Additional Reading

Reading Levels

These books contain three developmentally appropriate reading levels for each grade span.

Low
Mid
High

Each level of the book conveys similar concepts, images, and vocabulary.

Graphic Organizers

 Help students practice and demonstrate their reading comprehension by organizing information as they read.

FOCUS Books

 Select from the FOCUS book collection to read more deeply on high-interest science topics.

Process Activities

 Give students opportunities to apply unit science concepts with hands-on science activities and experiments.

Quick Reads

Single-Page Resources that Address Important Science Topics for Kids

Quick Reads are single-page science resources that address specific science topics for kids and allow students to dig deeper into core science ideas and crosscutting science concepts. Each Quick Read relates to a Science A-Z instructional unit and appears at three reading levels within each grade span: low , mid , and high . Each reading level conveys similar content, images, and vocabulary related to the science topic.

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Process

Hypotheses (Skills)

What Is a Hypothesis?

Data Sheets (Skills)

What Is a Data Sheet?

Using Diagrams (Skills)

Interpreting Data: Diagrams

Draw Conclusions (Skills)

Conclusions

Observation vs. Inference (Skills)

Observation and Inference

Identify and Control Variables (Skills)

Variables

Using Graphs (Skills)

Graphs

Thermometers (Tools)

Using a Thermometer

Balance Scales (Tools)

Understanding Balance Scales

Length Measurement (Tools)

How We Measure Length

Hand Lenses (Tools)

Hurray for the Hand Lens