Bald Eagles

Literacy Place for the Early Years
Scholastic, © 2006

This is a grade 1 leveled reading selection that is part of a literacy series. I had to follow a specific word count per page and write the text at a basic reading level. The challenge with books like this is to convey information in an interesting way, but to stay within the strict word count boundaries. Like many nonfiction books, this book contains a table of contents, a map, photos, a glossary, and index. Simple books like this help teach new readers the typical features of nonfiction books, which is a useful reading strategy.