Teaching Science with Kidlit

For the past few months, Alyson Beecher, the incredibly hard-working, dedicated, and passionate literacy specialist and curriculum coordinator for the Pasadena Unified School District has been working with the amazing school librarian and teachers at Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet School to immerse grade 1 and 2 students in the lessons included in Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction […]
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS doesn’t include a K-2 standard related to the butterfly lifecycle, but this topic is often included in early elementary curricula. If you’d like to teach this concept, try these book pairs: For more suggestions and a fall lesson, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS doesn’t include a K-2 standard related to how plants change as they grow, but this topic is often included in early elementary curricula. If you’d like to teach this concept, try these book pairs: For more suggestions and a fall lesson, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS 2-LS2-2. Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS 1-LS3-1. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit

NGSS 1-LS1-2. Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs: