Gail Saunders-Smith

Simple text and photographs explain what lightning is and how it forms.

As students gain confidence and skills in guided reading, what is the next step to helping them become strong, independent readers? Small-group reading sessions. By working in small groups, students will be able to explore longer text and build their literacy skills with confidence. Literacy expert Gail Saunders-Smith demonstrates through the methods in this book how educators can advance students from small-group reading to silent reading, all while...

Describes the effects of light from the sun on earth and how it causes temperature changes, the seasons, winds, and clouds.

Simple text and photographs depict a visit to a fire station, including the people, uniforms, and equipment.

Simple text and photographs describe how several different crops, including pumpkins, apples, wheat, corn, and potatoes, are harvested by humans and by machine.

In simple text and photographs, describes a variety of trucks and what they do, including garbage trucks, cement mixers, snow plows, and mail trucks.

Simple text and photographs present the behavior changes of animals as winter approaches, such as growing thicker fur, migrating, and hibernating.

Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of summer.

In simple text and photographs, describes an apple tree as it goes through the seasons.

Simply describes what rain is and the cycle that repeatedly brings water to the earth.