Organisms and Environments
Children's Literature to Integrate into Organism and Environment Units
Title: What Does a Seed Need?
Author: Liz Goulet Dubois
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan
Year: 2011
ISBN 10: 0843199016
ISBN 13: 978-0843199017
Description: It's springtime and Mo is planting a seed in his garden. But seeds need a lot to grow: water, dirt, sunshine, and especially love! With novelty elements like pull-tabs and spinning wheels on every spread, kids are sure to love watching this particular seed bloom.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Students can have a classroom project by planning and conducting an investigation how organisms grow.
Author: Liz Goulet Dubois
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan
Year: 2011
ISBN 10: 0843199016
ISBN 13: 978-0843199017
Description: It's springtime and Mo is planting a seed in his garden. But seeds need a lot to grow: water, dirt, sunshine, and especially love! With novelty elements like pull-tabs and spinning wheels on every spread, kids are sure to love watching this particular seed bloom.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Students can have a classroom project by planning and conducting an investigation how organisms grow.
Title: The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degen
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Year: 1995
ISBN 10: 0590222961
ISBN 13: 978-0590222969
Description: Ms. Frizzle's class is growing a beautiful garden, but Phoebe's plot is empty. Her flowers are at her old school! So, the kids climb aboard the Magic School Bus. They go to Phoebe's old school to get some of her old flowers, but they end up actually going inside the flowers. Follow the kids' colorful adventure as they learn how living things grow.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10b, 2.10bc
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This book can be used during a read aloud to introduce and discuss how living things grow.
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degen
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Year: 1995
ISBN 10: 0590222961
ISBN 13: 978-0590222969
Description: Ms. Frizzle's class is growing a beautiful garden, but Phoebe's plot is empty. Her flowers are at her old school! So, the kids climb aboard the Magic School Bus. They go to Phoebe's old school to get some of her old flowers, but they end up actually going inside the flowers. Follow the kids' colorful adventure as they learn how living things grow.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10b, 2.10bc
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This book can be used during a read aloud to introduce and discuss how living things grow.
Title: From Seed to Plant
Author: Gail Gibbons
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Holiday House
Year: 1993
ISBN 10: 0823410250
ISBN 13: 978-0823410255
Description: Explores the intricate relationship between seeds and the plants which they produce.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10b, 2.10bc
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: From Seed to Plant can be used to read aloud to students to learn the relationship between seeds and the plants which they produce.
Title: Oh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants
Author: Bonnie Worth
Illustrator: Aristides Ruiz
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Year: 2001
ISBN 10: 0375810951
ISBN 13: 978-0375810954
Description: With the able assistance of Thing 1 and Thing 2 -- and a fleet of Rube Goldbergian vehicles -- the Cat in the Hat examines the various parts of plants, seeds, and flowers; basic photosynthesis and pollination; and seed dispersal.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10b, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Students can have a classroom project by planning and conducting an investigation how organisms grow.
Author: Bonnie Worth
Illustrator: Aristides Ruiz
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Year: 2001
ISBN 10: 0375810951
ISBN 13: 978-0375810954
Description: With the able assistance of Thing 1 and Thing 2 -- and a fleet of Rube Goldbergian vehicles -- the Cat in the Hat examines the various parts of plants, seeds, and flowers; basic photosynthesis and pollination; and seed dispersal.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10b, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Students can have a classroom project by planning and conducting an investigation how organisms grow.
Title: The Journey: Stories of Migration
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrator: Lambert Davis
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press
Year: 2006
ISBN 10: 0590307177
ISBN 13: 978-0590307178
Description: Join Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and illustrator Lambert Davis as they follow the majestic migrations of caribou, locusts, gray whales, terns, and more creatures who must travel to survive.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This is a wonderful book to use during a read aloud when covering the concept of migration. Students will learn about many creature that migrate.
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrator: Lambert Davis
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press
Year: 2006
ISBN 10: 0590307177
ISBN 13: 978-0590307178
Description: Join Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and illustrator Lambert Davis as they follow the majestic migrations of caribou, locusts, gray whales, terns, and more creatures who must travel to survive.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This is a wonderful book to use during a read aloud when covering the concept of migration. Students will learn about many creature that migrate.
