Reading Wonders Series
Correlations to the
Elementary Science
Curriculum
By Grade Level
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Kindergarten
3
1st Grade
5
2nd Grade
7
3rd Grade
9
4th Grade
11
5th Grade
13
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Kindergarten Correlations
All Stories in Bold are in the Literature Big Book
UNIT
Unit 1, Week 2
THEME/STORY
Get Up and Go-Pouch
Baby Animals on the Move
SCIENCE STANDARDS
SC.K.L.14.3-Characteristics of Animals
(Q3)
Unit 1, Week 3
Use Your Senses-Senses at the Seashore
Sam Can See
I Can See
SC.K.L.14.1-Five Senses and Related Body
Parts
(Q1)
Unit 2, Week 2
Shapes All Around Us-Shapes All Around
Find the Shapes
Unit 2, Week 3
World of Bugs-I Love Bugs
Bugs All Around
SC.K.P.8.1-Sort objects by Observable
Properties
(Q1)
SC.K.L.14.3-Characteristics of Animals
(Q3)
Unit 3, Week 2
Sounds-Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep!
Sounds are Everywhere
Unit 5, Week 1
How Does Your Garden GrowMy Garden
Trees-A Grand Old Tree, From Seed to
Tree
Unit 5, Week 2
Unit 5, Week 3
Fresh from the FarmAn Orange in January
Farmers Market
Unit 6, Week 1
Four Seasons
Mama, is it Summer Yet?
SC.K.P.10.1-Sound
SC.K.L.14.1-Five Senses Related to Body
Parts
(Q1)
SC.K.L.14.3-Characterics of Plants
(Q3)
SC.K.L.14.3-Characterics of Plants, Plant and
Animal Comparisons
(Q3)
SC.K.L.14.2-Animal and Plant Portrayals
(Q3)
SC.K.E.5.2-Repeating Patterns
SC.1.E.5.4 Identify the beneficial and
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Is it Hot?
harmful properties of the sun.
SC.1.E.6.2 Describe the need for water and
how to be safe around water
(Q4)
Unit 6, Week 2
What’s the WeatherRain, Rain
Cloud Watch
Unit 6, Week 3
Stormy WeatherWaiting Out the Storm
Be Safe in Bad Weather
Unit 7, Week 1
Animals-ZooBorns!
A Pup and a Cub
SC.K.E.5.2-Repeating Patterns
SC.1.E.5.4 Identify the beneficial and
harmful properties of the sun.
(Q4)
SC.1.E.6.2 Describe the need for water and
how to be safe around water
SC.K.E.5.2-Repeating Patterns
SC.1.E.5.4 Identify the beneficial and
harmful properties of the sun.
SC.1.E.6.2 Describe the need for water and
how to be safe around water
(Q4)
SC.K.L.14.3-Characteristics of Animals
SC.K.L.14.2-Animal and Plant Portrayals
Unit 7, Week 2
Animals-The Birthday Pet
The Perfect Pet
SC.K.L.14.3-Characteristics of Animals
SC.K.L.14.2-Animal and Plant Portrayals
Unit 7, Week 3
Animals-Bear Snores On
Animal Homes
A Vet in a Van
SC.K.L.14.3-Plant and Animal Comparisons
SC.K.L.14.2-Animal and Plant Portrayals
Unit 8, Week 3
Look to the Sky-Bringing Down the Moon
Day and Night Sky
Up! Up! Up!
