Describes what a plant is and the different types there are.

Describes what a plant is and the different types there are.

This book describes the daily cycle of day and night, the seasons of the yearly cycle, and the lunar cycle.

Explains what energy is, how it is measured, and the different kinds of energy.

Discover the relationship between force and motion. Graphic organizers demonstrate the laws of motion and explain different forces and how they work.

"Gail Gibbons is known for her ability to bring the nonfiction world into focus for young students. Through pictures, captions, and text, this book provides a window into the world of growing things...Erin Mallon complements Gibbons’s text with a clear, clipped, and purposeful narration." -AudioFile Magazine

Describes how scientists learn about the earth by studying different kinds of rocks and how they weather and erode.

Uses graphs and charts to show how plants, animals, and the environment are interdependent.

Graphic organizers are tried-and-true, effective teaching tools. The blank organizers in 60 Must-Have Graphic Organizers are ready to go: teachers of grades KÐ5 need to supply only the topics. Students can use these reproducible organizers to practice pre-writing skills, identify story elements, collect and sort information, organize schedules, and solve problems. This 128-page book is packed with teacher-generated ideas for multiple subject-area uses that can be adapted for students of varied ages, abilities, and learning styles, as well as for individual and whole-class needs.

Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts. Each strategy provides everything a teacher needs to get started: a classroom example that models the strategy, a research-based rationale, relevant content standards, suggested books, reader-response questions and prompts, assessment ideas, examples of how to adapt the strategy for different grade levels (K–2, 3–5, and 6–8), and ideas for differentiating instruction for English language learners and struggling students. Throughout the book, student work samples and classroom vignettes bring the content to life.