Lisa Colozza Cocca
1) Bar Graphs
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This colorful title introduces readers to bar graphs through multiple examples focused on the theme of a party. Readers can also complete activities and are given suggestions for further exploration of the topic.
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The boreal forest teems with wildlife during the short, mild summer. This changes quickly when fall arrives. Only the living things that have adapted to the region's freezing temperatures and frozen land can remain in the forest year-round. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how boreal beasts survive the harsh climate and how a few not only survive, but also thrive in the frozen forest. This NGSS-aligned series is packed with interesting...
3) Line Graphs
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Readers will discover line graphs through examples that include waiting to ride a roller coaster, recording sales at a lemonade stand, and counting clouds. Colorful graphs teach readers, while fun illustrations keep their attention. Activities help readers explore the topic further.
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Earth's four desert biomes – hot, semiarid, coastal, and cold – each have their own set of challenges for the living things within them. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how desert animals survive and thrive in the driest places on the planet. Photos, text, and sidebars describe how these animals adapt to the challenging climate of these regions. This NGSS-aligned series is packed with interesting facts and vivid photos that introduce...
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Life in the estuary is always changing. Ocean tides of salt water flow in and out of the estuary and mix with the fresh water that flows from rivers and streams. The animals that swim or wade in the waters or make the mudflats their homes must have physical or social adaptations that allow them to live in the salty mix. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how and why animals survive and thrive in these sheltered biomes. This NGSS-aligned...
6) Pie Graphs
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Using everyday examples such as pizza toppings, the playground, and flowers, this title introduces readers to the basics of pie graphs. Activities reinforce the concepts taught.
7) Pictographs
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Taking bar graphs in a different direction, this title shows readers how symbols can represent numbers. Readers will explore books in different ways, including the number read by many groups at one point in time, different types of books read, and books read by one group over several months. Readers are encouraged to make their own pictographs through activities.
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Deciduous forests around the world are home to a variety of animals. Animals that are part of the temperate deciduous forest biome must adapt to the conditions of all four seasons to survive. Animals that are part of the tropical and subtropical deciduous forest biomes must adapt to both the wet and dry seasons. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how deciduous beasts rise to the challenges of the climate in each biome. This NGSS-aligned...
9) Tally Charts
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This fun book uses examples familiar to readers to get them counting using tally charts. Topics include snacks, pets, and how readers and their classmates get to school. Activities encourage practicing making tally charts.
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Life in a pond is exciting. Birds, bugs, and shrews skitter across the surface. Turtles and fish zip along under the water's surface. Beavers, herons, and others make themselves at home by the pond's edge. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how these animals survive and thrive in freshwater pond biomes around the world.
This NGSS-aligned series is packed with interesting facts and vivid photos that introduce readers to a variety of...
11) Ocean Animals
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Most of Earth is covered by oceans and seas that are home to an amazing variety of animals. Some have adapted to life in the cold, dark aphotic zone. Others live in the disphotic zone where predators attack from above or below. Still others live in the top layer, the euphotic zone, where food is plentiful but competition for it is fierce. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how animals survive in saltwater biomes and the skies above...
12) Tundra Animals
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Tundra biomes have the harshest climates in the world. From the tiny Arctic bumblebee to the huge polar bear, every animal that lives in the Arctic or alpine tundra biome has adapted physically or socially to the harsh conditions. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how animals survive and thrive in the treeless tundra.
This NGSS-aligned series is packed with interesting facts and vivid photos that introduce readers to a variety of land...
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Grassland biomes are home to a wide variety of animals. Whether grazing on grasses, building communities underground, or sailing overhead, animals have adapted to the challenges found in both temperate and tropical grassland biomes. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how these animals survive in prairies, steppes, and savannas around the world. This NGSS-aligned series is packed with interesting facts and vivid photos that introduce...