Big Idea: Habitats and Communities is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering habitats (such as plant and animal needs, communities and adaptations), events that changed people (such as the Japanese internment camps and the passing of the Chapter of Rights and Freedoms), and natural and human-made disasters (such as the SARS epidemic and the collapse of the cod fisheries). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Plants and animals need these things: air, sunlight, food, water, and space.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.” 

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

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ISBN-10: 1770587284

ISBN-13: 9781770587281

Big Idea: Rocks and Minerals is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering rocks (such as igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks), minerals (such as looking at and testing minerals), and mining rocks and minerals (such as types of mines and how mining changes lives). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Hot liquid rock can change into igneous rock.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Rocks and Minerals

ISBN-10: 1770587292

ISBN-13: 9781770587298

Big Idea: Body Systems is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters that covers moving the body (such as the nervous system and skeletal and muscular systems), what the body needs (such as the respiratory and circulatory systems), and healthy choices (such as eating healthy food and keeping active). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “The nervous system makes the other body systems do their jobs.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

 This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Body Systems

ISBN-10: 1770587306

ISBN-13: 9781770587304

Big Idea: Chemistry is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering states of matter, changes of state, and changing matter. Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Solids, liquids, and gases mix together in different ways.” Each chapter concludes with an experiment written in procedural language, and a final experiment challenges students to “think like a chemist.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain science concepts. Content words are defined in words, photographs, and diagrams.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Chemistry

ISBN-10: 1770587314

ISBN-13: 9781770587311

Big Idea: Our Healthy World is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters that cover meeting our basic needs (such using natural resources to make our lives more comfortable and renewable and nonrenewable resources), using natural resources (such as natural resources for products and energy), and conserving natural resources (such as making less garbage and protecting natural resources). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “We can take care of Earth’s natural resources.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Our Healthy World

ISBN-10: 1770587322

ISBN-13: 9781770587328

Big Idea: Diversity of Life is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering biodiversity (such as ecosystems and living and non-living things), grouping species (such as single-celled and multi-celled organisms and classifying plants), and humans and biodiversity (such as invasive species and protecting biodiversity). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Species that are not native to an area can harm biodiversity in the area.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Diversity of Life

ISBN-10: 1770587357

ISBN-13: 9781770587359

Big Idea: Flight is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering air (such as the properties of air and using air to fly), forces of flight (such as weight and lift and drag and thrust), and people and flight (such as the ways flight has changed how people travel and flight and our world). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Air changes at different heights above Earth.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Flight

ISBN-10: 1770587365

ISBN-13: 9781770587366

Big Idea: Weather is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering weather in the air (such as air pressure and the water cycle), weather patterns (such as the seasons and climate and measuring weather), and weather and our world (such as weather and living and non-living things and extreme weather). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Weather and climate are different around the world.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Weather

ISBN-10: 1770587381

ISBN-13: 9781770587380

Big Idea: Forces and Structures is an expository text organized in three chapters covering structures, forces, and building structures.  Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Forces push and pull on all structures.”  Each chapter concludes with an experiment written in procedural language, and a final experiment challenges students to “think like an engineer.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions.  The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter.  A contents, glossary, and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure.  Everyday language is used to explain science concepts.  Content words are defined in words, photographs, and diagrams. 

This title is from the Big Idea series.  Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Forces and Structures

ISBN-10: 1770588221

ISBN-13: 9781770588226

Big Idea: Early Societies: Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, Indus Valley is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering life along rivers (such as river resources and transportation), inventions (such as stone tools and the wheel), and government and leaders (such as people in society and beliefs and traditions). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Today, people use many inventions and ideas from the past.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Early Societies: Mesopotamia

ISBN-10: 177058739X

ISBN-13: 9781770587397

Big Idea: Early Societies: Mali, China, England is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering life along rivers (such as crops growing along Yangtze River and trading helping societies grow), inventions (such as taxes and arts and sports), and government and rulers (such as people in society like blacksmiths and woodcarvers and beliefs and traditions like lantern riddles). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “People in early societies lived life according to their beliefs.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Early Societies: Mali Englan

