52 Weekly Nonfiction Stories About Canada Grades 2-3

The 52 nonfiction stories in this book have been designed to familiarize and develop student awareness of Canadian symbols, seasons, birds, wild animals, insects, reptiles, amphibians, sports, famous male and female athletes, famous Canadian animals, and special places to visit in Canada. Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop strong reading and phonetic skills. The material in this book can be used in a variety of ways. A year of non-fiction reading in one book! One story a week for bell work, review, indoor recess, enrichment or for the students who are done their work early. CANADIAN SYMBOLS: Story #1: Our Home and Native Land - Canada . Story #2: Canada's Flag Story #3: The Canada Goose Story #4: Canada's Coins Story #5: Canada's Capital City CANADIAN SEASONS: Story #1: Autumn in Canada Story #2: Winter in Canada Story #3: Spring in Canada Story #4: Summer in Canada CANADIAN BIRDS: Story #1: The Blue Jay Story #2: The Barn Owl Story #3. The Redheaded Woodpecker Story #4: The Red-Winged Blackbird Story #5: The Spotted Sandpiper CANADIAN WILD ANIMALS: Story #1: The Polar Bear Story #2: The Prairie Dog Story #3: The White-Tailed Deer Story #4: The Striped Skunk Story #5: The North American Porcupine CANADIAN INSECTS: Story #1: The Monarch Butterfly's Life Story Story #2: The Grasshopper Story #3: Cricket Trivia Story #4: A Bumblebee's Life Story Story #5: The Housefly CANADIAN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS: Story #1: The Painted Turtle Story #2: The Common Garter Snake Story #3: The Western Skink Story #4: The Gray Tree Frog Story #5: The Bullfrog CANADIAN SPORTS: Story #1: Hockey in Canada Story #2: Skiing in Canada Story #3: Ice Skating in Canada Story #4: Ice Fishing in Canada Story #5: Tobogganing in Canada FAMOUS CANADIAN ATHLETES: Story #1: Kurt Browning - A Whirlwind on Blades Story #2: Wayne Gretzky - The Great One Story #3: Malcolm Subban - One of Three Famous Hockey Brothers Story #4: Alexandre Bilodeau - Mogul Man Story #5: Ashleigh McIvor - The Queen of Ski-Cross Story #6: Clara Hughes - Famous Speed Skater and Cyclist Story #7: Cindy Klassen - Canada's Olympic Star Story #8: Blythe Hartley - Canada's Diving Wonder FAMOUS CANADIAN ANIMALS: Story #1: Cloud II - A Famous Police Dog Story #2: Winnie the Pooh - The Story Book Bear Story #3: Northern Dancer - The Horse With a Big Heart Story #4: Limba the Elephant - A Small Town's Hero FAMOUS CANADIAN PLACES: Story #1: The Thousand Islands Story #2: Whistler, British Columbia - A Skier's Paradise Story #3: The Hopewell Rocks or The Flowerpot Rocks Story #4: The West Edmonton Mall Story #5: Chilkoot Trail - An Old Wilderness Road Story #6: Inuksuk Point in Nunavut