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The Outer Edge Cool Science

1st Edition

0078690536 · 9780078690532

By N/A McGraw Hill

Energize low-level readers with our seriesbased on amazing, true storiesLower readability series joins the Wild Side/Critical Reading familyEmphasis is on reading nonfictionCritical thinking questions prepare students for state and national testsThe … Read More

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Sample Lesson: Seeing for the First Time

Unit 1

1. Secret Lives of Animals

2. The Robot That Eats Cars

3. A Gun That Saves Lives

4. A Helping Hand

Unit 2

5. How Fast is Too Fast?

6. A Police Officer’s Best Friend

7. Journey to Saturn

8. Lost and Found

Unit 3

9. Fly Me to the Moon

10. Can Electricity Make You Sick?

11. High-Tech Hikers

12. Separate Lives

Energize low-level readers with our seriesbased on amazing, true stories

Lower readability series joins the Wild Side/Critical Reading family
Emphasis is on reading nonfiction
Critical thinking questions prepare students for state and national tests

The Outer Edge builds on the success of Jamestown’s popular Wild Side andCritical Reading series, enticing struggling readers with amazing, strange, andunbelievable nonfiction, now at a lower reading level. Comprehensionquestions reinforce literal understanding, while critical thinking questionsencourage students to speculate about author’s purpose, make inferences,identify cause and effect, support conclusions, and make predictions. Best ofall, this program is designed to reinforce state reading standards for your moststruggling readers.

Reading Level 2-4
Interest Level 6-12