California Leveled Science Readers (Grade 5) Content leveled readers teach science concepts, vocabulary, and reading skills – at each student’s reading level – and allow students to read and explore the wonders of nonfiction. Leveled science readers deliver science content to help address the individual needs of all students. They reinforce reading skills and strategies while promoting science understanding. Each grade 5 science reader is a richly illustrated, selfcontained little book with 10 to 14 double pages. BELOW 5.1 Building Blocks of Matter (Physical Sciences) 5.2 Changes in Matter (Physical Sciences) 5.3 Basic Structures of Organisms (Life Sciences) 5.4 MISSING 5.5 Water on Earth (Earth Sciences) 5.6 Weather (Earth Sciences) 5.7 The Solar System (Earth Sciences) ON 5.1 Understanding Matter (Physical Sciences) 5.2 How Matter Changes (Physical Sciences) 5.3 The Building Blocks of Organisms (Life Sciences) 5.4 Systems of the Human Body (Life Sciences) 5.5 Earths Hydrosphere (Earth Sciences) 5.6 How Weather Works (Earth Sciences) 5.7 Earths Solar System (Earth Sciences) ADVANCED 5.1 Atoms (Physical Sciences) 5.2 Acids and Bases at Work (Physical Sciences) 5.3 MISSING 5.4 MISSING 5.5 MISSING 5.6 Hurricanes (Earth Sciences) 5.7 The Red Planet (Earth Sciences)
Earth Sciences Standards Preview Standard Set Earth Sciences Water on Earth moves between the oceans and land through the processes of evaporation and condensation As a basis for understanding this concept: 3.a Students know most of Earth’s water is present as salt water in the oceans, which cover most of Earth’s surface 3.b Students know when liquid water evaporates, it turns into water vapor in the air and can reappear as a liquid when cooled or as a solid if cooled below the freezing point of water Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Main Idea and Details • • • • 3.c Students know water vapor in the air moves from one place to another and can form fog or clouds, which are tiny droplets of water or ice, and can fall to Earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow 3.d Students know that the amount of fresh water located in rivers, lakes, underground sources, and glaciers is limited and that its availability can be extended by recycling and decreasing the use of water 3.e Students know the origin of water used by their local communities Text Features Captions Labels Diagrams Glossary Science Content Water on Earth Scott Foresman Science 5.5 ISBN 0-328-23464-8 ì