Unit 10, Week 2
Sort It Out-All Kinds of Families
Good for You
We Come on Time
SC.K.E.5.5-Big and Small Objects in the Sky
SC.K.E.5.6-Objects Near or Far in the Sky
SC.K.E.5.4-Day and Night Sky
(Q4)
SC.K.P.8.1-Sort Objects by Observable
Properties
SC.K.E.5.2-Repeating Patterns
(Q1)
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Grade 1 Correlations
All Stories in Bold are in the Anthology
UNIT
Unit 2, Week 3
THEME/STORY
Babies in the Bayou
The Best Spot
At a Pond
Way Down Deep
SCIENCE STANDARDS
SC.1.L.17.1 Plants and Animals interact and
depend on each other and the environment
for basic needs
(Q4)
Unit 3, Week 2
Time to Plant
The Big Yucca Plant
How Plants Grow
Unit 4, Week 1
A Tale of a Tail
Bow Bat Got Its Wings
Bats! Bats! Bats! (CER)
Unit 4, Week 2
A Team of Fish
Animal Teams
Busy as a Bee
SC.1.L.14.1-Use the 5 senses to observe
living things and their environments
SC.1.L.14.2-Identify plant structures
(Q3)
SC.1.L.16.1-Make observations that plants
and animals closely resemble their parents,
but variations exist among individuals
within a population
(Q3)
SC.1.L.14.1-Use the 5 senses to observe
living things and their environments
(Q3)
Unit 4, Week 3
Go Wild
Vulture View
When It’s Snowing
SC.1.L.14.1-Use the 5 senses to observe
living things and their environments
(Q3)
Unit 4, Week 4
Creep Low, Fly High
Hi Fly Guy!
Meet the Insects
SC.1.L.14.1-Use the 5 senses to observe
living things and their environments
(Q3)
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Unit 4, Week 5
From Puppy to Guide Dog
Koko and Penny
Saving Mountain Gorillas
SC.1.L.14.1-Use the 5 senses to observe
living things and their environments
(Q3)
Unit 5, Week 1
A Barn Full of Hats
A Lost Button
Sort It Out
SC.1.P.8.1-Sort matter by observable
properties
(Q1)
Unit 5, Week 2
A Bird Named Fern
Kitten’s First Full Moon
The Moon
Unit 5, Week 4
Now, What’s that Sound?
Whistle for Willie
Shake! Strike! Strum!
Unit 6, Week 3
Wrapped in Ice
Rain School
Rainy Weather
SC.1.E.5.1-Observe and discuss the vast
number of stars scattered unevenly in the
sky
SC.1.E.5.3-Investigate magnifiers and their
uses
(Q2)
SC.1.L.14.1-Use the 5 senses to observe
living things and their environments
SC.K.P.10.1-Sound
(Q3)
SC.1.E.6.2-Water on Earth
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Grade 2 Correlations
All Stories in Bold are in the Anthology
UNIT
Unit 1, Week 4
THEME/STORY
Taking Care of Pepper
Lola and Tiva: An Unlikely Friendship
Animal Needs
SCIENCE STANDARDS
SC.2.L.17.1-Compare and contrast basic
needs of living things for survival
(Q3)
Unit 2, Week 1
A Visit to the Desert
Sled Dogs Run
Cold Dog, Hot Fox
SC.2.L.17.2-Recognize and explain that
habitats must provide basic needs
(Q3)
Unit 2, Week 3
A Prairie Guard Dog
Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!
At Home in the River
SC.2.L.17.2-Recognize and explain that
habitats must provide basic needs
(Q3)
Unit 2, Week 4
Eagles and Eaglets
Baby Bears
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
SC.2.L.16.1-Major stages of live cycles in
plants and animals
SC.1.L.16.1-Plants and animals resemble
their parents
(Q3)
Unit 3, Week 1
Magnets Work!
If I Fall Down
Move It
SC.2.P.13.3-Effects of gravity
SC.2.P.13.2-How magnets work
(Q2)
Unit 3, Week 2
Starry Night
Mr. Putter and Tabby See Stars
Day and Night
SC.1.E.5.1-Observe and discuss the vast
numbers of stars in the sky
(Q2)
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Unit 3, Week 3
Lightning Lives
SC.2.P.10.1-Uses of Electricity and other
forms of energy
(Q2)
SC.2.E.7.1-Compare and describe changing
patterns in nature
SC.2.E.7.5-Preparing for severe weather
(Q4)
SC.2.L.17.2-Recognize and explain that
habitats must provide basic needs
Unit 3, Week 4
Tornado!
Wild Weather
Can You Predict the Weather?
