Grade 3

On Halloween, jack-o'-lanterns glow bright orange. Trick-or-treaters see black cats with yellows eyes. Red, white, and blue flags flap in the wind as people celebrate their country on the… More →

Not all plants smell as sweet as a rose. Carrion flowers smell like rotting flesh to attract flies and other pollinators. Others, like the Venus flytrap and Nepenthes truncata, actually eat… More →

Piglets show how much fun they've had by how dirty they are! Whether they are rooting through the dirt or rolling in the mud, these adorable babies know how to have a good time! Learn more… More →

In School Buses, early readers will learn about the parts of a school bus that help keep students safe as they travel to and from school. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text More →

In Sloths, early readers will learn how sloths sleep upside down in the rain forest and why their hair turns green. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent… More →

The sand on a beach feels soft beneath your bare feet, but take a close-up look at the sand under a microscope and you'll soon see that each grain of sand is a tiny piece of solid rock.… More →

Scientists categorize rocks into three different groups depending on how the rock was formed. Humans have used rocks from all groups as tools and in construction for thousands of years.… More →

A family walking down the street makes an alternating pattern: tall, short, tall, short. The buttons on an elevator form a pattern of circles. A huge staircase goes round and round, making a… More →

The wooden boards of a bench make a pattern of lines. A slide in a playground swirls around, making a spiral pattern. A group of ducks floating in a pond makes an alternating pattern: brown,… More →

Often considered the most beautiful snake in the world, the rainbow boa has colorful skin that shimmers in the sun. The rainbow sheen earned this dazzling snake its name. Find out more about… More →

It's fall in a grassy field in North America. A monarch butterfly flaps its colorful wings and flies high into the sky. The butterfly has begun a 2,000-mile journey to Mexico! Along the way,… More →

Described by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as “a date which will live in infamy,” the attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the United States into World War II. Young readers will feel the impact… More →