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Title: Why we Need the Sun
Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-02-286451-2
Comment:
Key Vocab.: vapor, water cycle, precipitation, evaporate,
vapor
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Title: Water, Water, Everywhere
Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-02-286456-3
Comment:
Key Vocab.: vapor, water cycle, precipitation, evaporation,
condensation, temperature, clouds
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Title: Earth's Water
Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-02-286499-7
Comment:
Key Vocab.: vapor, water cycle, precipitation, evaporation,
condensation, clouds
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Title: Amazing Water
Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-02-286655-8
Comment:
Key Vocab.: vapor, water cycle, precipitation, evaporation,
condensation, temperature. Clouds, water vapor
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Title: Air Pollution
Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-02-286503-9
Comment: goes beyond the core
Key Vocab.: atmosphere, environment
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Title: The Water Cycle
Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-02-286498-9
Comment:
Key Vocab.: vapor, water cycle, precipitation, evaporation,
condensation, temperature. clouds, water vapor, wetlands,
minerals
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Title: Snow on the Earth
Publisher: Lerner
ISBN:
Comment: adaptation of animals in the weather, erosion by
glaciers, solid context, small book, good text features
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Title: Rain and the Earth
Publisher: Lerner
ISBN:
Comment: adaptation of animals in the weather, erosion by
glaciers, solid context, small book
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Title: Wind and the Earth
Publisher: Lerner
ISBN:
Comment: adaptation of animals in the weather, erosion by
glaciers, solid context, small book
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Title: Amazing Water
Publisher: Newbridge
ISBN:
Comment: 3 states of water, big book, good for ESL and
very low readers, picture cards w/ activities
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Title: Water: Liquid, Solid, Gas
Publisher: Wright Group
ISBN: 0-322-01856-5
Comment: basics on the states of water, where water is on
Earth, lower level, good guided reading
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Title: Where Does Rain Come From
Publisher: Rosen
ISBN:
Comment: rich vocabulary, good coverage of objective,
teacher guide available
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Title: Weather and Climate
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN:
Comment: great pictures, good for forshared reading, read
aloud, or above grade level guided reading, research
resource
Reading
Level
Grade 6
Title: Weather Watching
Publisher: Wright Group
ISBN:
Comment: great for guided reading,teacher guide available
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Title: Water Can Change
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN: 0-7922-8959-5
Comment: great for lower level guided reading, teaching
notes
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Title: Wonders of Water
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN: 0-7922-4572-5
Comment: beautiful book, covers core and beyond, websites
adn other references
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Title: Rain
Publisher: Capstone Press
ISBN: 0-7922-8959-5
Comment: rain as it relates to plants and animals, websites
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Title: The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-590-40360-5
Comment: fun format with text boxes, could be a read aloud
Reading
Level
3rd Grade