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1) Weather
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Teach beginning readers about the various types of weather including rain, sunshine, snow, fog, wind, and clouds with pages full of bright, colorful images and simple, informational text. Through the use of descriptive, academic vocabulary, readers are encouraged to notice the changes in the weather around them.
3) Hats Help
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Hats can be tools that help people get things done. Different hats are designed to help people with different roles and responsibilities in our communities. Fully decodable text features high-frequency words, and words with the d and h sounds. Also features tips for teachers and caregivers along with additional information at the end to build the reader's background knowledge of the topic. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
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People work to earn money. Deciding how to spend money, or whether to save it, requires difficult trade-offs. Read how one young worker decides what to do with ten hard-earned dollars. Fully decodable text features high-frequency words, and words with consonant blends with s. Also features tips for teachers and caregivers along with additional information at the end to build the reader's background knowledge of the topic. Downloadable Teacher Notes...
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Think you know everything about weather?
Earth's weather is constantly changing. Fascinating phenomena occur every day in the air around us because of these changes. Discover incredible facts about lightning, heat waves, blizzards, hurricanes, and more in this fun, high-interest book.
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Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings Superstorm Sandy to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Explore the tragedies and triumphs of this disaster, how it helped shape the world as we know it, and how what we've learned from it has made the world a...
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A spectacular picture book, with text in subtly linked beautifully composed four-line stanzas, evoking winds around the world, including those in the Canadian west, off the coast of Central America, Capetown, and the Middle East. The illustrations are muscular, organic, powerful evocations of the power of those winds.
12) Weather
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Introduce children to the concept of weather with this wordless picture book that is ideal for beginning readers and those who are just learning how to read. Early readers will learn about different types of weather through lively, vibrant images. Children will be inspired to describe what they see in the photograph, or create a story of their own, as they develop their foundational reading skills.
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Tidal Wave or Tsunami? Young readers will learn all about the differences between this weather like where they happen, what causes them, and how destructive they are. Easy-to-read text is enhanced with stunning color photos. A Tidal Wave in a Pan activity at the end of the book helps kids put their newfound knowledge to use! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division...
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Hurricane or Waterspout? Young readers will learn all about the differences between this weather like where they form, what they look like and how long they last. Easy-to-read text is enhanced with stunning color photos. A Tabletop Hurricane activity at the end of the book helps kids put their newfound knowledge to use! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division...
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Winter Storm or Blizzard? Young readers will learn all about the differences between this weather like how they are created, when they occur, and how much snow. Easy-to-read text is enhanced with stunning color photos. A Bunny in a Blizzard activity at the end of the book helps kids put their newfound knowledge to use! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division...
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Readers are introduced to some of the most important weather scientists that ever lived in this engaging book! Featuring stunning photos, fascinating facts, easy-to-read text, and mini-biographies, readers will be excited to learn about Galileo, Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, Benjamin Franklin, and Tetsuya Theodore Fujita. A captivating hands-on lab activity is featured to encourage readers to explore all they can about weather...
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Hail or Freezing Rain? Young readers will learn all about the differences between this weather like when it freezes, how it falls, when it happens. Easy-to-read text is enhanced with stunning color photos. An Ordered Orbs hail activity at the end of the book helps kids put their newfound knowledge to use! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary...
18) Cloud or Fog?
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Cloud or Fog? Young readers will learn all about the differences between this weather like where they form, how they form and what they can cause. Easy-to-read text is enhanced with stunning color photos. A Fog in a Bowl activity at the end of the book helps kids put their newfound knowledge to use! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of...
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Sunny days are beautiful days. They are filled with sunshine, blue skies, and sometimes even ice cream. Colorful photographs and carefully leveled text invite young readers to join in the fun. Help readers think like a scientist and explore STEM concepts in the book with reflection questions.
20) Weather Chart
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Learn how to build a weather chart in this decodable science book for beginning readers. A combination of domain-specific sight words and sequenced phonics skills builds confidence in content area reading. Bold, colorful photographs align directly with the text to help readers strengthen comprehension. Activities for further learning Phonetics Teaching guides The Little Science Stories series brings scientific thinking to beginning readers with decodable...
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