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STEM/STEAM Guided Reading Level J-K Book List

Stock up on J-K leveled books and grow your Guided Reading library with this variety of STEAM-focused titles.

How do simple machines work? What are the five senses? Where do earthworms live? Find answers to these questions and more in these fiction and nonfiction titles all centered around STEAM themes and topics. Leveled at Guided Reading level J-K, these texts introduce chapters for the first time, feature fewer illustrations, and require students to employ a variety of reading strategies. Use the books in this collection to grow your Guided Reading library and to encourage STEAM exploration and discovery in the classroom.

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Simple Machines

Grades 1 - 3
$3.71$4.95
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This introduction to simple machines features leveled text and color photographs.

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Turtle Splash!

Grades Pre-K - K
$5.96$7.95
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Ten skittish Eastern Painted Turtles sunning on a log are joined on the pond by their wildlife neighbors, and readers are invited to count down from ten to one in this celebration of numbers, birds, animals, insects, trees, and plants.

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We're Going on a Leaf Hunt

Grades K - 1
$5.99$7.99
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Three friends embark on a fun leaf-finding adventure! This bouncy version of the popular song is just right for a classroom read aloud.

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Who Has These Feet?

Grades Pre-K - K
$6.71$8.95
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Organized as a fun guessing game, this book presents close-up illustrations of nine sets of animal feet and asks in large, bold text, "Who has these feet?" 

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I Got the Rhythm

Grades Pre-K - 2
$5.21$6.95
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On a simple trip to the park, the joy of music overtakes a mother and daughter.

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Creatrilogy: Sky Color

Grades Pre-K - 3
$4.46$5.95
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The sky's no limit as the author-illustrator winds up his Creatrilogy with a whimsical tale about seeing the world a new way. 

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Demolition

Grades Pre-K - 2
$4.46$5.95
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What's even more exciting for kids than seeing big machines that build things? Watching the massive ones that tear them down! 

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Minibeasts: Earthworms

Grades 2 - 3
$4.46$5.95
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Filled with colorful photographs, this book teaches all about earthworms and what they eat, where they are found, how they grow, and the enemies they have.

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Dig a Tunnel

Grades 1 - 2
$4.46$5.95
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The history and engineering of tunnels, how they are used, and the machines that build them are discussed in this engaging, brightly illustrated picture book.