Flying Frogs And Walking Fish

Author : Steve Jenkins,Robin Page
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780544866867

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Flying Frogs And Walking Fish by Steve Jenkins,Robin Page Pdf

A red-lipped batfish waddles across the sea floor on its fins, searching for small sea creatures to eat. Other animals may fly or glide, or jet-propel themselves to get around. These creatures come equipped with legs, wings, or tentacles, and they often move from place to place in surprising ways. In the latest eye-catching escape into the kingdom of Animalia, Caldecott Honor-winning team Jenkins and Page show how animals roll, fly, walk, leap, climb, swim and even flip! This fascinating and fun illustrated nonfiction melds science, art, biology, and the environment together in a detailed and well-researched book about how animals move in our world today.

Author : Robin Page
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1300841213

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Flying Frogs and Walking Fish by Robin Page Pdf

A red-lipped batfish waddles across the sea floor on its fins, searching for small sea creatures to eat. Other animals may fly or glide, or jet-propel themselves to get around. These creatures come equipped with legs, wings, or tentacles, and they often move from place to place in surprising ways. In the latest eye-catching escape into the kingdom of Animalia, Caldecott Honor-winning team Jenkins and Page show how animals roll, fly, walk, leap, climb, swim and even flip! This fascinating and fun illustrated nonfiction melds science, art, biology, and the environment together in a detailed and well-researched book about how animals move in our world today.

Author : Melissa Stewart,Marlene Correia
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003842446

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5 Kinds of Nonfiction by Melissa Stewart,Marlene Correia Pdf

Once upon a time...children's nonfiction books were stodgy, concise, and not very kid friendly. Most were text heavy, with just a few scattered images decorating the content and meaning, rather than enhancing it. Over the last 20 years, children's nonfiction has evolved into a new breed of visually dynamic and engaging texts.In 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children's Books , Melissa Stewart and Dr. Marlene Correia present a new way to sort nonfiction into five major categories and show how doing so can help teachers and librarians build stronger readers and writers. Along the way, they: Introduce the 5 kinds of nonfiction: Active, Browseable, Traditional, Expository Literature, and Narrative -;and explore each category through discussions, classroom examples, and insights from leading children's book authorsOffer tips for building strong, diverse classroom texts and library collectionsProvide more than 20 activities to enhance literacy instructionInclude innovative strategies for sharing and celebrating nonfiction with students.With more than 150 exemplary nonfiction book recommendations and Stewart and Correia's extensive knowledge of literacy instruction, 5 Kinds of Nonfiction will elevate your understanding of nonfiction in ways that speak specifically to the info-kids in your classrooms, but will inspire all readers and writers.

Author : Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1657 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440834356

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A to Zoo by Rebecca L. Thomas Pdf

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Author : Tessa Miller
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684521258

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Flippers & Fins: Technology Inspried by Animals by Tessa Miller Pdf

The ocean is a dark and mysterious place, full of fascinating creatures. Scientists continue to discover new things about these animals and the amazing abilities that allow them to thrive deep underwater. In Animal Tech: Flippers & Fins, readers will learn about six life-changing pieces of technology that have come from the study of underwater animals—from squid-inspired computer parts to tsunami sensors modeled after dolphin calls. By exploring the stories of inspiration and study that have led to these innovations, students will expand their learning of biology, engineering, and other STEM fields.

Author : Liz Knowles,Martha Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216055419

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Boost Your STEAM Program with Great Literature and Activities by Liz Knowles,Martha Smith Pdf

You've created a STEAM program in your library, but how do you work literacy into the curriculum? With this collection of resource recommendations, direction for program development, and activities, you'll have students reading proficiently in no time. Many schools and libraries are implementing STEAM programs in the school library makerspace to promote problem solving by allowing students to create their own solutions to a problem through trial and error. In order to enhance literacy development in the STEAM program, however, they need resources for integrating literature into the curriculum. In this collection of resources for doing just that, veteran education professionals and practiced coauthors Liz Knowles and Martha Smith bring readers over eight hundred recommended and annotated books and web resources, selected based on research on successfully integrating STEAM and literacy programs and organized by the five STEAM areas. Titles are complemented by discussion questions and problem-solving activities that will aid educators in both adding and using the best literature to their STEAM programs for encouraging learning. In addition to promoting literacy, these resources will help to develop creativity, lateral thinking skills, and confidence in students.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781515849490

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by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Dahl
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781515859024

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Locomotion! by Michael Dahl Pdf

How many ways do we move around? Explore five different kinds of Creative Movement in Locomotion! March, Hop, Skip, Gallop, Run.

Author : Vivian Yenika-Agbaw,Ruth McKoy Lowery,Laura Anne Hudock,Paul H. Ricks
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781475843439

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Exploring Nonfiction Literacies by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw,Ruth McKoy Lowery,Laura Anne Hudock,Paul H. Ricks Pdf

This book recognizes nonfiction text as a staple part of the literacy curriculum and advocates that educators include it in their daily practices. It offers innovative ideas on how these texts can be used to nurture literacy acquisition, growth, and fluency in and out of the classroom.

Author : Linda Zajac
Publisher : Millbrook Press TM
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728423005

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Robo-Motion by Linda Zajac Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a . . . robo-hummingbird? Meet robots engineered using biomimicry that are built to move like animals. These robots are changing the way we live today and shaping the way we'll live in the future. On spreads pairing photos of robots with the animals they mimic, you'll discover robots that race through water like fish, run like cheetahs, jump like a kangaroo, swarm through the sky like honeybees, and more!

Author : Emily James
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781496634665

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Do Goldfish Fly? by Emily James Pdf

Do goldfish fly? Find the answer to this and much more in this book all about how animals move.

Author : Steve Jenkins,Robin Page
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780544935396

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Who Am I? by Steve Jenkins,Robin Page Pdf

Readers are given clues about an animal's characteristics and must use them to guess the identity of the creature.

Author : Michelle Knudsen
Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fishes
ISBN : PSU:000058540367

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Fish and Frog by Michelle Knudsen Pdf

Fish swims around, finds a mirror, and plays games with Frog.

Author : Steve Jenkins,Robin Page
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780618646371

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Move! by Steve Jenkins,Robin Page Pdf

Learn about how different animals move.

Author : Steve Jenkins
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781328809995

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Apex Predators by Steve Jenkins Pdf

What does it take to be the “top dog”? In his latest book, the award-winning author and illustrator Steve Jenkins introduces readers to apex predators—the animals that are at the top of their food chains and have no natural enemies. Using his signature art style, Jenkins illustrates how these animals dominate their different ecosystems using speed, strength, and even cooperation and cunning. Take a trip through history and discover apex predators both past and present, from the earliest sea creatures to the modern African lion and giant freshwater ray, which can grow to over fifteen feet.