Reading

This year, we will be reading a selection of texts using the Bookworms Reading Curriculum. Click HERE to find out more about our reading series!

Unit 2: Patterns in Our World

Module 2, Unit 1: Geology

In Unit 1: Geology, students will explore informative structures, text connected themes, the benefits of connected texts, and related geological topics. The lessons provide students with ample opportunities to identify and interact with nonfiction text features in order to navigate and make meaning of nonfiction texts.

Soil

by Christin Ditchfield

Learn about the many ways in which humans use, abuse, and try to protect the soil. In Soil, students will learn about the ingredients, layers, and types of soil through nonfiction text features such as a table of contents, photographs, captions, and text.

Maps and Globes

by Jack Knowlton

This comprehensive look at geography and the environment, Maps and Globes, can take you anywhere—to the top of the tallest mountain on earth or the bottom of the deepest ocean. Maps tell you about the world: where various countries are located, where the jungles and deserts are, even how to find your way around your own hometown. If you take a fancy to any place on earth, you can go there today and still be home in time for dinner. So open a map, spin a globe. The wide world awaits you.

Minerals, Rocks, and Soil

by Barbara Davis

In Minerals, Rocks, and Soil, you will learn where minerals can be found and how to identify them. You will find out all about the different types of rocks and what they can be used for. You will discover which types of soil are best for plants to grow in. So, come on a fantastic journey into the world of minerals, rocks, and soil! Sci-Hi is an engaging, comprehensive, and visually stimulating series that takes learning science core curriculum to a whole new level!

A Drop Around the World

by Barbara Shaw McKinney

Follow a single drop of water through the water cycle in this book about rain for kids! This beautifully illustrated book is an earth science classic that parents, teachers, and kids will all want! In this story of water, readers travel the globe following a drop of water on its natural journey through the water cycle from a liquid, to a solid, and all the way through evaporation. The seamless blending of science and story make learning fun, and readers will be inspired to appreciate the world around us!

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