iOpener: Our Mysterious Universe

Part of iOpeners

Ebook
0"W x 0"H x 0"D  
On sale Jun 01, 2015 | 40 Pages | 978-1-4654-4679-4
| Grades 4-7
This book covers everything you need to know about the universe, including information on our solar system, stars, galaxies, and the Big Bang. Diagrams, fun fact boxes, and photographs bring the subject to life, while a glossary, an index, and discussion questions aid in reading comprehension.

Grade: 6
Subject: Earth Science
Genre: Informational Text
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Summarize
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA): 60
Guided Reading Level: V
Lexile Level: 790L

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, math and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.
 Award-winning author LAURA LANGSTON enjoys writing for all groups of readers: children, young adults, and adults alike. She has won the Kobzar Award and her fiction for young readers has been shortlisted numerous times for readers' choice awards such as the Silver Birch Award and the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award. Langston lives in Victoria, BC, with her family. Online: https://twitter.com/LauraLangston http://lauralangston.com/ View titles by Laura Langston

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This book covers everything you need to know about the universe, including information on our solar system, stars, galaxies, and the Big Bang. Diagrams, fun fact boxes, and photographs bring the subject to life, while a glossary, an index, and discussion questions aid in reading comprehension.

Grade: 6
Subject: Earth Science
Genre: Informational Text
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Summarize
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA): 60
Guided Reading Level: V
Lexile Level: 790L

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, math and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.

Author

 Award-winning author LAURA LANGSTON enjoys writing for all groups of readers: children, young adults, and adults alike. She has won the Kobzar Award and her fiction for young readers has been shortlisted numerous times for readers' choice awards such as the Silver Birch Award and the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award. Langston lives in Victoria, BC, with her family. Online: https://twitter.com/LauraLangston http://lauralangston.com/ View titles by Laura Langston

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