Discovery Links Science

Grades K–5

Implement Your Science of Reading Instruction as You Build Content Knowledge & Vocabulary with a Grades K-5 Activity-Based Literacy & Science Solution.

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Description

Maximize Your Teaching Time with Literacy and Science Instruction in One Lesson!

Discovery Links Science offers the opportunity to integrate standards-based Science content into your Literacy Block, saving you time and helping you to teach Comprehension and Science content simultaneously. This program of 228 Readers, each with a corresponding Lesson Plan, containing explicit instruction and hands-on activities provides a systematic framework that gives you the flexibility to meet the needs, interests, and skill levels of your diverse classroom, with select titles available in Spanish*.

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*Spanish editions are also available for 87 select titles! Contact us for details.

Student Resources

228 Student Books that Cover a Wide Range of Science Topics to Match Students’ Interests

The 228 Readers cover topics from the Life, Earth and Space, & Physical Science, and the Engineering Design strands and are designed for small-group instruction.
Teach Science Content Knowledge and Reading Comprehension with each engaging Student Book.
Spark students’ curiosity about the world as they learn to read informational texts.

Teacher Resources

Short, easy-to-use, individual Lesson Plans give you everything you need to connect reading with Science content standards.

Build Background Knowledge as you introduce and teach Science topics, with explicit instruction.
Target the Reading Science skills of Building Content Knowledge, Vocabulary, & Literacy Knowledge.
Encourage students to use their inquiry skills, and practice planning and executing investigations with Science Activities for each lesson.
Provide practice with Literacy and Science Blackline Masters that include graphic organizers, written responses, and hands-on activities for comprehension and assessment.
Open-ended Science Activities encourage students to use their inquiry skills and practice planning and executing investigations, essential to meeting the NGSS.

Assessment

Monitor progress with effective support for formative assessment.

Measure individual, small group, and whole class performance.
Track success in literacy and science process skills.

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Discovery Links Science Samples Books
Kindergarten

Shadows Change (GRL B)

Student Book (1.7 MB) / Lesson Plan with Blackline Master (1 MB)

Grade 2

Energy From the Sun (GRL K)

Student Book (2 MB) / Lesson Plan with Blackline Master (1 MB)

Grade 3

Bridges (GRL N)

Student Book (5 MB) / Lesson Plan with Blackline Master (1 MB)

Grade 4

A Rain Forest Adventure (GRL R)

Student Book (7 MB) / Lesson Plan with Blackline Master (1 MB)

Grade 5

How Animals Communicate (GRL T)

Student Book (3.5 MB) / Lesson Plan with Blackline Master (1 MB)

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