Unit 4, Week 1
Alaska, a Special Place
Rain Forests
African Savannas
Unit 4, Week 2
Into the Sea
Volcanoes
To the Rescue
SC.2.L.17.1-Compare and contrast basic
needs of living things for survival
Unit 4, Week 5
Snow Shape
April Rain Song
Helicopters
Windy Tree
SC.2.E.7.4-Air and Wind
SC.2.E.7.1-Compare and describe changing
patterns in nature
(Q4)
Unit 5, Week 4
The Woodcutter’s Gift
Earth’s Resources
SC.2.E.6.2-How soil forms
Unit 6, Week 1
Why Fir Tree Keeps His Leaves
The Golden Flower
Pumpkin Plant
SC.2.L.17.1-Compare and contrast basic
needs of living things for survival
(Q3)
Unit 6, Week 2
Pedal Power
My Light
The Power of Water
SC.2.P.10.1-Uses of electricity and other
forms of energy
SC.2.P.13.1-Effects of pushes and pulls on
objects
(Q2)
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Grade 3 Correlations
All Stories in Bold are in the Anthology
UNIT
Unit 2, Week 4
THEME/STORY
Kids to the Rescue
Whooping Cranes in Danger
Help the Manatees
Unit 3, Week 1
Inchworm’s Tale
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Get a Backbone!
Unit 3, Week 3
Earth and Its Neighbors
Earth
Coyote and the Jar of Stars
Unit 3, Week 4
Bats Did It First
Big Ideas from Nature
Perdix Invents the Saw
Unit 4, Week 3
Grey Wolf! Red Fox! (CER)
Amazing Wildlife on the Mojave
Little Half Chick
Unit 4, Week 4
Firsts in Flight
Hot Air Balloons
SCIENCE STANDARDS
SC.2.L.17.1-Compare and contrast basic
needs of living things for survival
SC.2.L.17.2-Recognize and explain that
habitats must provide basic needs
SC.3.L.15.1-Animal Classification
(Q3)
SC.3.E.5.3-Sun appears large and bright
because it’s Earth’s closest star
SC.3.E.5.1-Stars size and appearance
(Q3)
SC.3.L.15.1-Animal Classification
SC.2.L.17.1-Compare and contrast basic
needs of living things for survival
SC.1.L.17.1-Plants and animal interact and
depend on each other and the environment
(Q3)
SC.3.L.17.1-Plant and animal response to
seasons
SC.2.L.17.2-Recognize and explain that
habitats must provide basic needs
(Q4)
SC.3.E.5.4-Gravity is a force
SC.2.P.13.3-Effects of gravity
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Bellerophon and Pegasus
(Q3)
Unit 5, Week 5
Here Comes Solar Power
It’s All in the Wind
Power for All
Unit 6, Week 2
The Big Blizzard
Nora’s Ark
The Wind and the Sun
SC.3.P.10.1-Identify forms of energy
SC.3.P.10.2-Energy’s ability to cause motion
and create change
(Q2)
SC.2.E.7.1-Compare and describe changing
patterns in nature
SC.2.E.7.5-Preparing for severe weather
Unit 6, Week 4
Butterflies Big and Small
Alligators and Crocodiles
The Monkey and the Crocodile
SC.3.L.15.1-Animal Classification
(Q3)
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Grade 4 Correlations
All Stories in Bold are in the Anthology
UNIT
Unit 1, Week 3
THEME/STORY
A World of Change
Earthquakes
Tornado
SCIENCE STANDARDS
SC.2.E.7.1-Compare and describe changing
patterns in nature
SC.2.E.7.5-Preparing for severe weather
Unit 1, Week 4
The Big Race
A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with
Max Axiom, Super Scientist
The Box Zip Project
SC.4.P.12.1-Objects in Motion
SC.4.P.12.2-Speed
(Q 2)
Unit 2, Week 3
Rescuing Our Reefs
The Buffalo are Back
Energy in the Ecosystem
SC.4.L.16.2-Plant and animal characteristics
are affected by the environment
SC.4.L.16.3-Animal behaviors and
characteristics
SC.4.L.17.4-How living things impact the
environment
SC.4.L.17.2-Transfer of energy in a biotic
system
(Q3)
Unit 2, Week 4
Animal Adaptation
Spiders
Anansi and the Birds
SC.4.L.16.2-Plant and animal characteristics
are affected by the environment
SC.4.L.16.3-Animal behaviors and
characteristics
(Q3)
SC.1.L.17.1-Plants and animal interact and
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depend on each other and the environment
Unit 4, Week 3
A Telephone Mix Up
The Moon Over Star
3 Ellipses, 2 Ellipses, 1 Ellipses, We Have
Spin Off
SC.4.E.6.5-Tools and technology
(Q 4)
SC.3.E.5.5-Using telescopes and other
observational tools
Unit 4, Week 4
Wonders of the Night Sky
Why Does the Moon Change Shape?