ISBN-10: 1770587403

ISBN-13: 9781770587403

Big Idea: Political and physical Regions of Canada is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering political regions of Canada (such as urban communities and making decisions about police protection), physical regions of Canada (such as physical features and natural resources), and using resources (such as managing and protecting resources). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Resources can run out if they are not used carefully.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Political and Physical Region

ISBN-10: 1770587470

ISBN-13: 9781770587472

Big Idea: Canada: Movement of People is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering immigrants from Europe (such as the American Revolutionary War and Canada’s west), immigration over time (such as immigration acts and immigration today), and communities in Canada (such as movement of communities and cultural communities). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Sometimes, people in communities are forced to move from one place to another.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Canada: Movement of People

ISBN-10: 1770587489

ISBN-13: 9781770587489

Big Idea: First Peoples is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering the beginning (such as the land like the Northwest Coast and ways of life like migration), discoveries and inventions (such as homes like wigwams and transportation like snowshoes), and culture (such as language and government). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Inuit and First Nations peoples used things from their environments to build homes.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: BIG IDEA: FIRST PEOPLES PRINT

ISBN-10: 1770587411

ISBN-13: 9781770587410

Big Idea: New France is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering early French communities (such as Samuel de Champlain starting a French community in modern-day Quebec and the King of New France), life in New France (such as the people and learning to survive), and France and Great Britain (such as the defeat of New France and French Canada today). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Early French settlers built small communities in North America.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: New France

ISBN-10: 177058742X

ISBN-13: 9781770587427

Big Idea: All Connected is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering importance of being connected to the community (such as the roles in family and community and communities of the past), connections to culture (such as the land and language), and connection to Canada (such as the Korean war and the Assembly of First Nations). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Aboriginal peoples are nations without a nation.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: BIG IDEA: ALL CONNECTED PRINT

ISBN-10: 1770587446

ISBN-13: 9781770587441

Big Idea: First Contact is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering North America (such as trading goods like hunting supplies and sharing ideas like medicine), fur trade (such as water routes and traditions), and living together (such as missionaries and alliances). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “First Nations peoples struggled to keep their culture.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: First Contact

ISBN-10: 1770587438

ISBN-13: 9781770587434

Big Idea: Canada’s Heroes of Human Rights is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters that cover creating a diverse society (such as equal rights for all and Louis Riel protecting Metis land and language rights), working for women’s rights (such as Nellie McClung helping women get the right to vote and Rosemary Brown working to make laws to stop discrimination against women), and human rights today (such as workers’ rights and David Suzuki making sure there are laws to protect Canadians’ rights to a healthy environment). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Many people fought to achieve basic human rights for Canadians.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: BIG IDEA: CANADA'S HEROES OF HUMAN

ISBN-10: 1770587462

ISBN-13: 9781770587465

Big Idea: Canada and the World is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering trade (such as export and imports), global issues (such as global organizations like the UN and Canada’s role with keeping peace), and global citizenship (such as helping when earthquakes strike and Doctors Without Borders). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Global citizenship it about working together to make a better world for everyone.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Canada and the World

ISBN-10: 1770587497

ISBN-13: 9781770587496

Big Idea: Events That Changed Canada is an expository nonfiction text organized in three chapters covering events that changed Canada (such as the creation of Nunavut and the world wars), events that changed people (such as the Japanese internment camps and the passing of the Chapter of Rights and Freedoms), and natural and human-made disasters (such as the SARS epidemic and the collapse of the cod fisheries). Each two-page spread is linked to a big idea, such as “Some events improved the lives of people in Canada.” Each chapter concludes with two activities written in procedural language, and a final activity challenges students to “think like a historian.”

Each two-page spread follows a predictable format: Big Idea, section heading, labeled photographs, comprehension questions. The inside front cover offers a handy list of key terms in each chapter. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Sentences are short and simple in structure. Everyday language is used to explain key concepts. Content words are defined in words and captioned photographs.

This title is from the Big Idea series. Explore the big ideas of Science and Social Studies and promote simultaneous language development and content acquisition.

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Invoice Title: Big Idea: Events that Changed Canada

ISBN-10: 1770587500

ISBN-13: 9781770587502