Unit 1: Our World
Dear Juno by Soyung Pak
Building Communities by TIME FOR KIDS
Penguin Chick by Betty Tatham
The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini
Unit 2: Investigations
The Strongest One by Joseph Bruchac
Wolf!
by Becky Bloom
Past, Present, and Future by TIME FOR KIDS
The Planets in Our Solar System by Franklyn M. Branley
Author: A True Story by Helen Lester
Unit 3: Discoveries
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
One Riddle, One Answer by Lauren Thompson
Ecosystems in Balance by TIME FOR KIDS
The Jones Family Express by Javaka Steptoe
What Do Illustrators Do? by Eileen Christelow
Unit 4: Determination
Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens
Crummel
Seven Spools of Thread by Angela Shelf Medearis
Protecting Our Natural Resources by TIME FOR KIDS
Here's My dollar by Gary Soto
My Very Own Room by Amada Irma Perez
Unit 5: Challenges
Boom Town by Sonia Levitin
Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier
In Motion by TIME FOR KIDS
The Printer by Myron Uhlberg
Animal Homes by Ann O. Squire
Unit 6: Achievements
A Castle on Viola Street by DyAnne DiSalvo
"Wilbur's Boast" (from Charlotte's Web) by E.B. White
Good Citizens by TIME FOR KIDS
Mother to Tigers by George Ella Lyon
"Home-Grown Butterflies" (from Ranger Rick) by Deborah Churchman