The Perfect Fit for Grade 4 Science in Texas! 


Why Students and Teachers Need this Book

Mastering the Grade 4 Science TEKSis priced for today¿s challenging economic environment and is more focused on the new Grade 4 TEKS than other books.

The text is written in a student-friendly style at a reading-level that students can easily comprehend. The book provides a concise survey of all the new science TEKS. The text is not just aligned with Texas' new science TEKS, it completely embodies them! Compare any of the new TEKS with the text and judge for yourself.

Plentiful illustrations photographs diagrams and graphic organizers clarify science concepts.

Students learn our unique "E-R-A" approach for answering multiple-choice questions: examine the question; recall what you know; and apply what you know.

The book applies the latest educational research and best teaching practices to help your students realize their full potential in learning. Based on the principles of How People Learn, the book includes the following:

• Advance Organizers introduce students to the key concepts that they will explore in each lesson.
• Word Walls provide a means of teaching specialized science vocabulary.
• Applying What You Have Learned and Amateur Scientist activities reinforce the TEKS with "hands-on" investigations, short research assignments, or application exercises based on what they have just learned.
• Learning with Graphic Organizers encourages students to gain a deeper understanding of what they have read by emphasizing concepts and conceptual relationships.
• Study Cards at the end of every content lesson summarize the most important information.
• Concept Maps represent key relationships between terms and concepts in each unit.
• Checking Your Understanding sections conclude each lesson with STAAR-type questions.
• Guided Practice. The answer to the first multiple-choice question in each Checking Your Understanding section is fully explained. Students learn how to apply the "E-R-A" approach recommended in this book.
• Testing Your Understanding sections conclude each unit with a variety of multiple-choice questions on topics from throughout the unit. 

This book is only sold in class sets of 10.

Also see the state-adopted online program by our affiliated company, Education Plus: Mastering Grade 5 Science. It includes 300 sample questions, 220 answer-explanations, and 35 printable hands-on investigations. Call 925-906-9742 for more information about this program.