How It Came to Be
Unit 5, Week 3
Stephanie Kwolek: Inventor
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
Energy is Everywhere
SC.4.E.5.4-Relationship among Earth, Moon,
Sun and stars
SC.4.E.5.2-Phases of the Moon
(Q4)
SC.4.P.10.1-Forms of energy
SC.4.P.10.2-Energy
SC.4.P.10.4-Uses of energy
(Q2)
Unit 5, Week 4
Your World Up Close
A Drop of Water
The Incredible Shrinking Potion
Unit 6, Week 3
The Great Energy Debate
Energy Island
Of Fire and Water
SC.4.P.8.1-Measure and compare objects
based on physical properties
(Q1)
SC.1.E.5.3-Investigate magnifiers and their
uses
SC.4.P.10.1-Forms of energy
SC.4.P.10.2-Energy
SC.4.P.10.4-Uses of energy
(Q2)
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Grade 5 Correlations
All Stories in Bold are in the Anthology
UNIT
Unit 1, Week 5
THEME/STORY
Are Electronic Devices Good for Us?
The Future of Transportation
Getting From Here to There
SCIENCE STANDARDS
SC.5.P.13.2-Changes in motion
SC.5.P.13.3-Forces that move objects
SC.5.P.13.4-Balanced and unbalanced forces
(Q1)
SC.5.L.17.1-Animal adaptations
SC.5.L.15.1-Environmental changes
(Q3)
Unit 2, Week 3
Growing in Place
The Boy Who Drew Birds
Daedalus and Icarus
Unit 3, Week 2
Survivaland
Weslandia
Plants with a Purpose
Unit 3, Week 3
Patterns of Change
The Story of Snow (CER)
Fibonacci’s Amazing Find
SC.5.E.7.4 - Forms of Precipitation
SC.5.E.7.5 - Weather Conditions
(Q3)
Unit 4, Week 4
Power from Nature
One Well
The Dirt on Dirt
SC.4.E.6.3- Earth’s Resources
(Q2)
Unit 5, Week 3
Forests on Fire
Global Warming
When Volcanoes Erupt
SC.5.L.14.2-Comparing plant and animal
organ functions
SC.3.L.14.1-Plant structures and functions
SC.4.L.17.4-How living things impact the
environment
(Q3)
SC.5.L.15.1- Environmental Changes
SC.5.E.7.7- Natural Disaster Plans
(Q4)
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Unit 5, Week 4
Changing Views of Earth
When is a Planet Not a Planet?
New Moon
Unit 5, Week 5
Should Plants and Animals from Other
Places Live Here?
The Case of the Missing Bus
Busy, Beneficial Bees
Unit 6, Week 3
Mysterious Oceans
Survival at 40 Below
Why the Evergreen Trees Never Lose
Their Leaves
Unit 6, Week 4
Words to Save the World
Planting the Trees of Kenya
Park Project
SC.5.E.5.1- Our Galaxy AA
SC.5.E.5.3- Solar system AA
SC.5.E.5.2- Planet Characteristics AA
SC.4.E.5.4- Movement in Space (Also
assesses SC.4.E.5.1; SC.4.E.5.2) AA
(Q2)
SC.5.L.17.1-Animal Adaptations AA
SC.5.L.15.1- Environmental Changes AA
SC.4.L.17.3 - Food Chain AA (Also
assesses SC.4.L.17.2, SC.3.L.17.2)
(Q3)
SC.3.L.14.1- Plant Structures and
Functions (Also assesses SC.3.L.14.2;
SC.4.L.16.1) AA
SC.5.L.14.2- Comparing Plant and
Animal Organ functions (Also assesses
SC.3.L.15.1; SC.3.L.15.2 AA
SC.4.L.16.4- Life Cycles AA
(Q3)
SC.5.L.15.1- Environmental Changes AA
SC.3.L.14.1- Plant Structures and
Functions (Also assesses SC.3.L.14.2;
SC.4.L.16.1) AA
(Q 3)
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