Emily Bone

Storms and Hurricanes by Emily Bone is a descriptive picture book that helps readers understand the definitions of different storms and the process of storms being created. The author of the book informs readers in engaging and creative ways. Vignettes are used to tell interesting and relevant stories, like the weather on Jupiter. Sequence of events are also used when describing the formation of storms such as snowstorms, ice storms, and dry storms. Comparing and contrasting the categories of different storms also engages readers in learning.… (plus d'informations)

The Solar System guided reading book by Emily Bone is another Usborne book that would be great as a comprehension text. This also has elements of descriptive attributes, characteristic events, cause and effect, and compare and contrast. Students reading this text would be asked to read a couple pages/ subtitle of the book and be asked to close the book and summarize what they just read. Using this book will test children to see how much of the text they comprehended reading the text once. In general, this would be a good book to keep in a classroom library because it is interesting, informational, and will capture young minds' attention.… (plus d'informations)