Welcome to STEM FRIDAY, February 24, 2012! Leave your links and information in the comments section and I’ll update them throughout the day. Thanks for participating!

Precious McKenzie

Senior Editor

Rourke Publishing

Jeff posted on his STEM Friday blog about A Kangaroo’s Life. Check it out.

Shirley Duke features Filling the Earth with Trash today by Jeanne Sturm at SimplyScience.

Anastasia Suen shares Snowmobile: Bombardier’s Dream Machine by Jules Older at her blog Booktalking.

Curl up under a shady tree with great books this summer. Our delightful Little Birdie Leveled Readers will encourage your child to keep reading over the summer. Each title in the series is leveled so you can monitor your child’s reading growth. To make your job that much easier, the soft cover editions have reading comprehension questions, Words To Know Before You Read, and word counts (with the 100th word).

We’ll feature new Little Birdie Leveled Readers on our Book Beat blog all summer long.

Happy reading,

Precious McKenzie

Senior Editor

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Combine music and science and you have Rourke Educational Media’s series, Our Five Senses: Sing and Read. Jo Cleland has authored the delightful books in the series. The titles include: I Hear, I See, I Taste, I Touch. Big, bright photos encourage kindergarten kids to sing and turn the pages. They will have a rollicking time as they learn about the senses!

Happy reading,

Precious McKenzie

Senior Editor

For ordering information, visit http://rourkepublishing.com/series/221.

Welcome to STEM FRIDAY, May 31, 2013! Leave your links and information in the comments section and I’ll update them throughout the day. Thanks for participating!

Precious McKenzie

Senior Editor

Rourke Publishing

Are you looking for ways to measure your students’ reading comprehension and vocabulary skills? Take a look at Rourke’s Reading Web.

Reading Web is an school based program featuring books and online assessments, complete with detailed reports to help you guide your instruction. We offer over 100 high quality, nonfiction titles to help you reach all of your students’ needs. With guided reading levels, it is well suited to ELL students and striving readers!

For more information, visit http://rourkeclassroom.com/reading-web.

Happy reading,

Precious McKenzie

Senior Editor

Are you working with budding botanists or excited ecologists? Use Julie Lundgren’s Why Plants Become Extinct to support your studies of plants, deforestation, climate change, and habitat loss.

Informative, detailed text paired with a variety of species emphasizes how critical this issue is for our planet. Students will surely be inspired to protect plants everywhere!

Happy reading,

Precious McKenzie

Senior Editor

For ordering information, visit rourkepublishing.com/books/1976?series_id=260.

For free Teacher’s Notes, visit the Teacher’s Corner at http://rourkeclassroom.com/teachers_corner.