Seeds of Science/Roots of Readng® Maryland Matrix for Books

Maryland Life/Environmental Science Earth Science Physical Science
Grade 2
  • Black Tide (M, 570), page 12
  • My Sea Otter Report (J, 490), page 12
  • Handbook of Forest Floor Animals (O, 700), page 13
  • Snail Investigations (L, 650), page 13
  • Talking with a Habitat Scientist (O, 630), page 13
  • Blue Whales and Buttercups (N, 740)
  • Gary’s Sand Journal (P, 590), page 12
  • What’s Stronger? The Forces that Cause Erosion (O, 600), page 12
  • Shoreline Scientist (N, 630), page 12
  • What Belongs on a Sandy Beach? (K, 620), page 12
  • Into the Soil (J, 500), page 13
  • Walk in the Woods (L, 480), page 13
  • Without Soil (L, 630), page 13
  • Black Tide (M, 570), page 12
  • My Sea Otter Report (J, 490), page 12
  • Handbook of Forest Floor Animals (O, 700), page 13
  • Snail Investigations (L, 650), page 13
  • Talking with a Habitat Scientist (O, 630), page 13
  • Blue Whales and Buttercups (N, 740)
Grade 3
  • Jelly Bean Scientist (K, 760), page 14
  • Solving Dissolving (K, 630), page 14
  • What if Rain Boots Were Made of Paper? (J, 490), page 14
  • Forces (K, 600), page 14
  • Gravity is Everywhere (M, 700), page 14
  • Mystery Forces (L, 630), page 14
  • What My Sister Taught Me about Magnets (N, 530), page 14
  • Systems (N, 740), page 15
  • Drinking Cleopatra’s Tears (O, 750), page 17
  • Water in the Desert (O, 740), page 17
  • Handbook of Sandy Beach Organisms (P, 610), page 12
  • My Nature Notebook (K, 510), page 13
  • Walk in the Woods (L, 480), page 13
Grade 4
  • What My Sister Taught Me about Magnets (N, 530), page 14
  • It’s All Energy (P, 780), page 16
  • Handbook of Light Interactions (Q, 800), page 16
  • Light Strikes (O, 620), page 16
  • Sunlight and Showers (P, 840 ), page 16
  • Bursting Bubbles (R, 670), page 21
  • What’s Stronger? The Forces that Cause Erosion (O, 600), page 12
  • Evidence from the Past (P, 880), page 15
  • Why Do Scientists Disagree? (Q, 670), page 16
  • Go With the Flow: Making Models of Streams ( P, 910), page 17
  • Sky Notebook (N, 700), page 17
  • Wet Weather Handbook (Q, 850), page 17
  • What’s Going on with the Weather? (N, 730), page 17
  • Weather Encyclopedia (R, 920), page 17
  • Blue Whales and Buttercups (N, 740), page 15
  • Mystery Mouths (N, 670), page 15
  • The Code (O, 740), page 15
  • Eat and Be Eaten: How an Ecologist Uses Food Webs (S, 980), page 18
  • Ecosystems Around the World (S, 970), page 18
  • Ecosystem News (R, 850), page 18
  • Visit to a Pond (R, 850), page 18
  • What Makes Living Things Go? (R, 820), page 18
Grade 5
  • Cameras, Eyes, and Glasses (R, 750), page 16
  • Handbook of Light Interactions (Q, 800), page 16
  • Light Strikes (O, 620), page 16
  • Break it Down: How Scientists Separate Mixtures (R, 780), page 20
  • Made of Matter (Q, 800), page 20
  • Phase Change at Extremes (S, 750), page 20
  • Chemical Reactions Everywhere (R, 790), page 21
  • Communicating Chemistry (S, 800), page 21
  • Handbook of Chemical Investigations (T, 910), page 21
  • What Happens to the Atoms? (S, 880), page 21
  • Water in the Desert (O, 740), page 17
  • Tornado! A Meteorologist and her Prediction (O, 840), page 17
  • Weather Encyclopedia (R, 920), page 17
  • Wet Weather Handbook (Q, 850), page 17
  • Handbook of Planets and Moons (R, 910), page 19
  • Observing the Moon (Q, 860), page 19
  • Planetary Scientist (R, 920), page 19
  • Spinning Through Space (Q, 790), page 19
  • Technology for Exploration (R, 820), page 19
  • Tomato Landers (R, 720), page 19
  • What About Pluto? (R, 880), page 19
  • Eat and Be Eaten: How an Ecologist Uses Food Webs (S, 980), page 18
  • Investigating Crayfish (S, 870), page 18
  • Tabletop Pond Guide (S, 1010), page 18
  • What Makes Living Things Go? (R, 820), page 18
  • Visit to a Pond (R, 850), page 18