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 book is divided into sections. Sentences vary in length and structure.  Punctuation includes periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation marks.  Illustrations and labeled diagrams support the text.  A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Content words are defined in context and in the glossary.

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