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Science Readers: Living!
Living! is a simple informational text about living and non-living things. The book has the repeating language pattern of “I spy ___.” A two-page activity in procedural language invites...
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Science Readers: Looking Up!
Looking Up! is an informational text that describes what we can observe in the night sky with our eyes and with a telescope. An experiment invites students to observe how the moon moves across the sky in one-hour intervals. Questions posed directly...
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Science Readers: Message Received!
Message Received! is an informational text that explores how our eyes and ears receive messages that help us understand the world. The book concludes with an experiment that involves musical water glasses. The book is...
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Science Readers: Mixtures and Solutions
Mixtures and Solutions is an expository text that explores the concepts mixtures including heterogeneous mixtures, homogeneous mixtures, suspensions, and colloids as well as solutions including, aqueous solutions and solubility. The book concludes with...
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Science Readers: Motion
Motion is an informational text that explores the concepts of friction, drag, and Newton’s Laws of Motion. The book concludes with an experiment investigating different forces using hard-boiled eggs. The book is divided in chapters and contains a...
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Science Readers: Nature Made
Nature Made is an informational text that explores the things we use from nature such as trees, rocks, sand, metal, and food. The book ends with an activity which involves building a structure using materials from nature. Text is presented in...
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Science Readers: On Land
On Land is an informational text about the different landforms. The text uses the sentence stem “Land is _______.” A two-page activity written in procedural language invites students to explore making different kinds of land...
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Science Readers: On Water
On Water is an informational text about different bodies of water. The text uses the sentence stem “It is in _____.” A two-page activity written in procedural language invites students to explore how land and water work together...
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Science Readers: Our Resources
Our Resources is an expository text that explains natural resources, renewable and non-renewable resources, finding, getting and using resources, and the depletion of resources. An experiment invites students to explore the effects of...
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Science Readers: Our Sun
Our Sun is an informational text that explains the role of the sun in creating day and night, the seasons, and weather. A two-page experiment invites students to explore the effects of the sun on different objects over time. The...
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Science Readers: People and the Planet
People and the Planet is an informational text that explains how Earth is ever-changing due to pollution, desertification, deforestation, and terracing. Readers are given tips on how to protect the planet. An experiment invites...
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Science Readers: Photosynthesis
Have you ever seen a tree at the grocery store buying dinner? Probably not! Discover how plants harness solar energy and other elements to make their own food through photosynthesis, a crucial process upon which all living things depend.