Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your first-grade students
Choose from 10 units that span a variety of grade-level topics or use them all
Illustrated nonfiction minibooks and two-page selections in this grade 2 book include a variety of content-area topics:
Science:
"We Need the Sun" Level C"Little Blue Butterfly" Level D"About the Wind" Level G"Water" Level GSocial Studies:
"The Statue of Liberty" Level D"Looking at the United States" Level EBiography:
"Winslow Homer, American Artist" Level C"Maria Martinez, Native American Potter" Level E"George Washington Carver" Level FHow-to:
"How to Make the President's Breakfast" Level FEach unit includes:
Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objectiveA Teacher's Complex Text and a leveled student minibook or two-page reading selection with photos and illustrationsA picture dictionary with content words and words to knowAn illustrated close-reading activityA comprehension and vocabulary activityAn oral close-reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussionA scaffolded writing activityAdditional teacher resources:
"How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for studentsA reproducible reading journal for studentsAn answer keyAbout Evan-Moor
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