Gail Saunders-Smith

Offers teachers mini-lessons, activities, assessment tools, and tips for teaching students the five non-fiction text structures to aid their comprehension and response skills. Includes examples, photographs, student samples, a glossary, book lists, and graphic organizers.

Photographs and simple text introduce the features of the moon, Earth's only natural satellite.

Simple text and photographs describe the process of getting apples from the tree to trucks that are used to ship them everywhere.

Simple text and photographs present the different types and colors of leaves found in the Northern Hemisphere in autumn.

Describes and illustrates various activities of koalas and their joeys.

In simple text and photographs, describes a number of different cars, including toy cars, model cars, and old cars.

Simple text and photographs depict a trip to a supermarket, covering the workers and the areas inside.

Simple text and photographs introduce the reader to many types of boats and ships, including canoes, paddle wheels, and aircraft carriers.

Simple text and photographs present the behavior changes of animals as winter approaches, such as growing thicker fur, migrating, and hibernating.

Simple text and photographs describe the growth of an apple from blossom to ripe fruit.