What is fall weather like where you live? Is it cold or windy? Does it rain a lot? This book helps students observe and examine the world around them as the season changes from summer to fall. Engaging and informative, with clear imagery and captions, students learn to identify and describe contrasting aspects of fall weather.
November 1, 2016
PreS-Gr 2-These titles will encourage students to not only engage with the books but with the world around them as well. Stock photos accompany brief texts. Apples, Pumpkins, and Leaves consider concepts such as colors, shapes, and size. Harvests includes familiar crops-grapes and broccoli and more unusual ones, like canola and sorghum. Animals introduces topics such as adaptation, migration, and hibernation. Weather is the weakest of the lot, with no explanation of why seasonal changes occur. A simple glossary and index introduce the rudiments of nonfiction. Follow-up activities stress outdoor explorations, such as leaf gathering or animal observation, rather than research.
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July 1, 2017
This small volume gives kindergartners a level-appropriate amount of information about autumn weather. Well-chosen stock photos are paired with simple sentences that reinforce what readers may already know about autumn ("The temperature drops. The air is cooler") and provide potentially new tidbits or details about the season ("Days are shorter in the fall"). Glos., ind.
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