Earthquakes is an expository nonfiction text that explains how Earth is always changing, what makes an Earthquake, plate movement, where Earthquakes happen, what happens during an Earthquake, and why Earthquakes keep happening. 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 complete a puzzle of Pangea.

Earthquakes is divided into sections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, maps, charts, and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. Periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation marks are used. 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 larger and smaller, are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, simple 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.

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Invoice Title: EARTHQUAKES

ISBN-10: 1433303094

ISBN-13: 9781433303098

Fires is an expository nonfiction text that explains all about fire, the importance of fire in nature, and the effects of fire on land. 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 how erosions result after fires or floods have swept through an area.

Fires is divided into sections with some subsections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. Periods, commas, quotations marks, question marks, and exclamation marks are used. 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, and prepositional phrases are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, 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: FIRES

ISBN-10: 1433303140

ISBN-13: 9781433303142

Floods and Blizzards is an expository nonfiction text that explains the power of water, floods, blizzards, what floods and blizzards do to the land, and how to be prepared in case of an emergency. 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 how erosions result after fires or floods have swept through an area.

Floods and Blizzards is divided into sections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, cycles, and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. Periods, commas, question marks, quotation marks, and exclamation marks are used. 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 higher and heaviest, are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, simple 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: FLOODS AND BLIZZARDS

ISBN-10: 1433303132

ISBN-13: 9781433303135

Hurricanes is an expository nonfiction text that explains the first hurricane, what a hurricane is, winds and hurricane stages, storm surges, and hurricane hunters. 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 see what happens when a funnel is created in a tornado or hurricane by making a twister in a bottle.

Hurricanes is divided into sections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, maps, charts, cycles, and diagrams support the text. Fact boxes appear throughout the text to provide students with additional learning opportunities. Periods, commas, question marks, quotation marks, and exclamation marks are used. 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 bigger, are used in the text. The text contains many adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, simple 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: HURRICANES

ISBN-10: 1433303124

ISBN-13: 9781433303128

Tornadoes is an expository nonfiction text that explains what makes a tornado, where tornadoes happen, after a tornado, and if a tornado can be stopped. 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 see what happened when a funnel is created in a tornado or hurricane by making a twister in a bottle.

Tornadoes is divided into sections. Illustrations, such as some labeled photos, maps, cycles, scales, 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. 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 warmer and cooler, 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: TORNADOES

ISBN-10: 1433303116

ISBN-13: 9781433303111

Volcanoes is an expository nonfiction text that explains the concept of pressure and describes what makes a volcano, where volcanoes happen, and what happens during an eruption.  Underwater volcanoes, the Ring of Fire, and even volcanoes in outer space are showcased.  A lab at the end of the book written in procedural language prompts students to explore the theory of continental drift.  The book concludes with a Scientists Then and Now feature that profiles Alfred Wegener and Tanya Atwater

The book has a table of contents and is divided into sections with main headings.  Captioned and labelled photographs, maps, diagrams, and sidebars provide information to support and extend the text.  Most sentences are simple in structure.  Phonetic pronunciation of unfamiliar words is provided in parentheses and important terms are given in bold face.  A glossary and index are provided.

Unfamiliar words and specialized vocabulary are defined in context and in the glossary.  Descriptive language, such as “crashes into a brick wall” and “the soda shoots out” is used.

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Invoice Title: VOLCANOES

ISBN-10: 1433303108

ISBN-13: 9781433303104