- Less familiar topic concepts strengthen reading and comprehension skills and strategies - Provides a moderate level of text support with engaging, full-page photographs - Uses context to predict challenging vocabulary - Uses greater variety of vocabulary including more multisyllable words in more complex sentences - Reflects multicultural diversity - Includes "Did You Know?" fact page an…
The Where I Live series provides a glimpse of everyday life in a variety of settings. Each book introduces a different type of location from the viewpoints of children who live there. The interesting, on-level information satisfies beginning readers' curiosity and the simple language satisfies their desire to read on their own.
"How are todays toys and games different from those in the past? This informative title compares the pastimes and playthings of the olden days to the modern games and toys kids love today. Simple text and engaging pictures aid students in their comparison of two different time periods."--
Features families of various kinds - big, small, busy, noisy, happy, fighting, at home and on holiday. Meet brothers and sisters, mums and dads, grannies and granddads, and more.
The Where I Live series provides a glimpse of everyday life in a variety of settings. Each book introduces a different type of location from the viewpoints of children who live there. The interesting, on-level information satisfies beginning readers' curiosity and the simple language satisfies their desire to read on their own.
These books will help you think about and look around your local area. Find out what your surroundings can tell you about how people live and work, where they shop and go to school and how they travel and spend their leisure time. Discover the clues that will tell you how people lived in the past. Think about the changes that could benefit your local area, whether it's your home, school or furt…
The Where I Live series provides a glimpse of everyday life in a variety of settings. Each book introduces a different type of location from the viewpoints of children who live there. The interesting, on-level information satisfies beginning readers' curiosity and the simple language satisfies their desire to read on their own.
This wonderful book illustrates people's different ways of life and the traditions we practice. Young readers will learn about how culture is expressed through our clothing, our food, and music and dance. An interactive section at the end asks children what their favorite part of culture is.
If you lived at the time of Martin Luther King --When did the civil rights movement begin? --Were children involved in civil rights protests? --What was the March on Washington? This book tells you what it was like during the exciting era when Martin Luther King led the fight against segregation.
This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Science: Earth and Space Science Life Science. Social Studies: Culture People, Places, & Environments.