Title: From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Author: Deborah Heiligman
Illustrator: Bari Weissman
Publisher: Harper Festival
Year: 2008
ISBN 10: 006111975X
ISBN 13: 978-0061119750
Description: It seems to have disappeared, but it hasn't. It has turned into a butterfly! From the time a caterpillar first hatches, it eats so fast that its skin can't keep up. It sheds its skin several times as it grows bigger and bigger. Eventually it forms a shell around itself called a chrysalis. Nothing seems to happen for a long time. But then one day the chrysalis splits open, and a beautiful butterfly emerges. What a magical metamorphosis!
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Great to use when teaching the life cycle of a butterfly.
Author: Deborah Heiligman
Illustrator: Bari Weissman
Publisher: Harper Festival
Year: 2008
ISBN 10: 006111975X
ISBN 13: 978-0061119750
Description: It seems to have disappeared, but it hasn't. It has turned into a butterfly! From the time a caterpillar first hatches, it eats so fast that its skin can't keep up. It sheds its skin several times as it grows bigger and bigger. Eventually it forms a shell around itself called a chrysalis. Nothing seems to happen for a long time. But then one day the chrysalis splits open, and a beautiful butterfly emerges. What a magical metamorphosis!
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Great to use when teaching the life cycle of a butterfly.
Title: Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard
Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Illustrator: Priscilla Lamont
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Year: 2012
ISBN 10: 0517709902
ISBN 13: 978-0517709900
Description: Alice's family plants a vegetable garden each spring, and this budding naturalist reports all she sees about how the plants grow, what insects come to eat the plants, and what birds and animals come to eat the insects. It's the food chain, right in her own backyard!
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9c,
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Can be used as a read aloud and to prompt discussion of the food chain in a garden. If the class has a garden the students can explore the garden and look for signs of the food chain in the garden.
Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Illustrator: Priscilla Lamont
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Year: 2012
ISBN 10: 0517709902
ISBN 13: 978-0517709900
Description: Alice's family plants a vegetable garden each spring, and this budding naturalist reports all she sees about how the plants grow, what insects come to eat the plants, and what birds and animals come to eat the insects. It's the food chain, right in her own backyard!
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9c,
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Can be used as a read aloud and to prompt discussion of the food chain in a garden. If the class has a garden the students can explore the garden and look for signs of the food chain in the garden.
Title: Lake and Pond Food Webs
Author: Paul Fleisher
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Lerner Publication
Year: 2007
ISBN 10: 0822579901
ISBN 13: 978-0822579908
Description: Readers find out how the channel catfish, the yellow pond lily, the pond snail, and the common snapping turtle each play their own unique role in the lake and pond biome.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9c,
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Can be used as a read aloud and to prompt discussion of the food chain in a lake and pond. Students can work as a group and create food chain webs to display.
Author: Paul Fleisher
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Lerner Publication
Year: 2007
ISBN 10: 0822579901
ISBN 13: 978-0822579908
Description: Readers find out how the channel catfish, the yellow pond lily, the pond snail, and the common snapping turtle each play their own unique role in the lake and pond biome.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9c,
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Can be used as a read aloud and to prompt discussion of the food chain in a lake and pond. Students can work as a group and create food chain webs to display.
Title: Forest Food Chains
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Co.
Year: 2004
ISBN 10: 0778719898
ISBN 13: 978-0778719892
Description: Describes the interaction of predators, prey, plants, and non-living elements that make up the food chain in forests, and touches on what happens to the food chain when the balance of nature is upset.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9c,
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Ideas for the classroom: Can be used as a read aloud and to prompt discussion of the food chain in the forest. Students can work as a group and create food chain webs to display.
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Co.
Year: 2004
ISBN 10: 0778719898
ISBN 13: 978-0778719892
Description: Describes the interaction of predators, prey, plants, and non-living elements that make up the food chain in forests, and touches on what happens to the food chain when the balance of nature is upset.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9c,
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Ideas for the classroom: Can be used as a read aloud and to prompt discussion of the food chain in the forest. Students can work as a group and create food chain webs to display.
Title: Why Do Elephants Need the Sun?
Author: Robert E. Wells
Illustrator: Robert E. Wells
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Year: 2012
ISBN 10: 0807590827
ISBN 13:
Description: There are trillions of stars in the universe, but we rely on our sun to provide (or contribute to) most of what we need to survive and thrive: heat, light, plants, animals, wind, and water. Complete with fun, cartoon illustrations, this book give kids plenty of information about our sun in an easy-to-read and digest format. By focusing on the needs of an elephant, Wells makes clear just how important the sun is to life on Earth.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b,
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Students can learn the importance of the sun to provide what we need to survive. Students can write a story and illustrate the importance of sun in their lives.
