Sight and sound help us understand the world around us. Sounds travel to our ears and we see images with our eyes. Learn the science behind how your eyes and ears work together to receive messages in this science reader! The vibrant images paired with easy-to-read text help simplify science topics and keep students engaged from cover to cover. This reader also includes instructions for an engaging science activity and practice problems to further students' understanding. A helpful glossary and index are also included for additional support. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level K title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

Disagreements are a normal occurrence among friends and family, and learning how to resolve conflicts is an important part of childhood development. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction title teaches students how to resolve disputes while introducing them to important concepts like empathy, active listening, compromise, sharing feelings, dealing with anger, and sibling rivalry. This high-interest 6-Pack includes detailed photos and sidebars, stimulating facts, and clear, informational text to engage students as they build their critical literacy skills. The books include text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and an index to increase understanding and improve academic vocabulary. The Reader's Guide and Try It! sections provide extensive language-development activities that will prompt critical thinking. Aligned with state and national standards, this text prepares students for college and career. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

For ten years and in two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-right books to use for guided reading instruction. Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books, K-8 to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school. Fountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. They share advice on: the role of leveled books in reading instruction, analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts, using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading, selecting books for both guided and independent reading, organizing high-quality classroom libraries, acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases, creating a school book room. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction. Best of all, Leveled Books, K-8 is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. Its companion-www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com-is a searchable and frequently updated website that includes more than 18,000 titles. With Leveled Books, K-8 you'll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com, you'll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Book jacket.

Losing is tough. But losing also teaches valuable lessons that build character, encourage sportsmanship, and make people work harder. From basketball's king, LeBron James, to football's most valuable player, Tom Brady, even the best have been on the losing side. Perhaps that's how they got to be the best! Learn about winning and losing while reading about history's greatest sports victories and defeats. Created in partnership with TIME©, this 6-Pack of nonfiction readers builds critical literacy skills while students are engaged in reading high-interest content. Reader's Guide and Try It! provide extensive language-development activities to develop critical thinking; Table of contents, glossary, and index help increase comprehension and strengthen academic vocabulary; A fun culminating activity challenges students to broadcast a historic sports event; Prepares students for college and career and aligns with state and national standards. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.

Opal goes on a treasure hunt through the science museum to find her birthday surprise. As Opal and her friends open each clue, readers will have the chance to guess the answers, which are hidden at the bottom of each page. This book allows children to test their scientific knowledge as Opal gets closer to her birthday surprise. Colorful illustrations and engaging text will encourage readers to join Opal to the very end of her adventure. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level J title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.