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.
Solski, Ruth: - From the beginning of Ruth's teaching career, she had written her own lessons and theme units. In the early years, she was inspired by a school board consultant and wrote curriculum with a team of teachers for her school board. With the encouragement from a friend she decided to self-publish. In 1986 Ruth started selling her classroom resources to teachers across Canada, under On The Mark Press.Today On The Mark Press consistently evolves to comply with current curriculum standards. We want our learning resources to give, teachers and parents an edge for planning and implementing learning. Our activity-based lessons have more focus on practical exercises rather than teaching instructions. These resources can be used from start to finish, choose specific exercises or simply use them to stimulate creativity in the classroom. Our future including providing our resources in print, PDF eBooks/Digital download, and links for lessons for Google Classroom. Ruth has authored over 500 books and Ruth's mission continues to be making learning fun for children and a teacher's workload lighter!
