52 Weekly Nonfiction Stories About Canada Grades 3-4

52 nonfiction stories help develop student awareness of Canadian symbols, sports, birds, wild animals, insects, reptiles, inventors and inventions, famous athletes, famous people, special places, and sights to visit, ghost stories, and famous mysteries. Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop reading and phonetic skills. A year of non-fiction reading in one book! One story a week for bell work, review, indoor recess, and enrichment.

CANADIAN SYMBOLS:Story #1: Our Country Canada

Story #2: The Prime Minister of Canada

Story #3: Canada's Capital City

Story #4: How Canada Got Its Own Flag

Story #5: Canada's National Flag

Story #6: Symbols of Canada

CANADIAN SPORTS:Story #1: Baseball in Canada

Story #2: Canadian Football

Story #3: Soccer in Canada

Story #4: Canadian Basketball

CANADIAN BIRDS:Story #1: The Snowy Owl

Story #2: The Atlantic Puffin

Story #3: The Burrowing Owl

Story #4: The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Story #5: The Common Loon

CANADIAN ANIMALS:Story #1: The Canadian Beaver

Story #2: The Black Bear

Story #3: The Muskrat

Story #4: The Snowshoe Hare

Story #5: The Opossum

Story #6: The Musk Ox

CANADIAN INSECTS:Story #1: The Firefly

Story #2: The Ladybug

Story #3: The Dragonfly

CANADIAN REPTILES:Story #1: The Snapping Turtle

Story #2: The Leatherback Turtle

Story #3: The Prairie Rattlesnake

CANADIAN INVENTORS/INVENTIONS:Story #1: Joseph-Armand Bombardier - Skidoo

Story #2: Alexander Graham Bell - Telephone

Story #3: Jacque Plante - Hockey Mask

FAMOUS CANADIAN ATHLETES:Story #1: P.K. Subban - One of the Three Hockey Brothers

Story #2: The Dufour-Lapointe Sisters - Canada's Mogul Queens

Story #3: Alexandre Bilodeau - Freestyle Skiing King

Story #4: Mark McMorris - A Snowboarding Warrior

Story #5: Marielle Thompson - Golden Girl on Skis

FAMOUS CANADIAN PEOPLE:Story #1: Carly Rae Jepson - Canadian Singer and Songwriter

Story #2: Chris Hadfield - Famous Canadian Astronaut

Story #3: Jessica Amlee - Young Canadian Film and Television Star

Story #4: David Suzuki - Canadian Scientist

Story #5: Avril Lavigne - Singer and Songwriter

CANADIAN PLACES/SIGHTS:Story #1: The Queen Charlotte Islands or Haidi Gwaii Islands of the Haida Peoples'

Story #2: Jasper National Park -" Canada's Scenic Wonder

Story #3: The Big Muddy Badlands - The Outlaws' Hideaway

Story #4: Lunenburg - A World Heritage Site

Story #5: The Cabot Trail - A Scenic Roadway

Story #6: Yellowknife - The Largest Community in the N.W.T.

Story #7: Aurora Borealis or The Northern Lights

Story #8: The Peterborough Lift Lock

Story #9: The Hartland Covered Bridge

CANADIAN GHOST STORIES:Story #1: The Ghost Train

FAMOUS CANADIAN MYSTERIES:Story #1: Ogopogo - A Famous Lake Monster

Story #2: Bigfoot or Sasquatch - A British Columbia Mystery Monster

118 pages with answer key.