Author: Robert E. Wells
Illustrator: Robert E. Wells
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Year: 2012
ISBN 10: 0807590827
ISBN 13:
Description: There are trillions of stars in the universe, but we rely on our sun to provide (or contribute to) most of what we need to survive and thrive: heat, light, plants, animals, wind, and water. Complete with fun, cartoon illustrations, this book give kids plenty of information about our sun in an easy-to-read and digest format. By focusing on the needs of an elephant, Wells makes clear just how important the sun is to life on Earth.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b,
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Students can learn the importance of the sun to provide what we need to survive. Students can write a story and illustrate the importance of sun in their lives.
Title: Animal Needs (Investigate)
Author: Sue Barraclough
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree
Year: 2008
ISBN 10: 1432914030
ISBN 13: 978-1432914035
Description: How do fish breathe? Why do giraffes have long necks? Why do tortoises have hard shells? 'Investigate' encourages science inquiry with an interactive, investigative, and visual approach to a wide range of core curriculum topics. The format allows students to use scientific processes such as prediction, hypothesis, and inference in answering a series of questions on important topics throughout the book.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10a
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This book is great to use in because it encourages science inquiry in the classroom. Use for a read aloud and have a science inquiry discussion about animal needs.
Author: Sue Barraclough
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree
Year: 2008
ISBN 10: 1432914030
ISBN 13: 978-1432914035
Description: How do fish breathe? Why do giraffes have long necks? Why do tortoises have hard shells? 'Investigate' encourages science inquiry with an interactive, investigative, and visual approach to a wide range of core curriculum topics. The format allows students to use scientific processes such as prediction, hypothesis, and inference in answering a series of questions on important topics throughout the book.
TEKS:
Science: 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.10a
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This book is great to use in because it encourages science inquiry in the classroom. Use for a read aloud and have a science inquiry discussion about animal needs.
Title: Animals in Fall
Author: Martha E. Rustad
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Capstone Press
Year: 2007
ISBN 10: 1429600225
ISBN 13: 978-1429600224
Description: In fall, animals are busy getting ready for winter. See how hard they work to make sure they have enough food and shelter for the cold winter ahead.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.9c, 2.10a
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This book discusses how animals get ready for winter.
Title: Animals in Winter
Author: Martha E. H. Rustad
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Capstone Press
Year: 2008
ISBN 10: 1429622008
ISBN 13: 978-1429622004
Description: Snow falls, animals hibernate, and people bundle up, its winter! Check out all the changes that come with longer nights and colder temperatures.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.9c, 2.10a, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This book can be a great discussion starter about what animals do in the winter.
Author: Martha E. H. Rustad
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Capstone Press
Year: 2008
ISBN 10: 1429622008
ISBN 13: 978-1429622004
Description: Snow falls, animals hibernate, and people bundle up, its winter! Check out all the changes that come with longer nights and colder temperatures.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.9c, 2.10a, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: This book can be a great discussion starter about what animals do in the winter.
Title: Polar Animal Adaptations
Author: Lisa Jo Amstutz
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Capstone Press
Year: 2011
ISBN 10: 1429670312
ISBN 13: 978-1429670319
Description: Polar animals special features help them survive in the blustery cold of their snowy homes. Read all about the amazing adaptations of polar animals.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.9c, 2.10a, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Students can learn the different types of polar animal and create a poster about their given animal and present it to the class.
Author: Lisa Jo Amstutz
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Capstone Press
Year: 2011
ISBN 10: 1429670312
ISBN 13: 978-1429670319
Description: Polar animals special features help them survive in the blustery cold of their snowy homes. Read all about the amazing adaptations of polar animals.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.9c, 2.10a, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: Students can learn the different types of polar animal and create a poster about their given animal and present it to the class.
Title: Hibernation (Patterns in Nature series)
Author: Margaret Hall
Illustrator: --
Publisher: Capstone Press
Year: 2008
ISBN 10: 0736896163
ISBN 13: 978-0736896160
Description: Simple text and photographs introduce hibernation and how some animals prepare for and experience hibernation each year.
TEKS:
Science 2.9a, 2.9b, 2.9c, 2.10a, 2.10c
ELA 2.1, 2.3a, 2.3b, 2.3c, 2.10, 2.14a, 2.14b, 2.14c, 2.28a, 2.28b
Ideas for the classroom: After reading aloud and discussing hibernation, students can create a cave or den out of boxes, students can create animals from construction paper that hibernate and decorate the cave or den.
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