Science Readers
Help students explore, collaborate, inquire, and think critically about science!
Integrate science and literacy instruction through meaningful science content. Our award-winning science curricula feature high-interest, leveled informational texts and thoughtfully designed lesson plans across all science strands: life science, physical science, Earth and space science, and scientific practices. Hand-on science activities cultivate crucial-thinking skills and support STEM education and the 5E Instructional Model.
Overview
This research- and standards-based series was designed by Teacher Created Materials to increase students' reading comprehension and knowledge of key scientific concepts.
- Engaging science readers feature dynamic photos, charts, illustrations, sidebars, and simple science experiments to keep students motivated while reading and comprehending science content.
- Cultivate an inquiry-based learning environment and support active learning.
- Each reader has an accompanying teacher-guided lesson plan that addresses both literacy and science objectives.
- Minimize prep time with carefully thought-out lesson plans, multiple assessment types, and differentiation strategies.
- Increase student engagement by integrating technology into instruction with Interactiv-eBooks (not included in all levels), audio recordings of books, and additional digital resources.
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Interactiv-eBooks
- Include tips and best practices to help guide teachers on how to effectively incorporate Interactiv-eBooks to optimize learning.
- Interactive tools and activities allow students to interact with the text to extend learning.
Audio Recordings
- Includes professional audio recordings of books to model fluent and expressive reading.
Digital Resources
- Digital versions of each book in PDF format and reproducible student activity pages to make teacher prep streamlined and accessible for in-person or distanced learning.
Teacher's Guide
- Easy-to-implement lessons and activities foster students' curiosity about the world around them.
- To further meet the needs of students and teachers, the lessons and activities support STEM instruction and are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.
- Easy-to-implement teacher guided lessons that address both literacy and science objectives.
- Lessons come with a three-part framework: before-, during-, and after-reading strategies.
- Includes introductory and lab activities to develop academic vocabulary and strategies to authentically assess student learning. Mulitple assessment types help guide instruction.
Books
- Provide students with access to high-quality informational text partnered with scientific investigations.
- The books cover the three strands of science: life, physical, and earth and space. One book in each kit is devoted completely to scientific practices.
- 16 titles, 6 copies each, 24-32 pages per book in print and digital formats Multiple texts aroud common themes build conceptual knowledge.
- Features hands-on lab activities to engage students in the scientific content and authenticate their learning.
Student Engagement
- Builds inquiry skills and reading comprehension.
- Helps students learn about important scientific contributions and be inspired for their own futures.
- Sparks curiosity which leads to faster learning, processing, and retention of new concepts.
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Science Readers Sample Pages
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- lessons
- activity pages
- teacher's guide pages
- and more!
Strategies for Teaching Science
Facilitate students’ exploration of science and STEAM concepts with sound strategies for engaging, exploring, evaluating, elaborating, and explaining science concepts with real-world connections.
In this workshop, educators will:
- Engage students in the scientific process and inspire curiosity and perseverance while developing crucial critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Captivate students’ minds with thought-provoking, open-ended discussions and projects.
- Cultivate content-area literacy by using related texts and writing prompts to help them explain their thinking
- Organize lessons and projects that provide interesting, content-based, grade-appropriate science activities that bring science to life for students
Training Options
Workshop
Best Practices Webinar
Building Knowledge and Vocabulary: Reading Complex Text Across the Content Areas
Students need to access rich, challenging text to develop knowledge, build vocabulary, and improve comprehension across the content areas.
As students tackle difficult text, a wide breadth of effective strategies are needed to uncover meaning and build students’ skillset.
In this workshop, educators will:
- Discover nuances within text that make it difficult
- Uncover student-centered ways to support knowledge and vocabulary development
- Encounter and practice strategies to empower students to conquer challenging text
Training Options
Workshop
On-Site Coaching
Best Practices Webinar
Get the Picture: Visual Literacy in Content-Area Instruction
Literacy learning is no longer limited to reading, writing, listening, and speaking; we must include visual communication and expand our definition of what it means to be literate.
This professional development workshop will provide teachers with new and engaging strategies to help students learn how to analyze and create through visual communication.
Based on practical research, this workshop offers concrete tools and techniques and a wide range of suggested visual texts to effectively use in the classroom from primary sources, to digital media and the visual-heavy world of 21st century learning.
Attendees will:
- Examine ways to incorporate visual texts into instruction, including what visual literacy lessons look like in the primary grades
- Practice instructional strategies and develop sample lessons for teaching students to read visual texts for understanding
- Practice and discover instructional strategies for guiding students to visually illustrate understanding, specifically targeting support for improving reading and writing
Training Options
Keynote Presentations and Webinars
Workshop
On-Site Coaching
Best Practices Webinar
Product items
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Kindergarten students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:K
Item Number:21519
ISBN:9781480745193
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit (Spanish)
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Kindergarten students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:K
Item Number:27669
ISBN:9781425846183
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. First grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:1
Item Number:21558
ISBN:9781480745582
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit (Spanish)
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. First grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:1
Item Number:27670
ISBN:9781425846190
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Basics of Matter Kit
Help elementary students discover the solids, liquids, and gases that make up the world around them.
Grade:1-2
Item Number:12413
ISBN:9781433314131
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Neighbors in Space Kit
Elementary students will uncover essential Earth and space science concepts as they investigate the stars, moon, comets, and planets-our neighbors in space.
