Research has shown that students’ ability to comprehend content area text is critical to their success on standardized tests, to their future education, and beyond. Scholastic’s new North Carolina Science and Reading Kits for elementary classrooms bring together high-quality trade books and instructional support to boost students’ reading skills and science knowledge.

North Carolina Science and Reading Kits will help K-5 teachers:

• Maximize instructional time by connecting science and reading in a meaningful way.
• Increase all students’ knowledge of grade-level science skills through leveled, nonfiction trade books.
• Expand classroom libraries by adding more nonfiction and leveled books for instructional and independent reading opportunities.
• Enrich science programs and kits currently used in the classroom with high-quality leveled books and instructional plans.

The Only Science and Reading Program Developed by North Carolina Teachers for North Carolina Classrooms!

A select group of North Carolina teachers reviewed hundreds of books before choosing the guided reading, shared reading, and read-aloud titles for each grade. Each title and collection was carefully evaluated based on the following questions:

• Are all books age appropriate and engaging for the intended learner?
• Does the content of each book address at least one North Carolina Science Standard?
• Can each book support at least one North Carolina Language Arts Standard?
• Does each grade-level collection include books at a variety of levels?

For more information on North Carolina Science and Reading Kits please download our Preview Sample for Grades K–5 (PDF)

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