Synopsis: Keena Ford chronicles her many mishaps as she begins second grade.

Synopsis: Differentiate text for: Approaching-one grade below, On-Level-at grade level Beyond- one grade above, ELL-English Language Learners. Each reader features a main selection accompanied by a paired piece with the same theme. Nonfiction titles are differentiated in readability but identical in design. Excite students with myths, legends, folktales, informational texts, and many more genres.

Synopsis: Henry Ford didn't invent the car, but he pioneered the mass production system that made cars affordable for many people.

Synopsis: Differentiate text for: Approaching-one grade below, On-Level-at grade level Beyond- one grade above, ELL-English Language Learners. Each reader features a main selection accompanied by a paired piece with the same theme. Nonfiction titles are differentiated in readability but identical in design. Excite students with myths, legends, folktales, informational texts, and many more genres.

Synopsis: Literacy focus: vocabulary, initial digraphs and blends, long vowel sounds, vowel digraphs, contractions, relating to personal experience, gathering ideas from text. Science focus: looks at the moon and the stars that you can see in the sky.

Synopsis: Differentiate text for: Approaching-one grade below, On-Level-at grade level Beyond- one grade above, ELL-English Language Learners. Each reader features a main selection accompanied by a paired piece with the same theme. Nonfiction titles are differentiated in readability but identical in design. Excite students with myths, legends, folktales, informational texts, and many more genres.

Synopsis: A temperature can be hot or cold, and can be measured by a thermometer. Use Fahrenheit or Celsius to take the temperature of items.

Synopsis: A group of mice have fun as they go about their preparations for Christmas.

Synopsis: Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to start a unique book company while he is still a child.

Synopsis: Allow students to begin reading about the objects and experiences they encounter every day as they move around their neighborhood - everything from street signs to shadows, rain, and ice storms

Synopsis: Describes each stage in the development of the bullfrog: egg, tadpole, metamorphosis, and adult. Also includes brief discussions of its habits and habitat.

Synopsis: Literacy focus: vocabulary, letters, punctuation, identifying the book. Science focus: introduces parts of a tree.

Synopsis: A Case That's Tougher To Crack Than An Oyster Shell. Everybody loves Mr. Roper. He gives kids free candy or ice cream when their parents shop at his grocery store. So when he's accused of selling stolen oysters, Mr. Merlin's Third-Grade Detectives don't believe it. But can they prove it? Mr. Merlin's secret codes have the Detectives looking for clues at the beach, at rival oyster farms, and even in a garbage truck -- yuck! It turns out pearls…