Bones

Bones is an expository nonfiction text that explains the importance of bones, what bones are made of, how bones help us move, and taking care of our bones. The back of the book includes a paragraph on one of today’s scientists. Readers gain information from text and graphics. A two-page experiment written in third-person procedural language invites students to make a list of things humans can do because of our bones and muscles (e.g., run, jump).

Bones is divided into sections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos and diagrams that support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. Periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation marks are used. A table of contents, glossary, and an index support the reader.

Simple plurals using ­–s, possessives, verbs with the –ed and -ing inflectional endings are used. Subordinate clauses, and comparative adjectives, such as longest and strongest, are used in the text. Some sentences contain adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, connectives, and compound words. The text occasionally makes use of parenthetical material embedded in sentences. Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text. Some words appear in the vocabulary of mature language users.

This title is from the Science Readers: A Closer Look series from Teacher Created Materials. Build literacy skills and science content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately levelled information texts.