Explore stunning national parks across the United States in this collection for grades 1-2. Each book in the series describes a different national park’s history, geography, and wildlife. Descriptive text, engaging photographs, and dynamic graphics introduce students to these special places.
Reading about different national parks around the United States helps students learn why it's important to protect these special places.
The books in the National Parks series include common topics, so students can compare and contrast across titles in the collection or analyze the series as a whole. Each park represented in the series has books of varying text
complexities, supporting your differentiated instruction while also meeting the requirements of state and national standards.
How to Use National Parks
The variety of resources in the series allows for flexibility in your instructional approach.
Follow lesson plans for each book to incorporate comprehension skills and strategies.
Use Comprehension Quizzes to check for understanding.
Have students complete the Connections activities in each book to extend learning with writing, art, science, math, or social studies.
Reinforce teaching objectives with worksheets.
Use Discussion Cards to promote collaborative conversations and higher-order thinking skills.
Have students write about the topic of the collection, using the books from the collection as models.
Assign a research project related to one of the books in the collection.
