Fossils

Fossils are the ancient remains of living things preserved in rocks. They are usually formed from plants, bones, or shells. Scientists who study fossils are called paleontologists. Fossils show paleontologists what life was like on Earth when the animal or plant died. Which plants or animals do you know about from fossils?


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Additional information

Page Count:

16

NextGen Science:

2-ESS1-1

Word Count:

497

Belongs to Set:

Fluency Level 4 Non-Fiction Set A

Fiction or Non-Fiction:

Non-Fiction

Genre:

Explanation

Guided Reading Level:

M

Reading Recovery Level:

21

Lexile Measure:

600L

DRA Level:

28

Author:

John Lockyer

ISBN - Standard Edition

9781877435232

ISBN - US Edition

9781877435232

Artifact Tags:

Jobs, Subject-specific vocabulary, How-to, History of earth, Table of Contents/Index, Dinosaurs

Keywords:

found, show, young, any, together, real, wash, hard

Common Core State Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4

CKLA:

G1-D7

Core Knowledge Language Art:

G2 – Cycles in Nature, G1 – The History of the Earth

EL Education Alignment:

2-2 Fossils Tell of Earth's Changes

TEKS:

TEKS§110.4(b)(6), TEKS§110.4(b)(8), TEKS§110.4(b)(10)