carter, Caela 3.7 570L
Firebird Copeland, Misty
Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon 4.3 660L
Last Stop on Market Street* De La Pena, Matt 3.3
Because of Winn-Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 3.9 610L
Raymie Nightingale DiCamillo, Kate 4.2 550L
Mockingbird Erskine, Kathryn 3.6 630L
Seedfolks Fleischman, Paul 4.3 710L
Pictures of Hollis Woods Giff, Patricia Reilly 4.4 650L
The Road to Paris Grimes, Nikki 4.3 700L
M.C. Higgins, the Great Hamilton, Virginia 4.4 880L
The Whole Story of Half a Girl Hiranandani, Veera 4.2 730L
A Fish in a Tree Hunt, Lynda Mullaly 3.7 520L
One for the Murphys Hunt, Lynda Mullaly 3.4 520L
Roller Girl* Jamieson, Victoria 3.2
Kira-Kira Kadohata, Cynthia 4.7 740L
Rules Lord, Cynthia 3.9 780L
The Hundred Penny Box Mathis, Sharon Bell 3.9 700L
Shiloh* Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 4.4 860L
An A from Miss Keller Polacco, Patricia 4.2 700L
Bully Polacco, Patricia 4.1 630L
Thank you, Mr. Falker Polacco, Patricia 4.1 650L
The Junkyard Wonders Polacco, Patricia 4.4 830L
The Keeping Quilt Polacco, Patricia 4 660L
The Journey Sanna, Francesca 3.2 AD630L
Taking Sides Soto, Gary 4.4 750L
Too Many Tamales Soto, Gary 3.4 580L
The Ballad of a Broken Nose Svingen, Arne 4 560L
Gone Crazy in Alabama Williams-Garcia, Rita 4.5 740L
SCIENCE FICTION
Animorphs: The Attack Applegate, K. A. 4.2 510L
Animorphs: The Arrival Applegate, K. A. 4.2 600L
Animorphs: The Beginning Applegate, K. A. 4.8 620L
Animorphs: The Decision Applegate, K. A. 4.5 590L
The List Ford, Patricia 4.4 800L
*Indicates the book received the Newbery Award
AR Readability (ATOS formula): Measures textual difficulty the whole book, not just a single passage.
Lexile Level: Measures readability level and text difficulty level. AD - Adult Directed
Books that are highlighted have been added to the ARC list during the 2018 - 2019 School Year.