In Looking at Cities, beginning readers can explore all the features of a city: its busy streets, its tall buildings, and its many people. Beautiful photographs are accompanied by simple sentences to help new readers learn about cities. This 30-word book includes interactive questions at the back to aid in reading comprehension.

Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Geography
Genre: Informational Text
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Identify Main Idea/Details
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA/EDL): 4
Guided Reading Level: C
Lexile Level: 4

DK's iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.

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In Looking at Cities, beginning readers can explore all the features of a city: its busy streets, its tall buildings, and its many people. Beautiful photographs are accompanied by simple sentences to help new readers learn about cities. This 30-word book includes interactive questions at the back to aid in reading comprehension.

Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Geography
Genre: Informational Text
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Identify Main Idea/Details
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA/EDL): 4
Guided Reading Level: C
Lexile Level: 4

DK's iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.

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