Smithsonian Readers: Amazing Animals Level 2
Smithsonian Readers: Amazing Animals Level 2

Author: Brenda Scott Royce

Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books

Published: 2018-01-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781684122257

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Challenge yourself and engage with the amazing wildlife around the world in the newest Smithsonian reader! This engaging nonfiction book continues children’s journeys to becoming lifelong readers with new and engaging content and more challenging texts. Developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian and esteemed childhood literacy expert Dr. Adria Klein, Amazing Animals Level 2 contains four 32-page topics for engaged readers looking to learn more about the world around them: Sea Life, Nighttime Animals, Rain Forest Animals, and Baby Animals. Children can also practice their reading skills and test their newfound knowledge with the included quizzes.

Smithsonian Readers: Seriously Amazing Level 2
Smithsonian Readers: Seriously Amazing Level 2

Author: Brenda Scott-Royce

Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781626864528

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Discover a love of reading with the Smithsonian! Smithsonian Readers: Seriously Amazing Level 2 provides accessible and engaging content designed to encourage further progress in children’s reading abilities. Developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and esteemed childhood literacy expert Dr. Adria Klein, Seriously Amazing Level 2 encourages development in readers with unfamiliar vocabulary terms, new phonic structures, and more variation in sentence patterns. Seriously Amazing Level 2 contains six 32-page topics, chosen for their appeal to developing readers: Nighttime Animals, Sea Life, Dinosaurs, Solar System, Baby Animals, and the Human Body. Thirty-six perforated fact cards extend the learning and reading practice. Level 2: Developing Readers -Simple factual texts with mostly familiar themes and content -Concepts in text are supported by images -Includes glossary to reinforce reading comprehension -Repetition of basic sentence structure with variation of placement of subjects, verbs, and adjectives -Mostly easy vocabulary familiar to kindergarteners and first graders -Introduction to new phonic structures -Integration of contractions, possessives, compound sentences, and some three-syllable words

Animals That Change Color (L2) (National Geographic Readers)
Animals That Change Color (L2) (National Geographic Readers)

Author: National Geographic Kids

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2020-01-09

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1426337116

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"Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this new leveled reader dives into the amazing world of animals that change their appearance based on environment, the need to blend in to hunt or stay safe, and even their mood! Kids will learn all about the how and why of these amazing animal transformations"--

Smithsonian Kids All Star Readers: Dinosaurs Level 2
Smithsonian Kids All Star Readers: Dinosaurs Level 2

Author: Editors of Silver Dolphin Books

Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books

Published: 2021-08-03

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781645177098

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Read and learn about the world of dinosaurs with the Smithsonian! Roar with the dinosaurs and learn to read with the Smithsonian! Smithsonian Kids All Star Readers: Dinosaurs Level 2 includes four dinosaur readers that cover everything from T. rex to fossils. Developed with esteemed childhood literacy expert Dr. Adria Klein, this collection is designed to encourage reading comprehension through simple factual texts, new phonic structures, familiar vocabulary, and more. After finishing each reader, children can use the quizzes and glossaries to reinforce reading comprehension.

Smithsonian Readers: Early Adventures Level 1
Smithsonian Readers: Early Adventures Level 1

Author: Brenda Scott-Royce

Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781626864511

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Learn to read with the Smithsonian! Developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and esteemed childhood literacy expert Dr. Adria Klein, the Smithsonian Readers series is designed to encourage reading comprehension with high-interest topics and build reading skills with a carefully designed leveling structure. Level 1 focuses on familiar content and simple text to promote engagement and success for new readers. Smithsonian Readers: Early Adventures Level 1 contains six 32-page topics for beginning readers: Vehicles, Reptiles, Outer Space, Animal Habitats, Insects, and Safari Animals. The fascinating content is accompanied 36 perforated fact cards to further encourage early adventures in reading. Level 1: Early Readers -Basic factual texts with familiar themes and content -Concepts in text are reinforced by photos -Includes glossary to reinforce reading comprehension -Phonic regularity -Simple sentence structure and repeated sentence patterns -Easy vocabulary familiar to kindergarteners and first graders

