Scholastic News Science Reader: Amazing Animals

Scholastic News Science Readers: Amazing Animals for Grade 2

Description:

Build scientific knowledge and reading skills with this highly engaging nonfiction reader and activity book for grade 2. From gliding frogs to flightless cassowaries, all the informational texts you need for your animal unit are here.

Scholastic News Science Readers: Amazing Animals for Grade 2 includes:

• 32 pages of high-interest, on-level nonfiction on second-grade life-science topics


• 7 articles that cover animal life cycles, habitats, adaptations and more


• Captivating color photos that immerse students in this life-science unit


• Standards support for NSES, NGSS, and rigorous ELA standards


• Learning activities that build 10 crucial reading skills

10 featured Reading Skills include:

• Ask and answer questions about key details in a text


• Compare and contrast


• Determine meaning of grade-2 words


• Determine word meaning


• Main ideas and details


• Nonfiction text features


• Read grade-2-appropriate informational texts


• Text evidence


• Use glossaries


• Use visuals