The Wind
Monica Hughes
Paperback
(Collins Educational, Jan. 1, 2005)
What can the wind blow? A collection of colourful photographs show how the wind can blow a kite, boats, leaves, seeds, windmills,sand, snow and sea. The report also shows how strong wind can be destructive blowing trees and even houses down.• Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.• Text types - A non-chronological report.• A chart on pages 14 and 15 draw a comparison between light and strong winds giving children the opportunity to discuss wind and its effects.• Curriculum links - Science: pushes and pulls; Geography: our local area.• This book is paired with a story on the same theme: The New Kite by Julie Sykes.• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
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