Bag om 52 Weekly Nonfiction Stories About Canada Grades 3-4
52 nonfiction stories help develop student awareness of Canadian symbols, sports, birds, wild animals, insects, reptiles, inventors and inventions, famous athletes, famous people, special places, and sights to visit, ghost stories, and famous mysteries. Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop reading and phonetic skills. A year of non-fiction reading in one book! One story a week for bell work, review, indoor recess, and enrichment.
CANADIAN SYMBOLS:Story #1: Our Country Canada
Story #2: The Prime Minister of Canada
Story #3: Canada's Capital City
Story #4: How Canada Got Its Own Flag
Story #5: Canada's National Flag
Story #6: Symbols of Canada
CANADIAN SPORTS:Story #1: Baseball in Canada
Story #2: Canadian Football
Story #3: Soccer in Canada
Story #4: Canadian Basketball
CANADIAN BIRDS:Story #1: The Snowy Owl
Story #2: The Atlantic Puffin
Story #3: The Burrowing Owl
Story #4: The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Story #5: The Common Loon
CANADIAN ANIMALS:Story #1: The Canadian Beaver
Story #2: The Black Bear
Story #3: The Muskrat
Story #4: The Snowshoe Hare
Story #5: The Opossum
Story #6: The Musk Ox
CANADIAN INSECTS:Story #1: The Firefly
Story #2: The Ladybug
Story #3: The Dragonfly
CANADIAN REPTILES:Story #1: The Snapping Turtle
Story #2: The Leatherback Turtle
Story #3: The Prairie Rattlesnake
CANADIAN INVENTORS/INVENTIONS:Story #1: Joseph-Armand Bombardier - Skidoo
Story #2: Alexander Graham Bell - Telephone
Story #3: Jacque Plante - Hockey Mask
FAMOUS CANADIAN ATHLETES:Story #1: P.K. Subban - One of the Three Hockey Brothers
Story #2: The Dufour-Lapointe Sisters - Canada's Mogul Queens
Story #3: Alexandre Bilodeau - Freestyle Skiing King
Story #4: Mark McMorris - A Snowboarding Warrior
Story #5: Marielle Thompson - Golden Girl on Skis
FAMOUS CANADIAN PEOPLE:Story #1: Carly Rae Jepson - Canadian Singer and Songwriter
Story #2: Chris Hadfield - Famous Canadian Astronaut
Story #3: Jessica Amlee - Young Canadian Film and Television Star
Story #4: David Suzuki - Canadian Scientist
Story #5: Avril Lavigne - Singer and Songwriter
CANADIAN PLACES/SIGHTS:Story #1: The Queen Charlotte Islands or Haidi Gwaii Islands of the Haida Peoples'
Story #2: Jasper National Park -" Canada's Scenic Wonder
Story #3: The Big Muddy Badlands - The Outlaws' Hideaway
Story #4: Lunenburg - A World Heritage Site
Story #5: The Cabot Trail - A Scenic Roadway
Story #6: Yellowknife - The Largest Community in the N.W.T.
Story #7: Aurora Borealis or The Northern Lights
Story #8: The Peterborough Lift Lock
Story #9: The Hartland Covered Bridge
CANADIAN GHOST STORIES:Story #1: The Ghost Train
FAMOUS CANADIAN MYSTERIES:Story #1: Ogopogo - A Famous Lake Monster
Story #2: Bigfoot or Sasquatch - A British Columbia Mystery Monster
118 pages with answer key.
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