Provide fourth grade students with the texts and strategies necessary to grow as readers and develop a greater love for reading! Divided into reading levels and grouped by content-area themes, these high-interest books feature dynamic text and graphics that will engage independent readers as they analyze complex nonfiction text. Combined with rich, dynamic lessons and audio and technology resources, students will be motivated to develop vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency skills. Integrate science, social studies, and mathematics concepts and themes into your literacy lessons with this comprehensive kit that is ideal for guided reading and small-group instruction.
TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers: Advanced Plus Kit includes:
Each leveled reader motivates students to want to read with high-interest content and engaging illustrations and photographs. The authentic reading experiences help students develop vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency skills.
Straight Talk: The Truth About Food 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15880 Encourage readers to discover which foods are healthy for them and how to make the best food choices with this nonfiction title. Readers are introduced to main food groups, proteins, carbohydrates, recommended daily amounts, food allergies, and more! |
Straight Talk: Smoking 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15881 Inform readers of the dangers of smoking with this fact-filled nonfiction title. Readers are given the tools and information to educate themselves about smoking, tobacco, addiction, and the health problems that smoking can cause. |
Straight Talk: Drugs and Alcohol 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-6 Item Number: 15882 Give readers helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol in this nonfiction book. Readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, how to say no to peer pressure, and more! |
Strange but True: Gross Anatomy 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-6 Item Number: 15883 Find out the truth about our bodies and learn exactly what makes us human in this nonfiction reader! Readers will learn all about gross anatomy, some of the amazing things our bodies can do, and how it performs day-to-day activities. |
Strange but True: Bizarre Animals 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15884 Blobfish, pangolin, and flower mantis are just a few of the names of the bizarre bugs and animals that readers will learn about in this fascinating nonfiction title. |
Strange but True: Tiny Creatures 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15885 Readers will learn about arachnids, insects, arthropods, and even parasites in this fascinating nonfiction reader. This book will have children eager to learn more about these tiny creatures and the big impact they have on human life! |
Straight Talk: The Truth About Food 6-Pack |
Straight Talk: Smoking 6-Pack |
Straight Talk: Drugs and Alcohol 6-Pack |
Strange but True: Gross Anatomy 6-Pack |
Strange but True: Bizarre Animals 6-Pack |
Strange but True: Tiny Creatures 6-Pack |
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Item Number: 15880 |
Item Number: 15881 |
Item Number: 15882 |
Item Number: 15883 |
Item Number: 15884 |
Item Number: 15885 |
Helen Keller: A New Vision 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15886 Learn about the incredible journey of Helen Keller, her undeniable determination as a young deaf and blind girl, and how her teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her to read, write, speak, and graduate from college. |
Nelson Mandela: Leading the Way 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15887 Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid to create a new world for South Africa. Learn about his fight for peace and equality and how he used peaceful protests to make his way from a political prisoner to the first South African President of Africa. |
Anne Frank: A Light in the Dark 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15888 Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most widely read books in the world. In this nonfiction title, readers will learn about Anne as she went into hiding from the Nazi Party and found hope in every situation. |
Hand to Heart: Improving Communities 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15889 Introduce readers to the various ways they can participate in volunteerism with this nonfiction title. Readers will discover different charities and programs, including The Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, and Doctors Without Borders, and more! |
Hand to Paw: Protecting Animals 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15890 This nonfiction book highlights different programs and organizations that work to protect animals, animal habitats, and endangered species. This book features a list of helpful and useful websites to encourage readers to take part in animal activism. |
Hand to Earth: Saving the Environment 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15891 Help readers make a difference by encouraging them to learn about the various ways the environment needs our help and the things they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Readers will learn about the effects of pollution, fossil fuels, and more! |
Helen Keller: A New Vision 6-Pack |
Nelson Mandela: Leading the Way 6-Pack |
Anne Frank: A Light in the Dark 6-Pack |
Hand to Heart: Improving Communities 6-Pack |
Hand to Paw: Protecting Animals 6-Pack |
Hand to Earth: Saving the Environment 6-Pack |
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Item Number: 15886 |
Item Number: 15887 |
Item Number: 15888 |
Item Number: 15889 |
Item Number: 15890 |
Item Number: 15891 |
Technology: Feats & Failures 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-5 Item Number: 15892 Learn about some of the biggest technological feats and failures in human history in this fascinating nonfiction title that allows readers to discover some of the technological innovations that have made life easier. |
Physical: Feats & Failures 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-6 Item Number: 15893 Readers will learn about some of the most amazing physical feats in history in this inspiring nonfiction title. Learn about sports records, daredevils like Evel Knievel, and the incredible determination that athletes have. |
Engineering: Feats & Failures 6-PackLevel: $53.28 Grade: 4-6 Item Number: 15894 Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats and failures like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam, and more in this engaging nonfiction title. |
TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers: Advanced Plus Add-on PackLevel: $126.43 Grade: 4 Item Number: 15895 Add additional copies of Advanced Plus Nonfiction Readers to your classroom library with this add-on pack that includes one of each book from the complete kit (set of 15). |
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Technology: Feats & Failures 6-Pack |
Physical: Feats & Failures 6-Pack |
Engineering: Feats & Failures 6-Pack |
TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers: Advanced Plus Add-on Pack |
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Item Number: 15892 |
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Provide teachers with the tools they need to do their jobs more effectively with easy-to-use, standards-based lesson plans. Each lesson is organized in a consistent format for ease of use. Lessons focus on two of the following key nonfiction skills or strategies:
Each trio of readers is accompanied by a variety of texts such as primary sources, articles, poems, and other text types.
The Assessment Guide includes research about assessments, how to use the included assessments, a series Placement Test in digital format, an oral reading record and multiple choice questions for each book, cited references, and an answer key for the lesson
Integrate technology into literacy instruction and prepare students for a more technologically advanced world through Interactiv-eBooks provided in each Nonfiction Readers kit.
Enhance instruction through meaningful tools for interacting with the text. For assessing students' fluency and comprehension, teachers can use the Interactiv-eBooks to prompt questions within the text through digital sticky notes, as well as encourage students to record themselves reading with the record tool to practice fluent reading.
Interactiv-eBooks can be used in a group, paired, or individual setting. Interactiv-eBooks are available as a Single Classroom License in each Nonfiction Readers kit, but can be ordered as School Site Licenses as well.
Professional recordings of books and poems model fluent reading.
Encourage parents and families to extend their child's reading development and build literacy skills at home with the Parent Tips booklet provided digitally within each Nonfiction Readers kit.
Filled with tips to help develop reading skills at home, teachers can easily print and share the document with parents and caregivers to use with their children. In addition to informational texts found at home, digital versions of each book in the kit can also be printed and replicated for students to take home.