Overview
52 nonfiction stories help develop student awareness of Canadian symbols, sports, birds, wild animals, insects, reptiles, inventors and inventions, famous athletes, famous people, special places, and sights to visit, ghost stories, and famous mysteries. Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop reading and phonetic skills. A year of non-fiction reading in one book! One story a week for bell work, review, indoor recess, and enrichment.CANADIAN SYMBOLS: Story #1: Our Country CanadaStory #2: The Prime Minister of CanadaStory #3: Canada's Capital CityStory #4: How Canada Got Its Own FlagStory #5: Canada's National FlagStory #6: Symbols of CanadaCANADIAN SPORTS: Story #1: Baseball in CanadaStory #2: Canadian FootballStory #3: Soccer in CanadaStory #4: Canadian BasketballCANADIAN BIRDS: Story #1: The Snowy OwlStory #2: The Atlantic PuffinStory #3: The Burrowing OwlStory #4: The Ruby-Throated HummingbirdStory #5: The Common LoonCANADIAN ANIMALS: Story #1: The Canadian BeaverStory #2: The Black BearStory #3: The MuskratStory #4: The Snowshoe HareStory #5: The OpossumStory #6: The Musk OxCANADIAN INSECTS: Story #1: The FireflyStory #2: The LadybugStory #3: The DragonflyCANADIAN REPTILES: Story #1: The Snapping TurtleStory #2: The Leatherback TurtleStory #3: The Prairie RattlesnakeCANADIAN INVENTORS/INVENTIONS: Story #1: Joseph-Armand Bombardier - SkidooStory #2: Alexander Graham Bell - TelephoneStory #3: Jacque Plante - Hockey MaskFAMOUS CANADIAN ATHLETES: Story #1: P.K. Subban - One of the Three Hockey BrothersStory #2: The Dufour-Lapointe Sisters - Canada's Mogul QueensStory #3: Alexandre Bilodeau - Freestyle Skiing KingStory #4: Mark McMorris - A Snowboarding WarriorStory #5: Marielle Thompson - Golden Girl on SkisFAMOUS CANADIAN PEOPLE: Story #1: Carly Rae Jepson - Canadian Singer and SongwriterStory #2: Chris Hadfield - Famous Canadian AstronautStory #3: Jessica Amlee - Young Canadian Film and Television StarStory #4: David Suzuki - Canadian ScientistStory #5: Avril Lavigne - Singer and SongwriterCANADIAN PLACES/SIGHTS: Story #1: The Queen Charlotte Islands or Haidi Gwaii Islands of the Haida Peoples'Story #2: Jasper National Park -" Canada's Scenic WonderStory #3: The Big Muddy Badlands - The Outlaws' HideawayStory #4: Lunenburg - A World Heritage SiteStory #5: The Cabot Trail - A Scenic RoadwayStory #6: Yellowknife - The Largest Community in the N.W.T.Story #7: Aurora Borealis or The Northern LightsStory #8: The Peterborough Lift LockStory #9: The Hartland Covered BridgeCANADIAN GHOST STORIES: Story #1: The Ghost TrainFAMOUS CANADIAN MYSTERIES: Story #1: Ogopogo - A Famous Lake MonsterStory #2: Bigfoot or Sasquatch - A British Columbia Mystery Monster118 pages with answer key.
- | Author: Ruth Solski
- | Publisher: On the Mark Press
- | Publication Date: Oct 09, 2014
- | Number of Pages: 120 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1771589647
- | ISBN-13: 9781771589642
