How far is the Earth from the Sun? How are shadows made? The "What is Weather?" series introduces nine-year-old reluctant readers to key weather conditions. It presents essential information through appealing and easy-to-understand examples. This volume focuses on sunshine. The "What is Weather?" titles are part of the "Take-Off" series, which is designed to be used with children at the age of nine who are struggling to achieve the levels of literacy expected for their age. The titles chosen have been based on best-selling titles within existing Heinemann Library series and meet all Key Stage 2 requirements for their subject. The National Literacy Strategy emphasizes that children with special educational needs should work, wherever possible, with their peers within the Literacy Hour. The aim is to use structured, intensive teaching to enable as many children as possible eventually to work at the appropriate level for their age.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Jacqui Owen is a postgraduate earth science student at the University of Lancaster.