Read and Understand Science: Grades 1-2

Read and Understand Science: Grades 1-2 presents stories that range from beginning 1st grade to beginning 3rd grade in readability. The stories for grades 1-2 are comprised of four half-pages. Students cut the pages and staple them together to create four-page mini books.

Topics presented include:

• Life Science: leaves, baby/parent resemblance, growth needs of plants, animal tracks, the sea otter, tadpole to frog, the five senses, skeleton
• Physical Science: sink and float, light, properties of materials, combining materials, states of matter, water vapor, water freezing, surface tension
• Earth & Space Science: the sun, air, erosion, gravity, Earth s rotation, composting
• Science & Technology: measuring temperature, machines, improving the function of a design

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.