How Toys Work is an expository nonfiction text that explains simple machines, the science of toys, how toys work, and the science of spin. The back of the book includes a section on Scientists Then and Now. Readers gain information from text and graphics. A two-page experiment written in third-person procedural language invites students to make their own pinwheel.

How Toys Work is divided into sections with some subsections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, charts, and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. A wide variety of punctuation is used. Dashes are used to expand on an idea. A table of contents, glossary, and an index support the reader.

Plurals, base words with affixes, and a variety of verbs with inflectional endings are used. Subordinate clauses, prepositional phrases, and comparative adjectives, such as lower, are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, simple and sophisticated connectives, and compound words. The text occasionally makes use of hyphenated words and parenthetical material embedded in sentences. Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text. Some words appear in the vocabulary of mature language users.

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Invoice Title: HOW TOYS WORK

ISBN-10: 1433303078

ISBN-13: 9781433303074

Bikes and Boards is an expository nonfiction text that explains the science of bikes and boards, motion and force, testing the limits with tricks, snowboarding, aerodynamics, and the future of bikes and boards. The back of the book includes a section on Dr. Mehmet Oz. Readers gain information from text and graphics. A two-page experiment written in third-person procedural language invites students to explore what else might make a snowboard or skateboard change speed.

Bikes and Boards is divided into sections with some subsections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, charts, timelines, and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. A wide variety of punctuation is used. Dashes are used to expand on an idea. A table of contents, glossary, and an index support the reader.

Plurals, base words with affixes, and a variety of verbs with inflectional endings are used. Subordinate clauses, possessives, prepositional phrases, and comparative adjectives, such as steepest and biggest, are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, simple and sophisticated connectives, and compound words. The text occasionally makes use of hyphenated words and parenthetical material embedded in sentences. Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text. Some words appear in the vocabulary of mature language users.

This title is from the Science Readers: A Closer Look series from Teacher Created Materials. Build literacy skills and science content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately levelled information texts.

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Invoice Title: BIKES AND BOARDS

ISBN-10: 1433303035

ISBN-13: 9781433303036

Climbing and Diving is an expository nonfiction text that explains the science of climbing and diving, diving and laws of motion, gravity, and friction. The back of the book includes a section on Dr. Mehmet Oz. Readers gain information from text and graphics. A two-page experiment written in third-person procedural language invites students to explore what else might make a snowboard or skateboard change speed.

Climbing and Diving is divided into sections with some subsections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, charts, and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. A wide variety of punctuation is used. Dashes are used to expand on an idea. A table of contents, glossary, and an index support the reader.

Plurals, base words with affixes, and a variety of verbs with inflectional endings are used. Subordinate clauses, prepositional phrases, and comparative adjectives, such as highest and faster, are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, simple and sophisticated connectives, and compound words. The text occasionally makes use of parenthetical material embedded in sentences. Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text. Some words appear in the vocabulary of mature language users.

This title is from the Science Readers: A Closer Look series from Teacher Created Materials. Build literacy skills and science content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately levelled information texts.

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Invoice Title: CLIMBING AND DIVING

ISBN-10: 1433303043

ISBN-13: 9781433303043

The Quest for Personal Best Individual Sports is an expository nonfiction text that explains team versus individual sports, the science of sports, velocity and acceleration, and pushing the limits. The back of the book includes a section on Scientists Then and Now. Readers gain information from text and graphics. A two-page experiment written in third-person procedural language invites students to explore the importance of wearing a seat belt in a car.

The Quest for Personal Best Individual Sports is divided into sections with some subsections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, charts, and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. A wide variety of punctuation is used. Dashes are used to expand on an idea and italics are used to place stress on a word. A table of contents, glossary, and an index support the reader.

Plurals, base words with affixes, and a variety of verbs with inflectional endings are used. Subordinate clauses, prepositional phrases, and comparative adjectives, such as faster and higher, are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, simple and sophisticated connectives, and compound words. The text occasionally makes use of hyphenated words and parenthetical material embedded in sentences. Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text. Some words appear in the vocabulary of mature language users.

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Invoice Title: QUEST FOR PERSONAL BEST: INDIV SPORTS

ISBN-10: 143330306X

ISBN-13: 9781433303067

The Quest for Speed Vehicles is an expository nonfiction text that explains Newton’s Laws of Motion, force, measuring motion, and being safe at any speed. The back of the book includes a section on Scientists Then and Now. Readers gain information from text and graphics. A two-page experiment written in third-person procedural language invites students to explore the importance of wearing a seat belt in a car.

The Quest for Speed Vehicles is divided into sections with some subsections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, graphs, timelines, and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. A wide variety of punctuation is used. Dashes are used to expand on an idea and italics are used to place stress on a word. A table of contents, glossary, and an index support the reader.

Plurals, base words with affixes, and a variety of verbs with inflectional endings are used. Subordinate clauses, possessives, prepositional phrases, and comparative adjectives, such as lower, are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, simple and sophisticated connectives, and compound words. The text occasionally makes use of hyphenated words and parenthetical material embedded in sentences. Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text. Some words appear in the vocabulary of mature language users.

This title is from the Science Readers: A Closer Look series from Teacher Created Materials. Build literacy skills and science content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately levelled information texts.

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Invoice Title: THE QUEST FOR SPEED: VEHICLES

ISBN-10: 1433303051

ISBN-13: 9781433303050

How Amusement Parks Work is an expository text that explains how engineers use mechanics, the science of motion, to create the thrills in amusement parks.  Behind Ferris Wheels and carousels and roller coasters, readers will find simple and compound machines, Newton’s laws, potential and kinetic energy, and zero gravity.  The book concludes with a lab presented in procedural language and a Scientists Then and Now feature. 

The book has a contents and is divided into five sections. Captioned and labelled photographs and a comparison chart support the text and add meaning.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Boldface is used for glossary words.  Phonetic pronunciation guides are provided for specialized vocabulary.  An index is provided.

Unfamiliar words and specialized vocabulary are defined in context and in the glossary.

This title is from the Science Readers: A Closer Look series from Teacher Created Materials. Build literacy skills and science content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately levelled information texts.

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Invoice Title: HOW AMUSEMENT PARKS WORK (PB) C2009

ISBN-10: 1433303086

ISBN-13: 9781433303081