Description
Book SynopsisFor teachers eager to integrate STEM into their school day,
Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons is an exciting development. This book’s 15 kid-friendly lessons convey how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics intersect in the real world. They embed reading-comprehension strategies that integrate the STEM subjects and English language arts through high-quality picture books. You’ll help your K–2 students engage in STEM activities while learning to read and reading to learn.
Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K–2 draws on diverse and attention-grabbing books such as
The Handiest Things in the World, The Day the Crayons Came Home, and
I Wanna Iguana. The lessons will lead your students to ask questions and define problems; obtain, evaluate, and communicate information; and engage in argument from evidence. Along the way, students invent a handy backpack, design their own process for recycling crayons, and build a model habitat for an imaginary pet. Through these lessons and activities, all young students, including reluctant scientists and struggling readers, will quickly find themselves absorbed in STEM-related discovery.
Along with these new lessons come the easy-to-use features that have made
Picture-Perfect a bestselling series for more than a dozen years:
- Fiction and nonfiction book pairs
- Background reading, materials lists, student pages, and assessments for each lesson
- Connections to science standards and the Common Core State Standards for both English language arts and mathematics.
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Picture-Perfect STEM is a powerful tool for guiding instruction. You’ll love how effective this book is, and your students will love learning about STEM.
Trade ReviewTeachers in our district have been fans of Picture-Perfect Science for years, and it’s made a huge impact on how they fit science into their school day. We are so excited to do more of the same with these Picture-Perfect STEM books!"" - Chris Gibler, elementary instructional coach, Blue Springs School District in Missouri
""This lively mix of picture books and engaging, standards-based STEM content will be a powerful tool to inspire STEM learning."" - Andrea Beaty, author of
Ada Twist, Scientist; Rosie Revere, Engineer; and
Iggy Peck, Architect
