iOpener: Homes Around the World

This 41-word book is a tour of homes around the world for young readers. It contains big, beautiful pictures of all sorts of homes--in the United States, Bolivia, Mongolia, and more--focusing on words about shape, size, and location. There are questions at the end of the book to aid in discussion.

Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: World Cultures
Genre: Informational Text
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Compare and Contrast
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA/EDL): 3
Guided Reading Level: C
Lexile Level: 3

DK's iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.