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EL Education is a core literacy program dedicated to providing educators with a comprehensive curriculum through which to engage, inspire, and empower all students towards equitable learning outcomes. 

EL Education is a Science of Reading-based K-8 language arts curriculum that:

• Builds deep understanding using word knowledge, content-rich texts, and block lessons

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• Encourages compassion, environmental stewardship, and thoughtful citizenship

• Offers a standards-based curriculum, consistently receiving high-quality reviews against acclaimed standards-alignment rubrics 

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Give Bees a Chance (I'M Trying to Love...)

By Barton, Bethany
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
7 Professional reviews

Grand Canyon

By Chin, Jason
Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
13 Professional reviews

Dear Substitute

By Scanlon, Liz Garton
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
6 Professional reviews

I'M New Here

By O'Brien, Anne Sibley
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
5 Professional reviews

All Are Welcome

By Penfold, Alexandra
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
4 Professional reviews
Resources Available

In the Past (David Elliott Habitats)

By Elliott, David
Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
8 Professional reviews

The Day You Begin

By Woodson, Jacqueline
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
9 Professional reviews

Maybe Something Beautiful

By Campoy, F. Isabel
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
7 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Last Stop on Market Street

By de la Pena, Matt
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
14 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Insect Pollinators (First Step Nonfiction: Pollination)

By Boothroyd, Jennifer
Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
2 Professional reviews

Animal Pollinators (First Step Nonfiction: Pollination)

By Boothroyd, Jennifer
Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
2 Professional reviews

Explore Fossils! (Explore Your World)

By Brown, Cynthia L
Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
1 Professional review

Each Kindness

By Woodson, Jacqueline
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
12 Professional reviews

My Name Is Sangoel

By Williams, Karen Lynn
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
10 Professional reviews
Resources Available

These Bees Count!

By Formento, Alison
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
5 Professional reviews

Ivy + Bean Break the Fossil Record (Ivy + Bean, Book 3)

By Barrows, Annie
Fiction
Lower Elementary
4 Professional reviews

Dinothesaurus

By Florian, Douglas
Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
9 Professional reviews

The King of Bees

By Laminack, Lester L
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
5 Professional reviews

Children of the World

By Strickland, Tessa
Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
4 Professional reviews

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

By Messner, Kate
Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
6 Professional reviews

The Curious Garden

By Brown, Peter
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
9 Professional reviews

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