The matrix below provides a comprehensive list of the books/readers submitted as components of the Benchmark Literacy program that provide text-based instruction. Program Title: Benchmark Literacy Publisher: Benchmark Education Company Grade Level: 1 Where People Live 2011 X 100L Moderate Farm Work 2011 Bryson, Theresa X 10L Low Using Tools at Work 2010 X 110L Low Animal Coverings 2010 X 110L Moderate My Grandma 2011 Weber, Rebecca X 110L Moderate Helping Animals 2007 Scraper, Katherine X 110L Low Marta's Cupcake Problem 2010 Smith, Carrie X 120L Moderate Rainy Day, Sunny Day 2010 Bryson, Theresa X 120L Moderate Water 2011 X 120L Moderate Vote! 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 120L Moderate Garden Lunch 2007 Scraper, Katherine X 130L Moderate Sam Finds the Way 2007 O'Kelley, Jeff X 130L Moderate Make a Bird Feeder 2010 French, Cathy X 130L Moderate A Community Has Homes 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 130L Moderate Ed Makes Shapes! 2010 Ross, Linda B. X 140L Moderate Old School, New School 2010 Walker, Nan X 140L Low Cones All Around 2007 Scraper, Katherine X 150L Moderate Summer to Fall 2007 X 160L Moderate 1
Date Author(s) Narrative Jake's Sleepover 2011 Hartley, Susan X 170L Moderate Safety Signs 2010 Peters, Scott X 170L Moderate Make a Safety Puppet 2011 French, Cathy X 180L Moderate The Yard Sale 2007 Scraper, Katherine X 190L Moderate Bill's First Day 2007 Swain, Cynthia X 190L Moderate Changing Weather 2011 X 200L Moderate The Very Mean King 2010 X 20L Moderate Patterns at the Beach 2011 X 20L Moderate A Seed Needs Help 2007 Scraper, Katherine X 210L Moderate See You in Spring 2007 X 220L Moderate Making a Rabbit with Shapes 2010 Lewis, Betsy X 220L Moderate Counting Clues 2011 Sullivan, Erin Ash X 230L Moderate My Beach Bag 2007 Scraper, Katherine X 230L Low Animal Families 2010 Walker, Nan X 240L Moderate Big Ben Helps the Town 2007 Manos, John X 240L Moderate Ready for Fall 2007 X 250L Moderate The Race to Recycle 2010 Meissner, David X 250L Moderate Everyone Clapped for Jason 2010 Anastasio, Dina X 250L Moderate Water Works 2007 Schroeder, Jamie A. X 250L Moderate How Raven Became Black and Owl Got Its Spots 2010 Anastasio, Dina X 260L Complex The Lemonade Stand 2010 X 260L Moderate Comparing Two Cities 2007 Lee, Anna X 260L Moderate 2
The Power to Vote 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 260L Moderate Fun with Fives 2007 Hammelef, Danielle S. X 270L Moderate Rural Communities 2007 Riska, Christina X 270L Complex Sorting at the Nature Center 2007 Swain, Cynthia X 270L Moderate Unlucky Stanley 2011 Furgang, Kathy X 280L Moderate Play by the Rules 2007 Butenhoff, Mary X 280L Moderate Plants 2010 X 290L Moderate Your Body 2011 X 300L Moderate Do Plants Grow Under Water? 2007 Riska, Christina X 300L Moderate Using Numbers at Work 2011 French, Cathy X 30L Moderate Batteries 2010 Swain, Cynthia X 30L Moderate What Is a Good Citizen? 2007 Prentiss, Timothy X 310L Moderate School Trip Estimation 2007 O'Brien, Clare X 320L Complex At the Circus 2007 Boudart, Jennifer X 320L Complex How Can You Sort? 2007 Lee, Anna X 320L Moderate What Can You Measure With a Lollipop? 2011 X 330L Moderate Dollars and Cents 2007 Schroeder, Jamie A. X 330L Complex How Does a Cactus Grow? 2007 O'Brien, Clare X 330L Complex Watch a Butterfly Grow 2007 Wenger, Shaunda X 340L Moderate A Trip to the Market 2010 Charles, Bob X 350L Moderate Shrimp Joins the Team 2010 Furgang, Kathy X 350L Moderate 2011 Cleaning My Room X 350L Moderate Watch a Frog Grow 2007 X 350L Complex 3
4 Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity From Farm to Table 2007 Butenhoff, Mary X 350L Moderate Counting Insects 2011 X 360L Moderate Where Are We? 2007 Schaub, Michelle X 360L Moderate Who Works in Government? 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 360L Moderate Rocket Ship Shapes 2011 Anderson, Lynne X 370L Moderate Our Money 2011 X 370L Moderate Our Class Survey 2011 X 370L Complex Little Lion 2011 X 390L Complex Weather Every Day 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 390L Moderate The Lost Pirate 2007 Schaub, Michelle X 400L Moderate Counting Stars 2011 X 400L Moderate Water Goes Up! Water Comes Down! 2011 X 400L Complex All Work, No Play 2010 X 400L Moderate A Party for Rabbit 2010 Weber, Rebecca X 40L Low Rainy Day 2007 Torres, Victoria X 40L Low Doing My Job 2011 X 410L Moderate Miss Keen Needs Help 2007 Prentiss, Timothy X 410L Moderate Oops! Why Did I Do That? 2010 Lyons, Suzanne X 420L Moderate Getting Ready for School 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 420L Moderate Caterpillar Can't Wait! 2007 Wenger, Shaunda X 430L Complex
