TIME For Kids Nonfiction Readers: More Information

• Discover how authentic, nonfiction reading experiences, combined with active literacy and audio assisted learning, can help students develop word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency skills in accordance with the Reading First legislation.
• Feel confident that the program is based on the latest research regarding the development of reading skills.
• Motivate students to want to read with high-interest, nonfiction content and engaging full-color photographs.
• Cover science and social studies content while teaching reading skills.
• Supplement the lessons in Exploring Nonfiction: Reading in the Content Areas and Write Time for Kids.

Contents

Readers

• 6 copies each of 15 titles (number of titles varies by level, see level/word count matrix)

Active Literacy CD*

• Students may listen to the entire book (using the Auto-Play feature), or choose to hear the book read one page at a time.
• Phrases are highlighted as the words are read, and students can click on individual words to hear them spoken.
• Students can read the book themselves, recording and playing back their own voices.
• The recordings can be saved for the teacher to assess fluency and mark oral reading records.
• Follow-up activities can be used to assess vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills.

*Site licenses available. Call 800-858-7339 for details.

Teacher's Guide

• A four-page lesson plan for each book focuses on one or more specific reading skills.
• Each lesson includes specific Word Study and Fluency sections.
• Each lesson is correlated to a standards-based scope and sequence of reading skills.

Assessment Guide

• Activities are included to assess vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency skills.
• Oral reading records include the text of each book so teachers can track students' progress.

Home-School Connections

• A black-and-white version of each book can be reproduced and given to students to take home.
• Materials are provided to encourage parental support.

Reading Consultant:

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D. Kent State University.
Based on writing and photographs from TIME For Kids and Write Time For Kids.

Levels

TIME For Kids Nonfiction Readers: Emergent

Title	Word Count	TCM	GR	EI	DRA
Big and Little	21	1.0	A	1	1
Colors	16	1.0	A	1	1
Shapes	16	1.0	A	1	1
This is Me	27	1.1	B	2	2
I Can!	26	1.1	B	2	2
My Big Family	34	1.1	B	2	2
On the Go	39	1.2	C	3-4	3
Workers	41	1.2	C	3-4	3
Places to Go	42	1.2	C	3-4	3
Land	50	1.3	D	5-6	4
Weather	50	1.3	D	5-6	4
Water	54	1.3	D	5-6	4
How Plants Grow	69	1.4	E	7	6
Pandas	75	1.4	E	7	6
Animal Mothers and Babies	71	1.4	E	6	6

TCM=Teacher Created Materials GR=Guided Reading EI=Early Intervention DRA=Developmental Reading Assessment

TIME or Kids Nonfiction Readers: Upper Emergent

Title	Word Count	TCM	GR	EI	DRA
A Frog's Life	100	1.5	E-F	8	8
A Butterfly's Life	99	1.5	E-F	8	8
A Bee's Life	100	1.5	E-F	8	8
Animals	149	1.6	F	9-10	10
Sea Life	143	1.6	F	9-10	10
Insects and Spiders	150	1.6	F	9-10	10
Things to Do	170	1.7	G	11-12	12
Things to Make	198	1.7	G	11-12	12
Holidays	195	1.7	G	11-12	12
Staying Healthy	248	1.8	H	13-14	14
Keeping Fit with Sports	250	1.8	H	13-14	14
Eating Right	250	1.8	H	13-14	14
Homes Around the World	294	1.9	I-J	15-17	16-18
Kids Around the World	295	1.9	I-J	15-17	16-18
Places Around the World	287	1.9	I-J	15-17	16-18

TCM=Teacher Created Materials GR=Guided Reading EI=Early Intervention DRA=Developmental Reading Assessment

