OMSD CORE Literature List

The OMSD Core Literature list was assembled by OMSD teachers for OMSD students and is intended to provide text recommendations per grade level to OMSD educators, parents and students.Through research on a balance of genres, relevant topics, Lexile levels/text complexity, and interest to students, this list was proposed and vetted by OMSD teachers.

It is our hope that OMSD students are exposed to this list of recommended books over the course of their educational PK-8 careers. This list of books may be utilized by teachers in the classroom, by students in independent reading, and/or by parents as they support their children in attaining literacy skills.While this list is by no means mandated reading, rather it is intended to serve as a resource guide to stakeholders as they support the literacy skills of our students.