5 Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity The Mystery of the Missing Cookies 2007 Hammelef, Danielle S. X 430L Moderate Maggie Makes Macaroni 2011 X 430L Moderate Cotton Plant to Cotton Shirt 2011 Schaefer, Lola M. X 430L Moderate Paul Bunyan 2010 Furgang, Kathy X 450L Moderate Endangered Animals 2011 X 450L Complex Laura Ingalls Wilder 2011 Scraper, Katherine X 460L Complex Making a Bug Habitat 2011 Lunis, Natalie X 470L Moderate Number Games 2011 Anastasio, Dina X 480L Moderate Winter to Spring 2007 X 480L Moderate The Missing Parrot 2010 Meissner, David X 480L Moderate In a Tropical Rain Forest 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 490L Complex Patterns in Nature 2010 Sullivan, Erin Ash X 500L Moderate Ocean Animals 2010 X 500L Moderate Finding Fossils 2010 X 500L Moderate The Hungry Fox 2010 Bryson, Theresa X 50L Moderate A Pair of Babies 2011 X 50L Low With My Mom and Dad 2010 X 50L Low A Throne for the King 2010 Furgang, Kathy X 510L Moderate Looking for Patterns 2011 X 510L Moderate Technology Today 2011 X 510L Moderate
6 Title List of Books/Readers for Documentation of Range and Complexity Date Author(s) Narrative The Savannas of Africa 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 510L Complex A Rainbow Party 2011 Furgang, Kathy X 530L Moderate Looking at Our World 2010 Adams, Alison X 530L Complex Peaches All The Time 2011 X 530L Moderate John James Audubon 2011 Nayer, Judy X 540L Complex Grandma Moses 2010 Dacquino, V. T. X 550L Moderate The Inupiaq Live Here 2011 X 550L Complex Jacques Cousteau 2010 Dorfman, Janet X 560L Moderate Measure Up! 2011 X 560L Moderate Children as Young Scientists 2010 X 560L Moderate We Are All Alike 2011 Schaefer, Lola M. X 560L Moderate Ants 2010 Daronco, Mickey ; Priesti, Lori X 570L Complex Riches from Nature 2011 X 590L Complex Erosion 2010 Schaefer, Lola M. X 590L Complex In the Forest 2008 Swain, Cynthia X 60L Moderate Benjamin Franklin 2010 Reycraft, Sera Y. X 620L Moderate Your Nervous System 2010 French, Kathy X 640L Complex Saving the Bald Eagles 2011 Furgang, Kathy X 670L Moderate Ducklings Grow Up 2007 Torres, Victoria X 70L Moderate Neighbors at Work 2010 X 70L Moderate A Seat on the Bus 2010 Furgang, Kathy X 740L Moderate
What Are My Chances? 2010 X 780L Moderate Communication Then and Now 2008 Scraper, Katherine X 80L Moderate Fox in the Forest 2007 Scraper, Katherine X 90L Moderate Not Now, Sam 2010 Schieber, Jennifer ; Swain, Cynthia X 90L Moderate Families Work and Play Together 2010 Ross, Linda B. X 90L Moderate Farm Alarm 2011 Bryson, Theresa Tim the Tortoise 2010 Growing a Plant 2011 Scott, Janine X BR Low Add the Animals 2010 X BR Low Counting Seeds 2010 Measuring Time 2010 Telling Time 2010 Lewis, Betsy X BR Low Sorting at the Park 2007 Swain, Cynthia Animal Worlds 2010 What Do Pets Need? 2010 X BR Low Playground Fun 2010 X BR Low Soft and Hard 2007 Scraper, Katherine X BR Low 7
What Is the Season? 2008 Swain, Cynthia Safe at Work 2010 Working Together 2010 X BR Low Thanksgiving Then and Now 2011 Walker, Nan Happy Birthday! 2010 Ross, Linda B. X BR Low Rules at School 2007 Scraper, Katherine X BR Low Jobs at School 2007 Smith, Carrie Going Faster 2008 Swain, Cynthia No, Tim! 2007 Swain, Cynthia Humpty Dumpty's Fall 2008 Smith, Carrie X Low Old MacDonald's Noisy Farm Old Mother Hubbard's Hungry Family 2008 Smith, Carrie X Low Hickory Dickory Dock; or, Go, Mouse, Go! Lunch with Little Miss Muffet Baa Baa Black Sheep Sells Her Wool Looking for the Muffin Man 2008 Blane, Francisco X Moderate Itsy Bitsy Spider Climbs Again Bear Goes Over the Mountain Mary Has a Little Lamb 2008 Smith, Carrie X Low 8