TIME For Kids Nonfiction Readers: Early Fluent

Title	Word Count	TCM	GR	EI	DRA
A Visit to an Automobile Factory	325	2.0	I-J	17	17
A Visit to a Farm	322	2.0	I-J	17	17
A Visit to a Publisher	325	2.0	I-J	17	17
Mexico	340	2.1	J	18	18
Canada	331	2.1	J	18	18
The Caribbean	349	2.1	J	18	18
Earthquakes	390	2.2	J	18-19	19
Tornadoes and Hurricanes	393	2.2	J	18-19	19
Volcanoes	387	2.2	J	18-19	19
Eagles	425	2.3	J-K	19	20
Horses	438	2.3	J-K	19	20
Snakes	450	2.3	J-K	19	20
All About Hand-Blown Glass	454	2.4	J-K	19-20	22
All About Skyscrapers	492	2.4	J-K	19-20	22
All About Chocolate	479	2.4	J-K	19-20	22

TCM=Teacher Created Materials GR=Guided Reading EI=Early Intervention DRA=Developmental Reading Assessment

TIME For Kids Nonfiction Readers: Early Fluent Plus

Title	Word Count	TCM	GR	EI	DRA
In the Forest	556	2.5	K	20	24
In the Desert	558	2.5	K	20	24
In the Rainforest	567	2.5	K	20	24
Our Earth	604	2.6	K-L	20	26
Outer Space	622	2.6	K-L	20	26
The Solar System	607	2.6	K-L	20	26
The Brain	668	2.7	L	20+	28
The Skeleton and Muscles	690	2.7	L	20+	28
The Heart and Lungs	697	2.7	L	20+	28
Family Life in the U.S.A.: Then & Now	744	2.8	L-M	20+	28
Communication in the U.S.A.: Then & Now	739	2.8	L-M	20+	28
Travel in the U.S.A.: Then & Now	739	2.8	L-M	20+	28
George Washington	799	2.9	M	20+	28
Martin Luther King, Jr.	798	2.9	M	20+	28
Susan B. Anthony	796	2.9	M	20+	28

TCM=Teacher Created Materials GR=Guided Reading EI=Early Intervention DRA=Developmental Reading Assessment

TIME For Kids Nonfiction Readers: Fluent

Title	Word Count	TCM	GR	EI	DRA
A Day in the Life of a Cowhand	803	3.0	M	21	30
A Day in the Life of a Ballet Dancer	824	3.0	M	21	30
A Day in the Life of a Fire Fighter	818	3.0	M	21	30
Markets Around the World	871	3.1	N	21	30
Games Around the World	873	3.1	N	21	30
Breakfast Around the World	846	3.1	N	21	30
Planes and How They Work	892	3.2	N	21	30
Trains and How They Work	893	3.2	N	21	30
Automobiles and How They Work	894	3.2	N	21	30
Mammals	950	3.3	N	21	30
Reptiles and Amphibians	944	3.3	N	21	30
Invertebrates	943	3.3	N	21	30
Inventions in the Clothing Industry	1049	3.4	O	22	34
Inventions in the Food Industry	1039	3.4	O	22	34
Inventions in Communication	1045	3.4	O	22	34

TCM=Teacher Created Materials GR=Guided Reading EI=Early Intervention DRA=Developmental Reading Assessment

TIME For Kids Nonfiction Readers: Fluent Plus

Title	Word Count	TCM	GR	EI	DRA
African Grasslands	1100	3.5	O	22	34
Chesapeake Bay Wetlands	1082	3.5	O	22	34
Death Valley Desert	1097	3.5	O	22	34
Earth's Seasons and Cycles	1147	3.6	P	22	38
Space Exploration	1133	3.6	P	22	38
Living in Space	1121	3.6	P	22	38
The Five Senses	1197	3.7	P	22	38
The Digestive System	1158	3.7	P	22	38
The Human Life Cycle	1193	3.7	P	22	38
History of Baseball	1203	3.8	Q	23	40
History of School	1249	3.8	Q	23	40
History of Money	1245	3.8	Q	23	40
Mohandas Gandhi	1298	3.9	Q	23	40
Roberto Clemente	1263	3.9	Q	23	40
Jane Goodall	1298	3.9	Q	23	40

TCM=Teacher Created Materials GR=Guided Reading EI=Early Intervention DRA=Developmental Reading Assessment

This program, published by Teacher Created Materials, contains content and photographs from TIME For Kids and TIME Learning Ventures. To subscribe to TIME For Kids magazine, call 800-777-8600 or visit http://www.timeforkids.com/partners.