Discover and learn about 45 science-themed topics - Natural Disasters, Solar System, and Animals - as students read the high-interest stories. Each story is followed by skill-based questions and a cloze reading assessment to check comprehension. Each story features a realistic picture and a unique callout to add to students’ understanding of the topic. The binder also includes an extensive vocabulary list and activities designed to help learners understand and use some of the more difficult words from the stories. Bonus activities that relate to the story topics are also included to help build comprehension. Over 175 reproducible pages. Reading level 3-4, interest level 4 and up. 

The whiteboard-ready Resource CD includes the contents of the binder in PDF format, a list of reading levels for each story, the Vocabulary word list in Microsoft Excel and full-color images from each story that you can display on your whiteboard to help further expand lessons.

10 Essential Skills covered:

• Building Vocabulary
• Drawing Conclusions
• Finding Facts
• Locating Information
• Using Context
• Comparing and Contrasting
• Determining Sequence
• Expressing Opinions
• Making Inferences
• Understanding Main Idea

Binder Program Includes:

• High-Interest Stories with Follow-up, Skill-specific questions
• Cloze Reading Assessments
• Vocabulary Activities
• Vocabulary Word List
• Extended Comprehension Activities
• Whiteboard-Ready Resource CD