5 7 the solar system (earth sciences)

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 5.b Students know the solar system includes the planet Earth, the Moon, the Sun, eight other planets and their satellites, and smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets Standard Set Earth Sciences The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths As a basis for understanding this concept: 5.c Students know the path of a planet around the Sun is due to the gravitational attraction between the Sun and the planet 5.a Students know the Sun, an average star, is the central and largest body in the solar system and is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium by Martin E Lee Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Make Inferences Text Features • • • • Captions Diagrams Tables Glossary Science Content Solar System Scott Foresman Science 5.7 ISBN 0-328-23471-0 ì