Smithsonian Readers: Endless Explorations Level 4
Smithsonian Readers: Endless Explorations Level 4

Author: Brenda Scott-Royce

Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781626864542

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Read fluently with the Smithsonian! For fluent readers that have mastered levels 1, 2, and 3, Smithsonian Readers: Endless Explorations Level 4 provides fascinating facts and challenging content that promotes reading success and enjoyment. Developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and esteemed childhood literacy expert Dr. Adria Klein, Smithsonian Readers: Endless Explorations Level 4 contains six 32-page topics for children on their way to becoming expert readers: Predators, Space Exploration, Natural Disasters, World Wonders, Ocean Habitats, and Flight. Bound into the book are 36 perforated fact cards created for fluent readers looking for extra learning opportunities. Level 4: Fluent Readers -Variety of factual texts that contain unfamiliar themes and challenging technical content -Includes glossary and pronunciation guides to -Contains longer and more complex sentence patterns -Most of the vocabulary should be familiar to second-graders -Longer stretches of text and extended descriptions without the support of pictures -Extended sentences with various structures

Making an Ocean Ecosystem
Making an Ocean Ecosystem

Author: Lisa Holewa

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2018-12-03

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1493867202

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There are worlds to explore under water. Entire ecosystems exist within oceans, lakes, and rivers. These worlds can also be recreated on land. this high-interest book uses real-world examples to illustrate science concepts. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, this book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!

Smithsonian Dinosaurs and Other Amazing Creatures from Deep Time
Smithsonian Dinosaurs and Other Amazing Creatures from Deep Time

Author: National Museum of Natural History

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published: 2019-05-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1588346625

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A fun, pocket-sized book presenting the remarkable dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed Earth billions of years ago Smithsonian Dinosaurs and Other Amazing Creatures from Deep Time traces the journey of life on Earth from its origins some 4.6 billion years ago. Beginning with the first evidence of life in the form of single-celled microbes, it moves through the Cambrian era's explosion of biodiversity around 540 million years ago through the mass extinction event 252 million years ago that cleared the stage for the first turtles, pterosaurs, and other dinosaurs and mammals of the Triassic era. It offers a rare look at some of the world's most fascinating creatures: from sauropods, the largest creatures to ever walk the land, to the top carnivorous predator Tyrannosaurus rex, as well as the mastodons, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, walrus-whales, and other beasts that seem outlandish to us now. Profiling these and many other fascinating creatures throughout prehistory, the book is sure to delight young dinosaur enthusiasts.

Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs

Author: Darren Naish

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781486309849

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Fully illustrated and immersive guide to the latest research in these incredible animals. Discover the groundbreaking developments in dinosaur research with this state-of-the-art guide to dinosaur biology. Written by experts from a leading dinosaur research centre, this book begins by tracing the evolution of the dinosaur from 225 million years ago through to the end of the Cretaceous Period, exploring how they lived and what happened during the great extinction event. Research on these fantastic animals is proceeding at a faster pace than ever before. Dinosaurs explores the most recent global discoveries and the major role that new technologies play in revealing previously inaccessible and unknown details about how dinosaurs lived, such as the use of CT-scanning we can now look inside a dinosaur skull and gain new information on brains and sense organs. This engaging book reveals the latest findings about dinosaur anatomy and behaviour, evolution, diversity and lifestyle, and is lavishly illustrated with artwork, photographs and artistic reconstructions that bring these iconic creatures to life.

Amazing Animals: Owls
Amazing Animals: Owls

Author: Valerie Bodden

Publisher: Creative Paperbacks

Published: 2013-08-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780898127904

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This popular series continues traveling the planet to study bison, jaguars, and other fascinating animals. Beautiful photos are paired with accessible text to examine the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle.