iOpener: Our Mysterious Universe

Laura Langston

Jun 2015 · Kuthengiswe ngu-Penguin

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This book covers everything you need to know about the universe, including information on our solar system, stars, galaxies, and the Big Bang. Diagrams, fun fact boxes, and photographs bring the subject to life, while a glossary, an index, and discussion questions aid in reading comprehension.

Grade: 6
Subject: Earth Science
Genre: Informational Text
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Summarize
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA): 60
Guided Reading Level: V
Lexile Level: 790L

DK's iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science, math and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.

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Laura Langston is the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children and teens. Before delving into writing fiction, she was a bank teller and then a journalist. Some of her titles include Mile-High Apple Pie, In Plain Sight, The Magic Ear, The Trouble With Cupid, Finding Cassidy, and The Art of Getting Stared At.