Our Parts of the Biome readers are now available to download and print on your home printer!
Our Soil Air Water Readers are a set of 9 stories that progressively introduce the phonetic elements covered in our Reading Program. These digital files include everything you need to make the books and sequence cards for the 9 readers. Also included are printable folders to store and present the readers.
Contents:
- Digital Print/Cut Instructions
- 9 Reader Booklets
- 9 sets of Text Cards
- 9 sets of Picture Cards
- 9 Masters
- 9 Folders
Soil Air Water
Soil comes from the weathering of rocks (inorganic material) and the decomposition of living things (organic matter). Soil also hosts water, air, animals, and bacteria. Soil provides plants with the minerals they need to thrive. Soil is necessary for life on this planet!
The right amount of water and warmth allow the soil to develop into distinct layers. Soils are constantly evolving. The different layers play a part in that evolution.
Air is held to the Earth by gravity. We call this blanket of air our atmosphere. You cannot see it, but you can feel it when it moves as wind. You can see its effect on moving clouds and swaying trees.
Our atmosphere is composed of mostly nitrogen with a lesser amount of oxygen. The remaining 1% is a mixture of other gases including carbon dioxide. Our atmosphere protects us from harmful rays of the Sun, traps heat, and forms clouds to bring rain. It keeps Earth at just the right temperature for plants to thrive and produce the oxygen that animals need. We can go without food for months and without water for days, but we need air every few minutes.
Water is essential to all life. Water is present in a biome as dew, rainfall, humidity, snow, frozen water, ground water, and surface water (such as ponds and streams). The amount of moisture in a biome directly affects the flora and fauna and determines many of their adaptations.
The amount of water flowing through the soil will affect the evolution of the soil and its ability to sustain plant life. Water vapor is contained in the air. Fresh water resources are continually renewed in a process called the Water Cycle. Life began in the water and liquid water makes our planet special.
Red-Do It
Orange-What Is It?
Yellow-This
Green-The Rottng Log
Aqua-Explore Land and Water
Blue-Rainy Day
Purple- Soil
Pink-The Water Cycle
Gold- A Fern
Questions about PDF Delivery
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