BEYOND THE BACKYARD THEME UNIT SPAN SET

Grades: K - 5
Step into the mountains, jungle, grasslands, tundra, ocean, and desert with clear, simple text and large colorful photographs of each habitat. Questions about each region, a glossary, and index will engage young, nonfiction readers! Set is composed of 1 big book and 6 student matching student books. The left hand pages feature a heading, a photo, and a open-ended question to facilitate oral language development. Each right hand page features text with content words, academic words and expansive words. Each book includes a glossary, index, inside front cover prediction question and inside back cover prediction validation. 16 pages each. GRL: L - M.­