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STEM/STEAM Guided Reading Level L-M Book List

Encourage students to explore STEAM through this selection of 26 fiction and nonfiction Guided Reading Level L-M books.

Make STEAM topics a regular, accessible part of daily learning with this comprehensive list of diverse, on-level books. Leveled for Guided Reading Level L-M, these titles feature longer texts and more complex language that will appropriately challenge and engage developing readers both independently and in Guided Reading group settings. STEAM topics like math, art and creativity, the natural world, and many more are introduced in fun, creative ways, inspiring students to keep reading and exploring. A perfect addition to any classroom library.

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How Much Is a Million?

Grades 2 - 4
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Author Schwartz, along with illustrator Steven Kellogg, help young readers conceptualize—and more importantly visualize—how much a million actually is. 

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Math Tales: Math for All Seasons

Grades 1 - 3
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Fun math riddles that will help students stretch their minds, including rhyming verses, clues, and twists to help quickly solve math problems.

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Math-terpieces

Grades 2 - 4
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Author Greg Tang underscores the importance of four basic rules in problem-solving. 

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Creatrilogy: The Dot

Grades 1 - 3
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With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark, and to follow where it takes us.

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Creatrilogy: Ish

Grades 1 - 3
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A creative spirit learns that thinking "ish-ly" is far more wonderful than "getting it right" in this gentle new fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book The Dot.

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I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!

Grades K
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To the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," one creative kid floods his world with color, painting first the walls, then the ceiling, then HIMSELF!

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Students will be amazed to learn that the deep sea anglerfish has a glowing fishing rod attached to its body, or that the barreleye fish has a see-through head. This brilliantly illustrated book explores the strangest creatures under the seas.

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Our Earth

Grades K - 2
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Gentle, rhythmic text introduces earth science concepts, while bright illustrations transport readers to exotic natural habitats.

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Whales and Dolphins

Grades 1 - 2
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Whales and dolphins leap off the pages of this beginning reader. Photographs and interesting text, including 12 highlighted science vocabulary words.

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How Do You Know What Time It Is?

Grades 2
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Covering the history of measuring time with funny and interesting examples and illustrations.

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The Art Lesson

Grades 1 - 3
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Based on Tomie dePaola's own art experiences, this book tells the story of a little boy who draws every day and knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up.

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Star Stuff

Grades 1 - 3
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When Carl Sagan was a young boy he went to the 1939 World's Fair, and his life was changed forever. Familiarize students with this scientist who never stopped marveling at the universe and seeking to understand it better.

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Louise Loves Art

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Young readers can explore their own imaginations through Louise, who loves art more than anything.

A field guide offering beginning naturalists easy-to-use, visually stunning resources to help them observe and investigate rocks and minerals.