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Turtle Island Voices 4: Making Music
Making Music is an expository text that describes the traditions, instruments, and performers in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit music. Many profiles of contemporary performers are included. The book concludes with Turtle Island...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: Sarah and the Bully
Sarah and the Bully is a realistic story about Sarah, a Nlaka’pamux (Thompson River Salish) girl, and how she faces the challenge of a bully at her new school. When Sarah’s family moves to the city from Boothroyd First Nation, Sarah...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Game On!
Game On! is an expository text that describes traditional and contemporary sports enjoyed by Aboriginal peoples of Canada, including snowsnake, doubleball, lacrosse, hockey, and okichitaw, a style of martial arts. Aboriginal sports teams,...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Contact
Contact is an expository text that surveys the history of Aboriginal and First Nations peoples in Canada, including creation stories, cultural areas, European contact, the spread of disease, the fur trade, missionaries, residential schools, and...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Let's Dance!
Let’s Dance is an expository text that explains how dancing is an important part of Aboriginal cultures past and present and describes a variety of dances, including jig, drum dance, fancy dance, hoop dance, smoke dance, grass dance, jingle dress...
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Under the Ground
Under the Ground is an informational text that shows animals that live underground. The text has the repeating language pattern “Look under the ground. Look at the ________.” All the sentences are short and predictable. Vibrant...
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Under the Ice
Under the Ice is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the different animals that go under the ice. Illustrations support the text and are labeled. An illustration in the top right hand corner summarizes the text of that page To...
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Under the Microscope
Under the Microscope is an expository text about how things look under the microscope. Readers see magnified images of a butterfly’s body parts, a fly’s eyes and feet, and a spider's eyes and web. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning...
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Underwater Spiders
Underwater Spiders is an expository text about how underwater spiders swim, get their food, lay their eggs, and make webs. Some photographs are labeled. An index is presented. Interest words include underwater, pond, web, and bubble. Adjectives are used...
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Up and Down
Up and Down is an expository text that invites readers to learn about athletes who can go up or down. Illustrations support the text. There are mostly one and two syllable words. To conclude, an index is presented. In the Guide Notes for teachers, an...
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Up and Under
Up and Under is an expository text that invites students to see the animals that go up into the sky, the trees, and onto rocks, as well as under the ground. Illustrations support the text. There are mostly one and two syllable words. To conclude, an...
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Upside Down
Upside Down is an expository text that shows children that certain animals, such as bats, bees, and birds, can go upside down. Images of animals right side up and upside down are shown on two-page spread. Interest words include bee, bat, fly,...