Grade:1-2
Item Number:12420
ISBN:9781433314209
Science Readers: A Closer Look: The Human Body Kit
With this kit, elementary students will love learning about the science of the human body, from the muscles that help them play to the brain that lets them learn. This kit includes leveled science books that facilitate differentiation.
Grade:1-2
Item Number:12427
ISBN:9781433314278
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Lo básico de la materia (Basics of Matter) Kit (Spanish Version)
Grade:1-2
Item:13586
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Lo básico de la materia (Basics of Matter) Kit (Spanish Version)
Help elementary students discover the solids, liquids, and gases that make up the world around them.
Grade:1-2
Item Number:13586
ISBN:9781433325861
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Vecinos en el espacio (Neighbors in Space) Kit (Spanish Version)
Grade:1-2
Item:13593
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Vecinos en el espacio (Neighbors in Space) Kit (Spanish Version)
Elementary students will uncover essential Earth and space science concepts as they investigate the stars, moon, comets, and planets-our neighbors in space.
Grade:1-2
Item Number:13593
ISBN:9781433325939
Science Readers: A Closer Look: El cuerpo humano (The Human Body) Kit (Spanish Version)
Grade:1-2
Item:13600
Science Readers: A Closer Look: El cuerpo humano (The Human Body) Kit (Spanish Version)
With this Spanish kit, elementary students will love learning about the science of the human body, from the muscles that help them play to the brain that lets them learn. This kit includes leveled science books that facilitate differentiation.
Grade:1-2
Item Number:13600
ISBN:9781433326004
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Second grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:2
Item Number:21597
ISBN:9781480745971
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit (Spanish)
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Second grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:2
Item Number:27671
ISBN:9781425846206
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Forces and Motion Kit
Engage intermediate-level students with foundational physical science concepts as they explore the forces at work in their toys, bikes, snowboards, and favorite amusement park rides!
Grade:2-3
Item Number:11300
ISBN:9781433303005
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Forces in Nature Kit
Bring the heat of a wildfire, the rushing wind of a tornado, and the drama of an erupting volcano into the classroom. Engage elementary students with this compelling Earth and space science topic.
Grade:2-3
Item Number:11301
ISBN:9781433303012
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Biomes and Ecosystems Kit
Explore the complex systems of plants, animals, climate, and geography that make up biomes and ecosystems around the world. This kit includes leveled science books that facilitate differentiation.
Grade:2-3
Item Number:11302
ISBN:9781433303029
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Be Healthy! Be Fit! Kit
Discover life science concepts related to being healthy and fit using differentiated paired books that encourage discovery and exploration. Each kit supports the 5E model of instruction.
Grade:2-3
Item Number:14184
ISBN:9781433331848
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Los biomas y los ecosistemas (Biomes and Ecosystems) Kit (Spanish Version)
Grade:2-3
Item:13138
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Los biomas y los ecosistemas (Biomes and Ecosystems) Kit (Spanish Version)
Explore the complex systems of plants, animals, climate, and geography that make up biomes and ecosystems around the world. This Spanish kit includes leveled science books that facilitate differentiation.
Grade:2-3
Item Number:13138
ISBN:9781433321382
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Las fuerzas y el movimiento (Forces and Motion) Kit (Spanish Version)
Grade:2-3
Item:13145
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Las fuerzas y el movimiento (Forces and Motion) Kit (Spanish Version)
Engage intermediate-level students with foundational physical science concepts as they explore the forces at work in their toys, bikes, snowboards, and favorite amusement park rides!
Grade:2-3
Item Number:13145
ISBN:9781433321450
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Las fuerzas en la naturaleza (Forces in Nature) Kit (Spanish Version)
Grade:2-3
Item:13152
Science Readers: A Closer Look: Las fuerzas en la naturaleza (Forces in Nature) Kit (Spanish Version)
Bring the heat of a wildfire, the rushing wind of a tornado, and the drama of an erupting volcano into the classroom. Engage elementary students with this compelling Earth and space science topic.
Grade:2-3
Item Number:13152
ISBN:9781433321528
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. third grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:3
Item Number:21636
ISBN:9781480746367
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit (Spanish)
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Third grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:3
Item Number:27672
ISBN:9781425846213
Science Readers: Earth and Space Science Kit
Explore science concepts and build content-area literacy skills with paired books that share key Earth and space science concepts. Each kit supports the 5E model of instruction and meets the Common Core Standard for integrating scientific texts.
Grade:3-4
Item Number:10530
ISBN:9780743905305
Science Readers: Life Science Kit
Encourage discovery and help build content-area literacy with these high-interest paired books that share key life science concepts. This kit supports the 5E model of instruction and meets the Common Core Standard for integrating scientific texts.
Grade:3-4
Item Number:10531
ISBN:9780743905312
Science Readers: Physical Science Kit
Connect science and literacy with high-interest paired books that share key physical science concepts. Each kit supports the 5E model of instruction and meets the Common Core Standard for integrating scientific texts.
Grade:3-4
Item Number:10532
ISBN:9780743905329
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 4 Kit
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Fourth grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:4
Item Number:21675
ISBN:9781480746756
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 4 Kit (Spanish)
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Fourth grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:4
Item Number:27673
ISBN:9781425846220
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 5 Kit
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. fifth grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:5
Item Number:21714
ISBN:9781480747142
Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Grade 5 Kit (Spanish)
Bring all three strands of science to life with these engaging readers and 5E lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Fifth grade students will improve content-area learning and literacy through fun, hands-on science activities.
Grade:5
Item Number:27674
ISBN:9781425846237
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Next Generation Science Standards
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