Good Work: Simple Tools

By Dona Herweck Rice

Book Overview

Good Work: Simple Tools is an English nonfiction picture book designed for early readers in Grades K-1. This read-aloud title shows how simple tools are found everywhere and help make everyday tasks easier. With repetitive text and clear language, it encourages young learners to notice, name, and think about tools in their world. Teachers and parents can use it to support science or engineering lessons, guide tool-recognition games, or prompt design challenges at home or in class.

Introduces common everyday tools to build awareness of engineering in daily lifeUses simple, repetitive phrases to support early reading and vocabularyConnects observations of tools to thinking about function and purposeCorrelates with Next Generation Science Standards for engineering practicesIdeal for guided reading, science centers, design prompts, and parent-child discussion

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493821415
• ISBN13: 9781493821419
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
• Length: 12 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.9" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3