Books in Science Readers: Content and Literacy series

Introduce students to the different types of friction with this science reader that features easy-to-read text. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.

This high-interest nonfiction reader will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled text features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about communication via sound waves through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.

This nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain science content knowledge while building their reading comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color images. Students will learn all about DNA, genes, chromosomes, cloning, and much more through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text features like a glossary and index will improve students close reading skills.

Introduce students to the structure of the United States government with this high-interest nonfiction book. Students will build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge as they learn about the three branches of government and the purpose of this separation of powers. Primary source images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and and index all work together to engage readers and help them better understand the content.

The sounds that we hear travel as sound waves. This science reader introduces students to the concept of sound waves. With easy-to-read text and detailed, vivid images, this book teaches students important scientific subjects and vocabulary terms like pitch, volume, and vibration. Aligned to state and national standards, the book contains nonfiction text features like an index, a glossary, captions, and bold font to keep students connected to the text. A hands-on science experiment helps students apply what they have learned and develops critical thinking skills.

Teach fourth and fifth grade students life science and STEM topics with this 10-book set. These nonfiction books feature intriguing images, challenging diagrams, sidebars, a glossary, and an index to keep students engaged in reading and connect them back to the text. Students will learn important life science topics such as adaptation, plant reproduction, the nutrient cycle, cells and cell structure, DNA, and more. Each 32-page book includes an in-depth science activity that meets Next Generation Science Standards and helps students apply what they've learned to a real-world setting. Titles in this set include: Plant Reproduction; Producers and Consumers; Animal Senses; Adaptations; The Nutrient Cycle; Life and the Flow of Energy; Life and Non-Life in an Ecosystem; Digestion and Using Food; Cells; DNA.

This high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn all about extreme weather through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.

This high-interest nonfiction reader will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled text features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about the rock cycle through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.

Introduce students to the concept of landforms with this science reader that features easy-to-read text. This book teaches important scientific topics and vocabulary terms including slope, elevation, plateau, canyon, continent, peninsula, and more. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.

During the summer, it is warm outside. During the winter, it is cold. This is because of seasons. This science reader introduces students to the seasons. With easy-to-read text and vivid images, this book teaches students important scientific subjects and vocabulary terms like migrate, hibernate, cycle, and harvest. Aligned to state and national standards, the book contains nonfiction text features like an index, a glossary, captions, and bold font to keep students connected to the text. A hands-on science experiment helps students apply what they have learned and develops critical thinking skills.

This high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn about concepts like inertia, gravity, and magnetic and electric forces through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.

Teach fourth and fifth grade students space science, earth science, and STEM topics with this 10-book set. These nonfiction books feature intriguing images, challenging diagrams, sidebars, a glossary, and an index to keep students engaged in reading and connect them back to the text. Students will learn important scientific topics and vocabulary terms including thermodynamics, the periodic table of elements, the composition of matter, the conservation of energy, and more. Each 32-page book includes an in-depth science activity that meets Next Generation Science Standards and helps students apply what they've learned to a real-world setting. Titles in this set include: Electricity; Circuits; Transferring Energy; Sound Waves and Communication; Light and Its Effects; Composition of Matter; Mixtures and Solutions; Conservation of Mass; Conservation of Energy; Chemical Reactions.