What Kind of Weather? (Early Literacy) - Softcover

Rice, Dona Herweck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433314584 ISBN 13: 9781433314582

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials, 2009

Synopsis

What kind of weather do you see outside? Explore the skies with "What Kind of Weather?" - a vibrant nonfiction reader designed to teach young learners in Grades K-1 and ages 4-9 all about different types of weather. With vivid photos and simple, engaging text, this book introduces sun, rain, snow, clouds, and more while building early literacy and science skills. Ideal for classrooms or at-home learning, the book supports weather unit studies and promotes reading comprehension. Perfect for helping kids connect what they read to real-world observation and seasonal changes.

• Written for ages 4-9 and grade levels K-1
• Introduces types of weather using real-world images and simple text
• Supports Earth science instruction and early nonfiction reading skills
• Helps children build vocabulary and observational thinking
• Ideal for use in weather-themed lessons, reading centers, or parent-child reading time

About this title

About the Author

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Dona Herweck Rice is the prolific author of books, stories, and poems for children of all ages. She's written hundreds of books and more on just about every topic under the sun, from acrobats to zucchini and everything in between. She has also written award-winning books and curriculums for educators, especially on the subjects of writing and language arts. In fact, her first publications were a series for teachers on how to teach writing in the classroom. She spearheaded the development of Write TIME for Kids, which earned the Golden Lamp award for curriculum from the Association of American Publishers. Her writing is featured heavily in such acclaimed series as Focused Phonics, Untold Stories, Fiction Readers, Nonfiction Readers, Learn and Create, and more.

Dona's best-selling children's title with more than 13,000 copies is How Plants Grow, and her most recent titles include dozens of books for the Exploration Storytime series, two titles in the Curious Me!(TM) board book series, and Ride with Rampage in partnership with the Los Angeles Rams. When Dona visits classrooms to talk about being an author, the most requested titles include History's Mysteries, Bad Guys and Gals of the Wild West, and Oh, Rats!--the latter being one of Dona's particular favorites.

Dona is the creator of Cam E. Chameleon, the enchanting little reptile featured in her books The Adventures of Cam E. Chameleon and Cam and Sam's Colorful Adventure. Observant readers can also find Cam singing and dancing throughout the illustrated retelling of If You're Happy and You Know It.

Writing is Dona's passion, but she also loves reading, live theater, and handmade arts and crafts, with many artists and creatives in all mediums among her extended family. Dona was a preschool and middle school teacher and is an acting coach for all ages. She lives in southern California with her husband, son, and one cute, silly, and loveable little dog.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433314584
• ISBN 13: 9781433314582
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 16